Adventures ? with Charlie

Charlie is laid up AGAIN!!!
He fell from the hay loft on Saturday,  October 13.    He lost his balance while throwing hay down for the horses. 
was able to catch something so he did not fall on his head.  He broke the femur in is right thigh and shattered his left heel.  

He had surgery on Sunday morning, the Doctor said that the femur usually heals in about 6 weeks, the heel will take 3 months.  He came home Thursday evening (10/19), he is using a wheelchair and is getting around fairly well. 

Here are the x-rays the doctor gave me after surgery.  It looks to me like they just threw some nails into his heel, but I guess they know what they are doing.

Femur

The heel

One more of the heel.

 He had stitches out Tuesday (10/30). YAY, he can finally take showers. 
He goes back on November 29 for more x-rays. Hopefully he will be able to put weight on his right leg.

A couple of friends brought a scooter over  yesterday,  it is wider than the wheelchair so it won't go up the ramp or down the hall in the house, so it is currently parked in the carport, (or at least it was when I left for work this morning.)  I guess that means he can be a little more mobile, he still cannot put weight on either leg, so we'll have to see what kind of trouble he can get into now.
 
Thanks to:
Tom Moon, Ed Choate, Mike Townsend for putting up a ramp.  Thanks to Sharon Erickson, for the use of the wheel chair, and bath stool, and the scooter that they just brought over yesterday.  
Danielle Townsend for making sure our horses get fed. 
Laurie Mead for bringing dinner one day last week.  

P.S.  He did use the scooter today, he went from the house to the pole barn. Stay tuned for more adventures with Charlie.