Tragedy and first 30 days of sobriety.
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Southern Ontario, Canada
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What an awful situation. Im so sorry for these very painful circumstances.
I hope your sister has a speedy recovery, and I hope eveything works out, somehow.........any idea why your dog attacked???
I hope your sister has a speedy recovery, and I hope eveything works out, somehow.........any idea why your dog attacked???
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Join Date: Jan 2013
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Hi ddrayer! Thanks for keeping us updated try to stay positive that your sister will have amazing care.. its unbelievable the skills.some of these surgeons have... its probably better they have no people skills. That means they're working hard at becoming the best!
Stay positive! My polish grandfather always says, "keep your socks up"
Stay positive! My polish grandfather always says, "keep your socks up"
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: SE and then South some more
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drayer, your thoughtfulness and compassion for your sister is unmeasurable. I have to say that I'm glad that the issue with your dog is out of your hands too, one less hard decision for you to have to deal with, it seems like your heart is more with your sister, and I love that.
Send her our warm wishes (or just say my friends are rooting for you, whatever), and hope she's feeling better soon. Dr's are amazing these days, you know the face transplants they've done? Wow!!! I hope they can put your sister back together and having her look at least 99.98% like her own self again.
Wishing for the best, and thank you for updating us. :ghug3
Send her our warm wishes (or just say my friends are rooting for you, whatever), and hope she's feeling better soon. Dr's are amazing these days, you know the face transplants they've done? Wow!!! I hope they can put your sister back together and having her look at least 99.98% like her own self again.
Wishing for the best, and thank you for updating us. :ghug3
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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Drayer, my heart goes out to you. I adore my grumpy dog, and I adore my sister, and I know you are hurting right now. Please be gentle with yourself as this all unfolds. You have a lot of people here who care for you and are rooting for you.
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Hey Delilah! Yea some small updates.
She is still in the hospital. We met with two plastic surgeons yesterday. They seem pretty confident. They are going to transplant some of her lower lip and facial skin and move it to the upper lip. 3 weeks later they will do some touch up. They are going to try to hide the scars around her smile lines and nose. We don't really have a notion of how normal it will look but the dr seemed to be pretty upbeat overall.
She is first in line for the OR tomorrow. She is going to get to take a shower this morning (first since flying into florida 4 days ago!). Seeing it freaks her out so she had a bad time this morning when she went to the restroom without a bandage on it.
Anyway she may have to stay in florida for 3 weeks till the second surgery but overall i think things are as positive as they can be considering.
Been trying to get some excersize by riding my bike into the hospital. Haven't made a meeting since the accident and my sponsor has been pretty much a joke. I called him right as it happened, he seemed distracted Saturday night and quickly got off the phone saying he would get back to me soon. Last night at 11pm I got a text from him lecturing me on still making it to meetings. Wow.
She is still in the hospital. We met with two plastic surgeons yesterday. They seem pretty confident. They are going to transplant some of her lower lip and facial skin and move it to the upper lip. 3 weeks later they will do some touch up. They are going to try to hide the scars around her smile lines and nose. We don't really have a notion of how normal it will look but the dr seemed to be pretty upbeat overall.
She is first in line for the OR tomorrow. She is going to get to take a shower this morning (first since flying into florida 4 days ago!). Seeing it freaks her out so she had a bad time this morning when she went to the restroom without a bandage on it.
Anyway she may have to stay in florida for 3 weeks till the second surgery but overall i think things are as positive as they can be considering.
Been trying to get some excersize by riding my bike into the hospital. Haven't made a meeting since the accident and my sponsor has been pretty much a joke. I called him right as it happened, he seemed distracted Saturday night and quickly got off the phone saying he would get back to me soon. Last night at 11pm I got a text from him lecturing me on still making it to meetings. Wow.
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being first for the OR is a good thing...(before traffic and longer surgeries backs things up). The Plastics guys are being honest, if there was a problem, they would not give her false hope. Your sister is young and her skin is resilient too. I'm so glad that they are able to help her heal and repair the physical damage. there are amazing results these days, i've seen entire ears reconstructed to look perfectly normal.
and great job of staying sober through all this and getting some physical exercise. I'm sorry that your sponsor is not more sensitive to what you have been going through, but keep posting here with us. remember HALT and try to relax.
and great job of staying sober through all this and getting some physical exercise. I'm sorry that your sponsor is not more sensitive to what you have been going through, but keep posting here with us. remember HALT and try to relax.
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Originally Posted by ddrayer 
Haven't made a meeting since the accident and my sponsor has been pretty much a joke. I called him right as it happened, he seemed distracted Saturday night and quickly got off the phone saying he would get back to me soon. Last night at 11pm I got a text from him lecturing me on still making it to meetings. Wow.
Regardless, yes, keep posting here - and wishing you and your sister good recovery
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