The video captures an intimate, diarized conversation among family members (parents, grandmother, children) and brief interactions with hospital staff as they navigate Jonah’s third surgery following a dirt‑bike accident. The dialogue begins with the medical explanation that a portion of Jonah’s hip bone has died, prompting removal of previously placed screws and concerns about bone stability and potential regrowth. The family discusses pre‑operative logistics (registration, IV placement, fasting rules), the brief duration of the operation, and post‑operative monitoring in the recovery room, including vital signs, oxygen use, and the surgeon’s confirmation that the screws were removed without complication and that the bone appears stable. Emotional reactions surface throughout: relief that no new hardware is needed, anxiety about Jonah’s pain and consciousness, and attempts to keep the younger children calm. The conversation later shifts to everyday life on the family’s farm—talk of chores, cows, and a horse—providing a grounding contrast to the hospital setting. Overall, the transcript blends clinical details, procedural logistics, family coping strategies, and ordinary farm life, illustrating how the family processes a serious medical event while maintaining their routine.
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Jonah's having surgery. Third surgery after his dirt bike accident. This time because the hip on his bone died.
Dying.
They think it's gonna come back, but in the meantime they're afraid the screws they put in are gonna start poking through that. We wanted to get the screws out anyway.
I wanted them out anyway too.
So I'm kind of happy about that part. Don't worry, he no longer needs the screws. We're whispering because it's 5:00.
47.
Last thing Grandma needs is for the little chitlers to wake up. Especially Henry looking for Mom.
My belly feels really weird cuz I'm nervous. Yeah. Come here. Yes. Which is sad. Which is sad. I'm getting more awake, but I'm scared. Just, I told them to just stay in bed. I'm glad though that you're having it in the morning because it's just easier. Like, you sleep and wake up, you can't have anything to eat or drink. But like, when you had your surgery, your second surgery, when you were in the hospital, it was hard because you couldn't eat— whoops— you couldn't eat or drink at all. And you— and your surgery wasn't till like 3 in the afternoon. It was ridiculous.
There we go. How long do you think it will be until we go back?
5 minutes.
Oh, that's it?
Yeah, she's working on our registration.
Okay.
And then they'll take us back because they got to do things to him because it's, you know, less than 2 hours from a surgery. They have to put the IV in, he has to get in the gown, they have to talk to us, make sure he didn't eat anything or drink anything, you know. Henry woke up, but he's doing all right. I was worried about that. That's a relief. He likes to be with me for like 30 minutes when he wakes up. He does not want to be with anybody else, but I guess Josiah is a good substitute.
It's your wallpaper.
Yeah.
I like it.
Follow me. All right.
That was fast. Maybe 10 minutes?
I told you.
There's a lot of distress here because last time in the hospital— wow, thanks to forever.
Yeah, right here. Okay, you don't tie the, the back so you can lay on the bed.
Look at it this way, at least his feet work. Could have been worse, could have gotten paralyzed or something crazy. This might be the last time you get to put socks on your 15-year-old son, babe.
Probably.
Cherish the moment.
Put these socks on these feet a lot of times. It hurts a little bit, but it's like the— Does it feel like it hurts like there's something wrong, or does it hurt like there's just something— It just feels something weird in there. Yeah, weird. Okay. I think we're just up against the wall. It's not getting hard or anything, so I think we're fine. That's why I keep telling you.
Jenna just said he's on life support. I know, you poor thing.
It's—
the kids don't understand what's going on. I know, it's not that bad.
I know.
There you go.
Okay, yep, there we go. Okay, so we're not going to open this whole thing up again. Okay, probably Maybe an inch of it. Okay, anything removable on? Contacts, hearing aids, jewelry, anything like that? You can feel it. Might be a little tingly. You taste it? A little bit. What's it taste like? Saline? Salty? Fishy? Does it taste like steak or anything?
I'm hungry. For breakfast, should I eat these pork rinds Mom packed?
Where?
Is he allowed to eat after surgery? Yeah.
That's— I brought food for him to eat after surgery.
I'll save them for you. Don't eat your boyfriend's. I'll save them for you.
This is a neat little contraption they have here. His gown blows up with air.
Just to keep him warm.
To stay actually cold.
How long is he gonna be in there?
They said an hour and a half.
Okay.
So 10 AM.
All right. Okay, so should they just start it? All right, thanks, bye. Okay, they called an update. They got him in, no issue, and they got him started, no problem.
Lily just texted me. She asked me what I was doing. I told her I was just waiting.
Y'all's text relationship is hilarious. It is. That's fun.
He sends me like, uh, gifts and memes and all sorts of things.
A horse?
No, I don't—
You horse shopping?
I'm just horse shopping.
Oh, they're picking me up. That's nice of you.
Well, I gotta keep busy. I gotta keep doing something. I don't know if we're gonna buy a horse, but— I can't. I don't want to think about it. Hey, it's your daughter. Where are you guys? Are you in that little waiting room outside the, um, the recovery room, or are you all downstairs on the first floor? We are, we're downstairs. We just came back in at entrance to. We can come up the elevator. Yeah, do you know where those elevators are? The K elevators? And if you just want to come up to that second floor, I'll walk over and meet you guys there. Okay, perfect. Oh my gosh, it's like 10:04. Yeah, it really was an hour and a half. I was kind of just being like, well, I don't know what time it's going to be. He is still, um, very sleepy. Okay, um, he hasn't really woken up yet, but he's here in recovery and he is doing well. So the surgeon Did she get in touch with you? She did. She called. Yeah, and then she said we're meeting her in the waiting room that's off of the K elevators. The screws came out no trouble. Um, checked to make sure everything is nice and healed and stable, that the two pieces, you know, are stuck together where they should be. Oh, great. Okay. Um, so yeah, I think we're good there. We're just waiting for the holes to fill in. Waiting for the holes to fill in. And then kind of waiting to see, you know, what happens. Do we get more flattening, or do the blood vessels kind of grow back in and cause some regrowth first?
Right.
That's really it.
Um, you'll know that over time, or you'll be able to see on there.
Yeah. I'm so glad that he didn't have to get any more screws put in.
Oh, is that a possibility?
Yeah, that's what she said, that if the bone wasn't stable, that he would have had to get shorter screws it, but she didn't. She didn't have to put him in. I was so happy when she told me.
Yeah, because we wanted to screw that anyway.
One leg is shorter than the other, but I think that that's honestly due to like, uh, tightness in the area. Like, because once we went to acupuncture, she like kind of did this massage thing on his leg and it seemed to help. It wasn't as big of a difference. So I'm Kim, I'm the one you spoke with on the phone. I think some chairs are— if you guys want to use them.
Thank you.
But yeah, Sleeping Beauty is doing good.
Good sleep, right?
You're fine, I get it. Mom's got to be mom, right? Here, I can lower him, he's kind of high. He is just like passed out. Yeah. We made the lunch lady cry. You got oxygen in here. We can take it off. Do you want it off, Jonah? We don't know what he wants right now. He just wants to go to bed. You want to wake up or no? You want to stay in here forever? Here, if you guys want to see them. Yeah, so it's his Oh wow, that's really small compared to his, compared to his, um, oh, it's down low at the bottom of this car. Wow. What do you think? You're all done, sweetheart. You just rest. Done. You're all done. It's over. You're waking up in the recovery room.
There's your mom.
I'm here. Papa's here. What? I want to walk. You want to walk? And leave. And leave? Why do you want to do that?
I want to go home.
You want to go home? Why do you want to go home? So you can lay in your bed. Yeah. Take a bite. It's been a while since this evening. It's been what, 15 hours?
They'll let us go home if he doesn't go below 92. Let's go at 90.
90 or 90.
Well, then they're gonna let us go home.
I'm dozing right now. Yeah, that's great. I can't sleep.
That's all right.
I think I'm doing good.
Just rest. Look, him talking is getting it up to 95. You just rest. That's all we're doing here, right? It's just resting and recovering. Mm-hmm.
This is a very difficult surgery. I could not do it. I couldn't do this. No, you couldn't. With the last one, a lot easier. You're doing so good.
You're standing.
You're getting tall.
You feel okay? Feel dizzy at all?
A little bit. Can I try to walk?
Yeah, I'm just gonna hang on to you here a little bit.
The bathroom's out here to the left. It feels weird. Yeah, well, just like sore. Oh, okay. If you get more dizzy, let me know.
Jonah and Mom will be coming out of that hospital any minute. I don't think it could have gone any better. There they are. He can walk, but hospital policy doesn't allow him to because of the anesthesia. Look at you walking.
Speedy recovery, hey?
Yeah, thanks.
See y'all.
Alright, see ya. I got you. I got you. Put your feet in there. Say goodbye to that wheelchair. Say goodbye to that hospital. Hopefully for a long, long time. You got it? You need help?
I got it.
You got it? Is it sore?
Yeah, they said it would be sore.
Hey, what's going on? Chores okay? Look like stud's out. Lily and Josiah took over chores. This morning. You're wanting to walk around? Yeah, it feels better outside or inside. I need to see what's going on with the kids and the cows. What happened?
I accidentally forgot to chain the door.
These guys are back. What is she doing? Come on, Vanilla, let's go back. Here she comes. See this? See how they pug it up? That's why we don't graze the pastures in the winter. She got in. Good job, guys. Well, hey, how are you? He looks at me like, yeah, Papa, let's go get Honey in. You helping hold down the sandbox?
Yeah.
Come on, Honey, party's over. Come on. Guess they put— How'd it go?
Good.
No more details? Any drama, like problems on the farm?
Boston's been a bad attitude today.
You girded up your loins and milked her? How'd you get her not to kick?
She stopped because he put her in a stanchion and then he milked.
