Uncategorized | June 11, 2009
Wyomingarts sends a “get well soon” message to Cheyenne musician and poet Michael Riversong who recently underwent emergency surgery in Fort Collins, Colo.
Michael had his big toe and part of his foot amputated due to a severe infection.
Here’s part of an e-mail message he sent yesterday:
So far the healing thing seems to be going fairly well. They transferred me out of the hospital to a temporary home a few days ago. Here I’m getting daily antibiotic IV treatments and a nurse comes by to re-bandage the amputation site about every other day. The amputation wasn’t too bad actually — mainly the big toe on my right foot and some area behind it where an infection had entered bone. My doctor says he knows people who lost toes to frostbite while climbing Mount Everest, and afterward they went back and climbed it again. I’m not sure if that means I’m supposed to climb Mount Everest in the future.
Great to see that Michael’s sense of humor is still intact.
He’s not driving yet, but he has scheduled a performance on Celtic Harp at the Plains Hotel lobby in Cheyenne on Friday, June 26 at 6 p.m. It’s sponsored by Phoenix Books. For info, contact Phoenix Books at 307-632-3476.
Get well soon, Michael
The Wyoming Arts Council believes that experiencing the arts should be accessible for all, including people with mental and/or physical disabilities, older adults, military/veterans, people living in institutions and those who lack access to the arts due to geographic isolation, cultural difference and economic hardship.
