Today was the day for the follow up visit after my knee replacement. It started with X-Rays of my surgical knee. Then a short wait to be called back to the office.
While waiting in the office we could see the seated view of my knees on the computer screen. Chris decided to see if he could see the other views... Success!! Wow the replaced knee looks crazy!! Also realize how BAD my other leg/knee is! Badly bowed and bone on bone.
I saw Fabio's assistant, Jason. He said that the X-Rays looked perfect, the incision looked good. When he bent my leg he was surprised that I could bend it as far as I can. Approximately 110 degrees, and they are happy with 90 degrees at 6 weeks. So I am far ahead of schedule! He explained the slight click that I noticed is the tab on the inside of my knee cap. Very normal, no concern... Yay! Also he wrote a prescription for a month of physical therapy.
So then on to the very important question.... When are we doing the right knee. I told him I am ready now! So Fabio came in, we talked and he agreed... as soon as possible! After seeing Tracey (Fabio's nurse) and Laura ( the scheduler) my right knee will be replaced on November 22. Yes I will be in the hospital for Thanksgiving. Guess I will have to talk everyone into coming over the Sunday before to celebrate!
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Hospital time....
10 days after surgery.... I am surprised at how much I can do!! I can sit at the computer long enough to check e-mail, play games and attend to this blog thing... which we all know I am horrible at doing!!
My first two thoughts waking from surgery were I couldn't get warm, and the oxygen up my nose hurt!!! Very strange everyone asking me to wiggle toes, did I know where I was, wiggle toes again.
Pretty quickly got moved to my room. Delighted that it was private! And that I stayed in the bed I was in! Chris looked happy to see me, I know he was worried. Nurses came in, set up and explained the pain pump. Also explained the other options. Dilaudid was the shit! Don't remember a lot of that day or night.
Next morning sadly my morphine pump was capped off and taken away and got my last injection of dilaudid. But that was then replaced with percosets... Yay!! Dressing was changed, and when I saw all the layers no wonder I couldn't even wiggle my knee! Those staples are scary looking. Late morning, they got me out of bed and I walked an amazing 12 steps! Sat in my recliner and had lunch. Someone from anesthesia showed up to remove the epidural. The worst was all the tape coming off. Didn't realize until later how many welts were on my back from that.
My nurse said she would remove the foley before my afternoon rehab class. But tech Dan insisted I go with it still in! Yuck it was uncomfortable. Class was tough, had to do lift knee and bend it.. OUCH but going to push it! Then more walking, and learning stairs. Walked back to my room, and finally got the foley out... good and bad because from that point on I had to get up and walk to the bathroom.
The food in the hospital was interesting. Breakfast both days was really good, eggs cooked perfectly. Lunch was good on Saturday, but it's hard to mess up a grilled cheese. Pot roast was horrible!!!! Chris got me a hoagie (he got a cheesesteak) but apparently the place had no idea how to make either! He got me snackies for the evening, and he went to get some rest.
I got forgotten when it was time for my pain meds... ended up in a lot of pain, with nausea right around shift change. After I got taken care of, I got back in bed, and finally slept, and slept!
Sunday morning got the good news from the doc that I could go home!!! Went to my morning rehab class. Found out my walker would be delivered around 2, decided to wait to leave until I took meds at 3. And yes by 3:30 we were on the way home!!
My first two thoughts waking from surgery were I couldn't get warm, and the oxygen up my nose hurt!!! Very strange everyone asking me to wiggle toes, did I know where I was, wiggle toes again.
Pretty quickly got moved to my room. Delighted that it was private! And that I stayed in the bed I was in! Chris looked happy to see me, I know he was worried. Nurses came in, set up and explained the pain pump. Also explained the other options. Dilaudid was the shit! Don't remember a lot of that day or night.
Next morning sadly my morphine pump was capped off and taken away and got my last injection of dilaudid. But that was then replaced with percosets... Yay!! Dressing was changed, and when I saw all the layers no wonder I couldn't even wiggle my knee! Those staples are scary looking. Late morning, they got me out of bed and I walked an amazing 12 steps! Sat in my recliner and had lunch. Someone from anesthesia showed up to remove the epidural. The worst was all the tape coming off. Didn't realize until later how many welts were on my back from that.
My nurse said she would remove the foley before my afternoon rehab class. But tech Dan insisted I go with it still in! Yuck it was uncomfortable. Class was tough, had to do lift knee and bend it.. OUCH but going to push it! Then more walking, and learning stairs. Walked back to my room, and finally got the foley out... good and bad because from that point on I had to get up and walk to the bathroom.
The food in the hospital was interesting. Breakfast both days was really good, eggs cooked perfectly. Lunch was good on Saturday, but it's hard to mess up a grilled cheese. Pot roast was horrible!!!! Chris got me a hoagie (he got a cheesesteak) but apparently the place had no idea how to make either! He got me snackies for the evening, and he went to get some rest.
I got forgotten when it was time for my pain meds... ended up in a lot of pain, with nausea right around shift change. After I got taken care of, I got back in bed, and finally slept, and slept!
Sunday morning got the good news from the doc that I could go home!!! Went to my morning rehab class. Found out my walker would be delivered around 2, decided to wait to leave until I took meds at 3. And yes by 3:30 we were on the way home!!
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