Surgery Update
Master's knee replacement went very well on Friday. There was, according to the surgeon, tremendous arthritis in the joint. No surprise there. According to the operative reports that we've been able to get nurses to look at, it does seem that the joint and patella were replaced. He is as of today (just over 48 hours post surgically) off the IV and off the morphine, using percocet as needed for pain, off the catheter, doing exceptionally well with His therapy (recovering strength and range of motion), and has been up and to the shower. There is some redness around the incision (which is about 5 inches long) and He has run a low grade fever. Neither of those things are causing a great deal of concern at this point and are fairly typical at this point, although they are watching them of course. We are relieved and happy, although quite tired. Our expectation is that we will all be home tomorrow. Now I'm off for a nap.
Thanks for all your good thoughts and healing energies...
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posted by Sue @ 11:52 AM
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10 Comments:
That's wonderful. I'm glad to see the good news.
Wishes for a speedy recovery!
Glad to hear it went well. Good wishes for continued healing.
So glad to hear that the surgery went well, and that RAheretic is well on the road to recovery!
Continued best wishes...
Good to hear this, sue.
Thanks everyone. We are home today -- Monday. He's resting comfortably (well reasonably so--His knee hurts of course). Give Him some time and He'll be back here. We all will as soon as we get some rest.
swan
Great news swan, suggest that Himself takes care, after all, it was major surgery.
Don't forget to look after yourselves, I know what it's like to nurse a loved one, you won't be doing Him any favours if either one of you gets sick. Paul :-)
I am glad everything went well and hope that he has a good, fast and easy recovery!
Hugs to you all...you're all in my thoughts. I wish all the best for you :)
Oh... great news! All the best and a speedy recuperation. :)
orchidea
My name is Laura Clos and i would like to show you my personal experience with Percocet.
I am 43 years old. Have been on Percocet for 1 week now. It does kill the pain, but I found that I get itchy with this drug like I do w/ morphine.
I have experienced some of these side effects-
Itchiness and bizarre dreams about zombies.
I hope this information will be useful to others,
Laura Clos
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