Welp, today is the big day! Vince has been looking forward to this day for a long time, and I have not! Any surgery worries me, so I wasn't excited for this to be happening, but he was, hoping to get some relief from the pain in his hip. I knew we found a great surgeon, so we could only hope & pray for the best. Still pretty darn scary though.
He went into surgery about 7am and didn't get done until after 11am. I had to run home during his surgery to let in the AC people. Figures that the AC went out last night. It has been on its last leg for a while now, but kept kicking along. There was a huge storm last night, we heard a giant crack, and boom - no more AC. There were a few lightening strikes in the area, so it possibly got hit - or just couldn't take it anymore. Either way, it is dead, and they are on their way to replace it. Right in the middle of surgery! Not great timing!!!! So I rushed home to deal with that, hoping that the doc didn't get out of surgery while I was gone & coming to look for me with an update.
Well, got those guys situated in our house and ran back to the hospital (technically drove but was sweating like I ran when I got back). The surgeon came out about 11:30am and said the surgery went great. He said Vince had the tightest leg muscles he has ever worked with. He had to be extra careful in the way he was bent otherwise he could have broken his leg (which I guess happens!). After an hour or so in recovery, Vince headed up to his room for the night. When he got there, he was already pretty coherent, so I didn't get to experience him acting crazy from the meds. (That was what I was looking forward to most!) He felt instant relief in his hip area, even with meds on board and pain from the surgery, it was different, and better. By that afternoon, he was up walking the halls.
Surgery these days is amazing!!! He is so lucky to have gotten such a great surgeon, as well as been in great shape, as well as had good genes, as well as be in a great hospital with great insurance!! All these roads lead to a miraculous recovery!
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| Gorgeous flowers from Mom & Dad from Maui!! Sooooo pretty!!! |
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