Monday, May 24, 2010

This is What Happend

On May 6th Dad had a hip replacement because my Aunts husband fell on him. 
  • Dad was in the hospital for a week. 
  • Dad went to a skilled nursing facility for a week.
  • Dad signed himself out a day early so he came home last Saturday.  
  • On Saturday May 22 we took dad to the ER because his hip incision was bleeding. 

We were in the ER (blue side) for 12 hours. They gave dad a room upstairs. The Orthopedic surgeon said they  have to open up his hip incision, clean it out and staple it back up again. The surgery got put off a day because his coumadin level is to high.  They might do the surgery tomorrow??

Dad was in better spirits today. We went for a walk around the "A" side of the hosptial. I rolled his IV machine as he went along with a walker. 

There is a lady down the hall who is literately screaming all the time. HELP HELP GET ME OUT OF HERE. The ironic thing is the next room over, there is a yellow sign on the door that says "quiet patient is healing"

Robert went home today.

3 comments:

KARNA said...

Thanks for the clarification of how and why he is having another operation. As I said, you are both in my prayers!!!!!!! (glad Bob got to go home and now he wont have to sneak out to cafes!!) :)

ChaChaneen said...

What a journey - ready to be done now too! Prayers to you both honey!

BlueRidge Boomer said...

winging prayer you way....