Good as place as any to put this.
wildfireangel (Heather) has been on the knee replacement list for about a year and on Thursday the 25th we got a call letting us know that due to a cancellation Heather is up for her knee op if she still wants it. Ok, it's a goer. So monday it's up to the local clinic for some swabs (infection control) and a medication chart.
Wednesday it was an 8am pre-op visit where we saw a theatre nurse and the anaesthetist so that meant leaving home at 6am........we're brave souls.......on the bike.
Then Thursday it's a 7am admission into the day surgery theatre and that was a car trip because leaving at 5am was just a little to cold for me.
I spent a few hours passing the time before calling back into the hospital. Heather was ok but still sleepy.
Friday, I took another ride over to visit her. The physio was there and Heather was sitting in a chair and just had her first series of exercises. Nurses had to help her in and out of bed and for trips to the loo but otherwise her spirits were good..
Saturday, another ride over and Heather told me she'd taken a walk down the corridor(with a walker and a physio). We went for another walk and found the patient lounge, and then she came with me while I got a packet of chips.
Heather needs help to lift her leg, but it's only for support but she's getting there and should be home no later than Tuesday......There's a 6 to 8 week recovery period so all should be all most back to normal after that
Hi,
Just an update on this.
We've just got back from seeing the surgeon who did the knee op on Heather.
So far so good and no need to go back for another year.
Heather tossed the walking frame after a week, tried the crutches for 30 mins and tossed them and has been walking un-aided since then.
We had one try out ride to Jamestown (80km return) for lunch (3 weeks ago) and two weeks ago went to Port Augusta (250 kms return) and her leg was ok except for some expected pain from to much walking around. Looks like it's all on track for our Birdwood RTE next week.
And for her broken leg (Sept/Oct last year) it all looks good and back to normal.
