For Mrs again

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:55 am

Friday morning we go to the hospital where they have scheduled to scope her one knee and do a total replacement of the other one. They feel confident that she will get 3 or 4 more years from the one they plan on scoping before it will more than likely need replaced also. Years of running squad and firefighting have taken a toll on her knees. Your prayers would be greatly appreciated.

Worker Joined: Oct 26, 2004 Posts: 134 Location: Boston

I pray all will go well with the surgery and that she will have a quick, complete recovery.

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:11 am

Hope everything goes well !
The hard time is after the surgery.

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:26 pm

Ty....the surgery went well today. Was on hold for several hours due to an emergency that came in. She is funny under the influence of strong narcotics.... Smile

Tomorrow morning the fun starts for her (not really, but necessary)

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FireATST wrote:

Ty....the surgery went well today. Was on hold for several hours due to an emergency that came in. She is funny under the influence of strong narcotics.... Smile

Tomorrow morning the fun starts for her (not really, but necessary)

I also act funny under strong narcotics, my grand mother has never heard such language in all her life, she was disgusted.... Sad

glad its all going well m8

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 7:57 pm

She is now home.... Smile

Now comes the work part....lol. It is good to have her home and it is amazing how much she can already do 3 days after surgery. Tomorrow physical therapy starts at home and will last about 2 weeks and then she should be good to go outside of home to therapy. At least that is the plan for now..... Smile

Thanks again everyone.

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:38 pm

FireATST wrote:

It is good to have her home and it is amazing how much she can already do 3 days after surgery

Who was cooking for you before that lol

Great news m8 Very Happy

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Definitely in our prayers! Margie just recently underwent knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus and while they were in there they scraped the bones to try to relieve some of the arthritis pain/injury. Unfortunately the scraping appears to have really irritated things so now she has started a 3 week injection therapy treatment (1 per week) of some kind of synthetic joint liquid (the stuff is like $600/shot!). They have to drain a ridiculous amount of fluid build up before the injections. All that to say that we understand Wink

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:30 pm

She is taking steps now..... Smile

That was important for me to return to work next week since we have a 2 story home. The stitches and staples were removed today from both knees which will make therapy more comfortable. Tomorrow home therapy ends and we will be making the trip out of the house to go to rehab at the surgeons office. Excellent rehab facility they have. Hope to be back to somewhat normal conditions by the end of the weekend or mid-week at the latest. Thanks all for the prayers.

Raven except for the joint lubrication shots that is what they did to my wifes left knee. Saw the before and after photos today of that knee. Thankfully we don't have to do the shots here. Will keep you and your Mrs in prayers also.

Opps forgot......testy1, I am a pretty good cook myself.....lol.

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 11:44 pm

We will continue praying for her recovery for sure! Interestingly enough, tomorrow is the last shot of synthetics that Margie receives. We saw the insurance bill for those shots - around $800/shot! We only had to pay 20% but hopefully they will work.

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:01 am

Thank goodness for insurance..... Smile

I could not imagine the bill we would have without it. Hope your Mrs. does well after the shots. Very Happy