Mom had foot surgery on Thursday of this week. She is home and doing well with three pins in her toes. I've been out their house the last several days helping. She has the same STL doctor that did my foot surgery. Her other foot needs surgery, too but we are waiting until the end of summer to tackle that. It was funny to see Dr. K in the waiting room on Thursday, instead of the operating room! I also saw my hip surgeon on Thursday at the hospital.
2 1/2 more weeks of daily sessions with kids and then summer camp begins at JA. I am taking off the four days before my hip surgery. I scheduled the pre-op testing for the first week in June and have to begin taking iron next week. I spoke with the hip surgeon's PA this week and he said plan on more like 3-4 days in the hospital, instead of 1-2 days .... I don't get the idea that this is going to be as simple as I thought. We'll see what happens with time ....
Hope you are staying dry on this chilly Spring weekend. Thanks for checking in!
Jenny
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Jen: Tell you Mom that my Dad is recuperating this week, as well. He had 8 of the 10 toes sliced open, broken, and titanium joints put in to help with arthritis. Sounds awful. THAT implant-wise, along with his replaced knee should SURELY set off the alarm at the airport security. And THAT's what all of this surgery is about, you know...having enough that you actually trigger an alarm system. IF your implant quota is less than alarm-worthy, then you may as well not even do it, even if insurance DOES pay for it (which is unlikely). Perhaps you AND your mom AND my dad can take a trip to Lambert together and run through a metal detector TOGETHER ... security would probably think that something of national proportions was happening & call in border patrol and the national guard and the marines and so on and so forth. It might be a fun time, so lemme know if you're up for it after your hip surgery & we'll coordinate schedules w/ your mom and my dad. Toodles! L Jo
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