Well E36 M3.

Best of luck and medical science for a speedy recovery for Trish!

In reply to Wally (Forum Supporter) :

24 hours after!  Op @ 1:30 yesterday, home today.  The poor dog is depressed ....

People heal better at home, so they throw you out of the hospital as fast as they can. 

My wife had a knee replacement. It's an outpatient procedure now. In at 6 am and home by 2 pm. 

Almost a week, a final update.

Trish is doing well.  The hospital stay was good, nurses were friendly and spot on with everything.  TIL there's a new type of catheter, like a small sponge that sets between your legs.  You just pee and fluid is just sucked out, when the flow stops a puff of warm air dries.  Anywho, she got some good pain killers, she refused them later when the walls started melting.

Surprised to see an incision in the front, but there's less meat there to heal up so it makes sense.  She's covering 500ft./day in the driveway with a walker, cane come up soon.  She tries to stand with "Sea Legs", weight evenly on both feet with a wide stance.  On stairs, it's "Up with the Good, down with the Bad".  I don't know if it's the drugs or the adrenaline rush aftermath, but she gets depressed because we couldn't get out for Easter, it's nice out and she can't garden, can't spring clean etc. etc. etc.  Sometimes she cries for no reason and doesn't know why, then cries because she doesn't know why; this should pass soon (I hope).

We (she) has a brandy new car that she drove home from the Stealership and this happened, pissed she can't drive for a month.  But a small fender bender could mess you up.

Ian flew home (CT) from Florida on Saturday and drove 3 hours here.  Sunday we sorted out the garage, installed a new air hose reel, put snow tires and junk up in the attic, then did the side porch and moved a bunch of plants from their winter home to one porch or another.  Grilled some steak and I found a good sweet potato recipe with spices, honey and Feta.

Moving along and she's recovering nicely.  Thank you all for the kind thoughts.

Dan

Winter knows something's wrong.  He's very gentile around Trish, as soon as she got home, he sniffed around the incision.  Doesn't leave her side.

One room's plants.

In reply to 914Driver :

I'm sure you make a good nurse, another arrow in your quiver! Be well y'all

Recovery from surgery is a bitch for everyone.  Emotions can be tied to the drugs too. If she likes gardening maybe picking out some seeds and starting some seedlings in egg cartons inside would help.  If she doesn't have a kindle, get one because reading can help or put one asleep.  Either is not a bad thing.  And a nice comfy chair/recliner outside for a few hours may help too.

TRoglodyte said:

In reply to 914Driver :

I'm sure you make a good nurse, 

I'M NOT WEARING THE UNIFORM. 

Glad to hear she's doing so well.

I would suggest, don't be in a big rush to move from the walker to the cane.

A friend of the family had a hip replacement. She went from the walker to the cane in a couple of days. Ended up falling again and making a mess of the surgery.

A couple of extra walker days won't slow her recovery down any, but another fall could be disastrous. 

914Driver said:

TRoglodyte said:

In reply to 914Driver :

I'm sure you make a good nurse, 

I'M NOT WEARING THE UNIFORM. 

We all know she has you dressed up like a candy striper!

Glad to hear the surgery went well and she's on her way to recovery! 

Yeah but never outside the house.  I mean, until I got a motorcycle I didn't know chaps were outside wear.

It's too late for this incident but after Bob took me for an unplanned flight I learned to keep him short leashed especially if I'm not paying 100% attention.  Long leash results in him getting up to 12 feet of running start vs 3 feet of short leash

Stampie said:

It's too late for this incident but after Bob took me for an unplanned flight I learned to keep him short leashed especially if I'm not paying 100% attention.  Long leash results in him getting up to 12 feet of running start vs 3 feet of short leash

Parallel reasoning now has my wife walking our dog using a prong collar these days. 
A 10 month old Irish Wolfhound puppy can yank pretty hard. 

Yeehaah!

Very sorry to learn of you wife´s injury.

I had both arthritic hips replaced during 2023.

I was not permitted to drive for 6 weeks, and obviously had to be off narcotics.

If recovery from a broken hip is anything like from hip replacement, the first two weeks at home are really rough.  For the second surgery I came home to an empty house after 4 days in the hospital.  My wife having died a month before.  The absolute worst part was getting out of bed.  Best advice, have someone at home with her while you are away.  It will make her life much easier.

Some weeks after surgery she will probably start Physical Therapy.  Therapy is a must for proper recovery.  Therapy starts off gently then becomes more intense.  The stretching part hurts like All Hell from day 1 and only diminishes some over time.

If she is offered the choice of a cane or walker?  Use The Walker!  I used the cane before surgery and paid a terrible price.  Overuse of my shoulder caused horrible pain.  Several rounds of cortisone injections, then more months of PT for the shoulder.

My hips are good.  Shoulder hurts again and little doubt will require more PT.

Best of luck to you both!

Geoffrey

In reply to 914Driver :

Glad to hear everything went well. The depression is likely a combination of the meds and becoming a shut-in rather unexpectedly.  With the weather warming up and her mobility improving spending some time outside in a comfortable chair watching you garden and take care of the spring cleaning should help with that.  In my case once I was back to normal that pretty much resolved itself. 
 

Update:  😂

Receipts are rolling in for what the insurance company paid.  Haven't seen any Doctors' names yet, but so far it's $43,964.28 😱

Just about  22 Challenge cars.