Notes & plans

Dad had a "follow up" appointment with the surgeon (Roberson) who performed the repair on his broken hip. The staff was blown-away by Dad's progress in mobility since the surgery. He also had excellent vitals that morning — blood pressure, pulse rate, and temperature were all in good order!  After an X-ray of Dad's hip, the surgeon met with us and said that everything was healing nicely.  He admitted that the post-surgical hip was slightly "crooked" and not perfectly straight, but said it was the best job that he could do with the amount of bleeding he encountered during the surgery (due to residual Plavix in my Dad's system, as a precaution against a second stroke).  He thrilled my father by announcing that he was offically releasing Dad from his care, unless something else should arrive later.

Dad and I picked up some important papers at another office for my brother and sent them off "overnight" via DHL, then picked up some prescriptions at a pharmacy for Dad. When we returned home, Mom reported that she had received a phone call informing her of her surgery date. I called back to confirm the information she had been given and to ask a few other questions.

Here's the scoop:

Mom is to report to the surgeon's office on September 3rd (Wednesday) for her "PreOp" appointment and sign some papers. Then we proceed around the corner to the hospital where she will register for the upcoming surgery, meet with an anesthesiologist, have blood drawn for lab work, and have an EKG.  The date of the actual surgery is September 8th (Monday), but the surgeon's office will have to contact us later for the exact time they need us to be there.

My mother expressed some concern about how long the surgeon was waiting before performing the surgery. I told her that I was sure that he would be doing the surgery sooner if the need were more pressing, and that there were possibly more pressing cases (i.e., worse than hers) ahead of her. I told her that she should just trust that everything is unfolding as it should. (Of course, my father had reminded her earlier that she should trust "God's plan for her," but whatever...)  I also told her that she needed to remain positive and confident that she would get through this in order for it to happen. If she ever started to give up, we would definitely lose her. I told her that if she ever needed to talk, I would be there for her. She seemed to understand and felt comforted by my words.



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