Replacement Knee Daily Progress:
Day 1: The surgery; Friday, April 1: Got to Castle Hospital (Kailua) at 6am. Anesteia options: Epidural or Spinal (not mandatory, but Dr. Rasmussen highly recommended the spinal) also regular anesteia to put yo to sleep. The worst part of the pre-operation process in my opinion was the spinal, I had to grab a pillow and hold on to an aide, lay over with my back stuck out, while they probe my back/spine to get the exact spot, really uncomfortable...but well worth the after surgery extended pain relief. After surgery, because I had the spinal I had very little pain in my leg (no pain until 2 am Monday) I was also really stomach sick and dizzy; with a low blood count from the morphine. Constant Ice circulating machine going around knee.
Day 2: Still dizzy all day: Physical Therapy: sat up, dizzy, then later stood up briefly: pain and drugs (NO MORE morphine; morphine makes me sick) Medicines: Narproxin for pain & swelling: Vicodin, Toradol in IV, Laxative, Some kind of pills to help with sick feeling,Oh and Benadryl to help me sleep!
Day 3: Still a little dizzy, but made it to the potty chair,OT: Occupational Therapist helped me bathed and dressed myself :) and I walked 25 ft,to the door, but got dizzy, had to be wheeled back to bed. Group therapy with three other people , (84 Angelica from Peru (Knee), 70 Mrs. Livingston: Japanese(Knee), 35 hawaiian surfer(hip) Lunch and Instructional Video...Questions????
Day 4: YAy!! today I am starting to feel lots better today, way less pain, less dizziness, I walked 300 feet; out the door and around the nurses station...Gotta move the bowels or else!!!! YUK They gave me double dulcolax, woke up really sick, but I went, Guess you gotta do what Ya gotta do.
Day 5: Going home today, therapy is tough, getting better all the time. Bending the leg hurts like a bitch, but it has to move or it will swell and stiffen up. Wish me Luck!!! Recovery is all up to me now!!!
Day 1: The surgery; Friday, April 1: Got to Castle Hospital (Kailua) at 6am. Anesteia options: Epidural or Spinal (not mandatory, but Dr. Rasmussen highly recommended the spinal) also regular anesteia to put yo to sleep. The worst part of the pre-operation process in my opinion was the spinal, I had to grab a pillow and hold on to an aide, lay over with my back stuck out, while they probe my back/spine to get the exact spot, really uncomfortable...but well worth the after surgery extended pain relief. After surgery, because I had the spinal I had very little pain in my leg (no pain until 2 am Monday) I was also really stomach sick and dizzy; with a low blood count from the morphine. Constant Ice circulating machine going around knee.
Day 2: Still dizzy all day: Physical Therapy: sat up, dizzy, then later stood up briefly: pain and drugs (NO MORE morphine; morphine makes me sick) Medicines: Narproxin for pain & swelling: Vicodin, Toradol in IV, Laxative, Some kind of pills to help with sick feeling,Oh and Benadryl to help me sleep!
Day 3: Still a little dizzy, but made it to the potty chair,OT: Occupational Therapist helped me bathed and dressed myself :) and I walked 25 ft,to the door, but got dizzy, had to be wheeled back to bed. Group therapy with three other people , (84 Angelica from Peru (Knee), 70 Mrs. Livingston: Japanese(Knee), 35 hawaiian surfer(hip) Lunch and Instructional Video...Questions????
Day 4: YAy!! today I am starting to feel lots better today, way less pain, less dizziness, I walked 300 feet; out the door and around the nurses station...Gotta move the bowels or else!!!! YUK They gave me double dulcolax, woke up really sick, but I went, Guess you gotta do what Ya gotta do.
Day 5: Going home today, therapy is tough, getting better all the time. Bending the leg hurts like a bitch, but it has to move or it will swell and stiffen up. Wish me Luck!!! Recovery is all up to me now!!!
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