Richard has a new hip!

[dreamshark]

Richard had hip replacement surgery for his right hip on Tuesday. The surgeon said it went great, although he made a point of telling each of us separately that the hip was "a real mess" (bone spurs everywhere - hip was practically frozen - don't know how he was walking on that thing). Because of the bone spur problem, he got a small dose of radiation to the area afterwards to discourage bone overgrowth. It's good to know that they are familiar with bone spur disorders and have a method of compensating for it.

He'll be coming home on Friday morning sometime and intends to host the Friday night game party as usual. He's grumpy and uncomfortable, but looking forward to having a fully functioning hip sometime soon. He's in Methodist Hospital if anyone feels like calling or stopping by for a visit. But he'll be home soon, so not a big deal.

Comments

[mplsfish.livejournal.com]

Good news! Thank you for the update.

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Hip Hip Hooray! Glad to read that the surgery went so well and that he's on the mend.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Hey hey! Is he still healing well?

K.

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

He seems to be doing fine, but is not miraculously instantly healed and is kind of feeling sorry for himself. I think we heard too many breathless stories from people about how wonderful their hip replacements were and our expectations were a little unrealistic. I suspect that a lot of people don't really remember the immediate aftermaths of their surgeries very well, especially when the final outcome was positive.

I'll do another post on his progress.