Well even though I was away for a couple of days I was always in contact with John and everything was okay until that last episode with the knee...come to find out it was not the knee but the hip!!! When John thought he had hurt his knee it was really the stem of the prosthesis that had come out of the socket so he actually by turning over, had pulled the hip out of socket!!! That's why they did not see anthing wrong with the knee but the pain had traveled down to the knee....OMGosh....
So last night they did another hip replacement on that right side...this time they had to get a longer stem and cement it into the femer but the femer also had a crack in it. So on top of the hip replacement he also has broken (hairline crack) in the femer...I did talk to my sister in law Judy who was a surgical nurse many years and has had this kind of surgery herself she assured me that was actually normal with hip replacements....
John is having a very bad time there and is very anxious and just wants to come home....please pray for his peace and speedy recovery..
It looks like he will have to stay there until the 15th of November maybe even longer.
I will continue to update this site as I get the info and am near a computer..
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Oh wow oh wow! John you can do this, I know you can. Not fun though, but at least they can fix it again.
love and hugs!
fay
Sorry to hear about this setback, John! I know this is disheartening...but you WILL get better and will be home soon I hope! Judy H.
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