Hip replacement recovery time?

[klpca]

Well, how the tide has turned. She is still in the hospital. They are struggling to get her blood pressure back to normal (hypotonia) and today it was really low ("something over 36" according to her). Because of that she has yet to walk 10 steps, and it has significantly affected her recovery. That said, she is getting an ambulance transport to her CCRC skilled nursing facility. At least she will be 15 minutes away instead of a half hour or more depending on traffic.

In my opinion, her young doctor was actually the root of a lot of the problems that she and I have been having. He told her to ignore anyone (including the hospital) who said anything other than that it would be a quick recovery. He told her that if she had a "positive attitude", she would have an easy time of it after surgery. If only. So now I see where all of the push back against bringing in help was coming from. When he called me immediately after her surgery, he told me that she would be going home that day unless she wasn't cleared by PT. She was in no shape to go anywhere after surgery. When he visited the next morning, he told her that PT and the nursing staff were "too cautious" about getting her up and walking. I watched the PT sessions, and as soon as they got her up she was so nauseated and dizzy that she couldn't continue. He is clearly not experienced with elderly patients. I hope that he did a good job on the surgery because we still don't know how the hip is doing since she hasn't been able to walk yet.

Oh well. It's always something. I can't wait until she is on the path to getting better.

 

[b2bailey]

I just deal with a stepdad who is cranky but I blame the doctor for his inability to drive anywhere but the grocery store. I tell him, "The doctor said..." Just last week he went out for a drive and he drove for four hours. His daughter said he admitted to her that he was feeling pretty confused during the drive. I called him to come for dinner, and he said he was at the airport. That's 30 minutes from home. I think he lost his sense of direction and ended up way east. When he used to do his usual drive, it was always west of home, not east of home.

He won't even go to the senior center, which is about .4 mile from his house. Admittedly, I don't go there, either, but he should because he is alone a lot. We have littles to watch regularly, and we travel a lot. He needs to do something besides sit in his house. We have him over for dinner every night that we are home, but last night it wasn't even cold, and he decided not to come over because of weather. We made a new recipe we found, Philly Cheesesteak Casserole, and it was good. But the night before we had chicken enchilada soup, and Lowell doesn't like chicken much, so I think it was too much. He probably thought chicken was on the menu every night.

Rick told him that we have a birthday party on Sunday, a family thing on Monday, and we won't be around on Thursday, either. And today is very snowy and cold. The snow is deep. He should have come over last night.

I can imagine what work he would be should he require a knee or hip replacement. His daughters live in Georgia, he lives 9/10 mile from us. We are the ones that take care of him. He's 90 and is showing signs of dementia. The doctor did cognitive tests on him. He can still do math but the doctor asked him to name as many animals as he can in 1 minute, and he could only name four. He said dog and puppy, which are the same thing, donkey, cat and bunny. That was it.

He told me, "You cannot do better than me." I told him to time me, and I named 29 animals. I told him the animals in order as I see them on the Kilamanjaro ride at Animal Kingdom, I have been there so many times, plus I added in some domestic animals. He was impressed. He could have done that two years ago. He's slipping fast.

I'm impressed!

I just deal with a stepdad who is cranky but I blame the doctor for his inability to drive anywhere but the grocery store. I tell him, "The doctor said..." Just last week he went out for a drive and he drove for four hours. His daughter said he admitted to her that he was feeling pretty confused during the drive. I called him to come for dinner, and he said he was at the airport. That's 30 minutes from home. I think he lost his sense of direction and ended up way east. When he used to do his usual drive, it was always west of home, not east of home.

He won't even go to the senior center, which is about .4 mile from his house. Admittedly, I don't go there, either, but he should because he is alone a lot. We have littles to watch regularly, and we travel a lot. He needs to do something besides sit in his house. We have him over for dinner every night that we are home, but last night it wasn't even cold, and he decided not to come over because of weather. We made a new recipe we found, Philly Cheesesteak Casserole, and it was good. But the night before we had chicken enchilada soup, and Lowell doesn't like chicken much, so I think it was too much. He probably thought chicken was on the menu every night.

Rick told him that we have a birthday party on Sunday, a family thing on Monday, and we won't be around on Thursday, either. And today is very snowy and cold. The snow is deep. He should have come over last night.

I can imagine what work he would be should he require a knee or hip replacement. His daughters live in Georgia, he lives 9/10 mile from us. We are the ones that take care of him. He's 90 and is showing signs of dementia. The doctor did cognitive tests on him. He can still do math but the doctor asked him to name as many animals as he can in 1 minute, and he could only name four. He said dog and puppy, which are the same thing, donkey, cat and bunny. That was it.

He told me, "You cannot do better than me." I told him to time me, and I named 29 animals. I told him the animals in order as I see them on the Kilamanjaro ride at Animal Kingdom, I have been there so many times, plus I added in some domestic animals. He was impressed. He could have done that two years ago. He's slipping fast.

I'm impressed by 29!