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| relaxing on the inpatient floor |
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| the lovely Pillippon hip brace! |
Saturday, August 6, 2011
day 1
For the first 24 hours or so post-op I was in the hospital. During that time I would be awake for about 15 minutes then nap for an hour. Very exciting. I was also hooked up to a morphine pump (PCA pump) to keep my pain under control. When I woke up my hip/thigh felt like it had been hit repeatedly with a baseball bat, though everyone's experiences tend to differ. In addition to the pump, I was attached to and IV that kept me hydrated with fluids. I also got three infusions of antibiotic during my stay as this the norm for all surgery patients at my particular hospital.
Due to the tendency of my hip to dislocate I had to keep my hip immobilized in bed until my brace was delivered that afternoon.
In the late afternoon I was sent off to physical therapy to practice walking on crutches and using stairs. Most hospital won't let you leave until you pass those tests! Then I was drugged up and loaded into the car to head home.
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