HoHumm!! Just another day of progress!!! [:D]

Bulli doing his best to keep Mom under "House Arrest!"

Sure glad I retired before all this took place!! Don't think it could get any busier! We have been in a waiting mode most of the day! Sharon had assumed some things about the Home Health Care and I thought they were correct conditions. We sat most of the day waiting for those expectations to take place and they never did! While we were waiting, we received snail mail and had an appointment from Dr Emerson's office for the final check before we leave town to head home. She was reading it and gave out a yelp! She said the letter said she was under "house arrest" until the appointment! Being here in the suite had not bothered her until she read of her "confinement!" Now she's chafing at the bits to get out of "these four walls!" Right after reading that there was a knock on the door and it was Dave, her PT administrator for the next 3 plus weeks! He spent quite a while going over the administrivia part of the treatment and explained that the "house arrest" meant that she wasn't to go out for long drives, etc., because, theoretically, if you get home care, it means that you aren't capable of going to a therapy facility! Hence, "house arrest!" She's still chafing like she was sitting on an little alcohol burner, though!!

Dave also removed her staples, all 39 of them! Quite a simple little procedure! Shoot, I could have done that with my Leatherman! Somehow, she wouldn't let me near while that was going on! Hey, I'm just trying to be helpful!! Her incision is 35.5 centimeters long and looks remarkably "clean!" After her last hip in '91, that has more significance to us than you can imagine!

Sharon is definitely on the mend! She says she feels like she could just take off and walk anywhere right now! We'll both be tickled to death when that can happen!! Pragmatically, her mobility is going to be extremely limited until Dr Emerson tells us that the hip/prosthesis connection has fully merged. That is extremely important for the long term outlook for this whole process. Sooo, probably until next spring, you'll likely see her walking along "putting down 4 and carrying one!" Seems like a long time now, but 1o years from now, it will seem like it was nothing!

Here's to an uneventful recovery!!! (Raise of glasses and a resounding "Clink")

Cheers!