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It's almost 8:00PM and this is the first time to sit and bring everyone up to date. Sharon's hip was reopened this afternoon around 3:00PM and the old spacer and the old allograft (cadaver bone splice) were removed. Dr Emerson did basically two debriedments (scrubbing and cleaning) while in there just to make sure that they had removed all traces of the fungus that may be there. He said that the tissues and bone looked pretty good for a re-installation of a new prosthesis when they are as sure as possible that no more traces show up in the lab results. He plans to keep her in Presby for at least a week and wants us to hang around for a week to ten days after that so that they can track locally the "counts" that measure the demise of the fungi. After that we can head back to Nashville for a couple to four months before we come back to get the final prosthesis installed. As per usual, Dr E had a quote of the day: "We are going to keep her on a short leash!" Last year, his motto was "Calm and Still!" I think "short leash" implies that and more. We will go into a "no big crowds" mode when we leave the hospital to make as sure as we can that she stays "clean" for the next op! I hope I can live through that! More than likely, we'll even hire the house cleaning done so that she won't have that to stretch the leash! When we go grocery shopping, she'll likely sit in Geovanii and I'll go through the stores so she isn't exposed to whatever may be going around at the time! Thank goodness we have Geovanii. As an extension of the house, it is going to make her life a lot more pleasant!
She is still heavily sedated and isn't likely to be much more out of it until sometime tomorrow. I plan to stay here as long as I can throughout the night so I can make sure she gets what she needs to make her comfortable. The nursing staff here is absolutly great but they carry a pretty heavy patient load. I'll help augment that staff tonight!
Cheers! Keep her in your prayers for a quick recovery from this op!
Joe
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Sounds like you're becoming quite the nurse. Continue to take good care of her and I'll continue to keep all of you in my thoughts and prayers.
It’s wonderful to hear that the ‘old spacer’ and ‘allograph’ were safely removed. That must be a relief! Dr. Emerson’s statement about keeping Sharon on a “short leash” made me laugh. Trying to imagine the “geo-queen” on a short lease.....extremely hard to picture!
Once y’all are back in Nashville, Sharon will be so busy with the OBW(?) newsletter and membership invitations that she won’t have time to think about this Fungus stuff.
Joe….if you need a reference for your new nursing career, be sure to contact us.
Mike
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