Post Op - Operation Number Three

At 8:30 PM Dr Emerson came out and gave me the word that everything went well. They removed the entire femural prosthesis in three parts and stuffed it with an impregnated cement spacer. The operation was a long one because of both what they had to do and their desire to make sure it was "right" before it was closed up. He commented that the cavity was really ugly and required a tremendous amount of cleaning to get it to an acceptable state. That is in quite a contrast with the general condition last time when it actually looked rather well. The staph apparently came on in a rapid fashion to cause that much "ugly" so quickly! He feels confident that there is enough femur left to get a good construct when it is time to do so.

She will be rather "out of it" for the next three or four days. I'll stay tonight as long as possible to make sure she's as comfortable as possible. I pick June up at DFW mid-day tomorrow, so probably won't see Sharon before we get back from the airport.

We surely didn't want this to go this far, but now it should be a matter of healing and then the good install from here.

Cheers

Joe