Don had a roller coaster of a day. At 5 AM they took away his IV pain meds to get him prepared to come home. Then the excruciating pain in his hip came back and he was uncomfortable and in pain virtually all day. After consultation with the doctor and the pain management person they think his hip problem is muscular, possibly after the epidural for the spinal tap nicked a nerve and is causing a muscle in his hip to contract or spasm. So he's now on a muscle relaxant and on "liquid Ibuprofen" by IV. He'll get this every 6 hours until he's released. When we left him this evening he was sitting pretty comfortably in a chair for the first time since his surgery, so we're hopeful that this will do the trick. He will be released tomorrow morning, so we hope he has a good night and that the terrors of hip pain are behind him (no pun intended.....).
Love to all!
Charlie
PS: His knee is doing fine. The therapist is very impressed with his stamina and ability to walk around the pod several times. It appears that once the hip issue is resolved he'll be on a fast track to rehabbing the knee.
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