Off To Another Adventure?

I’m off to the big city today to get ready for my knee surgery.  During my pre-check-in I found out that it’s going to be more than a knee replacement.  They’ll be taking out all the hardware from my femur to my tibia and fibula.  I’ve thought before that I’ve got enough metal in me to make a small car.  I was told that a normal knee replacement usually takes a couple of hours and the hospital stay is 3 to 5 days.  However, in my case it will take a good bit longer, and of course, I’ll be in the hospital longer.  I know this is going to be quite a lot of pain, but I figure with all the other stuff causing me pain, if I can get rid of one thing – then that’s a good thing.  

My cousin is driving me up today and we’ll stay in a very nice hotel.   My brother, who must have an awful lot of points, is taking care of two days there.  My cousin told him she would pay for the second day since only she would be staying there.  We both decided that after getting up so early to get me to the hospital, and then waiting probably all day for me to get into surgery and then out of surgery that driving back 85 miles to get back home would be too taxing.  My brother told her she was doing this for Whit and that she is family so don’t worry about the hotel.   Sometimes my family and I don’t get along, but they do come through.

Hopefully I’ll be going to the VA for in house Physical Therapy.  I was there earlier this year and they were excellent.  My other brother gave me a tablet and I’ll try to keep up with everybody and let you know how I’m doing.

I hope everyone is doing good and having a great summer.

Take care.