hard bones
This is the first truly relaxing day since May 24, the day that will be forever known as the Day of the Hard Bone. That's what Ms. Megablogger's orthopaedist Dr. Kumar said about the surgery to add a new hip in her left leg, clearly marked so it wouldn't be confused with the right and sawed off by mistake...and if so, it's the patient's fault.
That's how the system works. We got to the pre-op center at about 10 a.m., and waited until they could wheel her in at 1 p.m. I went to lunch, she went under...well, not quite. She was awake, but detached the whole time. That's why when the surgeon found out the size wouldn't fit her bone - he was using a 14, needed a 17, which he got from the pick-a-parts shelf, back in he went to hammer the point home. She realized something was amiss, when he exclaimed "oh fuck," halfway-thru.
That night, she was very groggy and in some discomfort, after all a hip replacement is just that, but in the intervening days - even though the next day, they were considering sending her to a nursing home for 2 weeks (hell, no!!!), she's doing super great...still in bed, needs help in and out to go potty, but all in all, great stuff.
On that Sat., I visited the home in Lakewood on Albury where Gary had seen some killer LPs, and they were just that - rare James Brown (11), Rudy Ray Moore (3) and more and more, all black all soul, 42 or so for $75. More than fair.
Yesterday, visited Joe Ont in Lakewood, the guy I was supposed to see the day I visited Robbie. He has some great stuff too. Lots'o folks into records. He lives just a few houses down from Gary...weird.
That's how the system works. We got to the pre-op center at about 10 a.m., and waited until they could wheel her in at 1 p.m. I went to lunch, she went under...well, not quite. She was awake, but detached the whole time. That's why when the surgeon found out the size wouldn't fit her bone - he was using a 14, needed a 17, which he got from the pick-a-parts shelf, back in he went to hammer the point home. She realized something was amiss, when he exclaimed "oh fuck," halfway-thru.
That night, she was very groggy and in some discomfort, after all a hip replacement is just that, but in the intervening days - even though the next day, they were considering sending her to a nursing home for 2 weeks (hell, no!!!), she's doing super great...still in bed, needs help in and out to go potty, but all in all, great stuff.
On that Sat., I visited the home in Lakewood on Albury where Gary had seen some killer LPs, and they were just that - rare James Brown (11), Rudy Ray Moore (3) and more and more, all black all soul, 42 or so for $75. More than fair.
Yesterday, visited Joe Ont in Lakewood, the guy I was supposed to see the day I visited Robbie. He has some great stuff too. Lots'o folks into records. He lives just a few houses down from Gary...weird.
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