My Wife's Total Hip Replacement Surgery part 4 Rehab.

Day 8  10/29/09  Thursday  if you missed parts 1-3, go here

It was so good for Mary to come home after 7 days of hospital life, the hardest part was getting her into the Ford Escape, with it's not so large front passenger door, after a bit of fussing, pushing and shoving, pillow or no pillow, we got her in and comfortable. Only 25 minutes home, mostly by freeway.

Getting comfortable around the house also proved to be another challenge as we were trying to apply the guidelines for sitting, that the therapists told us in the hospital, let's see, do not exceed 90 degree angle when sitting in a chair, but how about a recliner, and don't let your knees be higher than your hips when sitting. Laying down in bed has not worked out at all, she has spent the night in the recliner with the TV on and that seems to work OK.

Thankfully the in home Physical Therapist came the day after she got home and showed us real world do's and don'ts, in our house, he answered a lot of questions, we were pretty much doing the right things.

11/5/09 2nd week

Two weeks done since surgery and 8 days being home.  Therapy is going well with the therapist coming 3 times a week, he is very helpful and good at what he does. Mary is moving about the house quite well with the walker and even a little without it, although the therapist said not to get rid of the walker to soon as this will set you back about a week if you try to do to much to early.  Surgery site continues to look good and the seepage has finally stopped. Sleeping is also getting better and she is able to get in and out of  bed by herself.

Last Monday we had 1st post op. with her Ortho. he took X Rays right there and we got to see what the thing looks like. He said everything looks great and even called the house a few days later to see how her incision was doing. The Internist from the hospital also called to follow up, which was a surprise to us, we must be special.....to be continued.