Ed is in the hospital recovering from knee replacement surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
Yesterday was a rollercoaster type of day, with the surgeon asking hard questions. Ed is not a complainer, as you shall see.
When the doctor asked him if he could tolerate pain in his knee Ed said yes. The doctor sent us out to lunch to discuss whether or not we should go through surgery since Ed could still tolerate the pain.
The X-ray showed a damaged knee. The doctor said some people would have had that knee replaced three years before!
Yet, he encouraged Ed to hold onto the knee as long as possible.
Ed wavered.
My husband and I both felt that the surgery should go on, also despite low white blood cell counts. They were below even the lowest margin for surgery.
That wasn't a show stopper. The surgeon had done other patients with similar counts due to chemotherapy. It just wasn't optimal.
Ed agreed to go forward, and we showed up at the hospital this morning.
After the surgery the doctor told us that the damage in the knee was quite significant. The surgery was absolutely necessary. The bone was in terrible shape, pockmarked, worn.
God is good.
Ed was watched carefully by EXCEPTIONAL medical professionals.
He came out of recovery with the same light-hearted attitude. Yes, he is in pain. He said it was an "8" at times. It's down to a 4-5 now.
Thankful.
We're going to get him up tomorrow morning.
We're praying for a good night. Join me?
Many thanks for all of you dear ones praying.
Prayer has sustained us.
Yesterday was a rollercoaster type of day, with the surgeon asking hard questions. Ed is not a complainer, as you shall see.
When the doctor asked him if he could tolerate pain in his knee Ed said yes. The doctor sent us out to lunch to discuss whether or not we should go through surgery since Ed could still tolerate the pain.
The X-ray showed a damaged knee. The doctor said some people would have had that knee replaced three years before!
Yet, he encouraged Ed to hold onto the knee as long as possible.
Ed wavered.
My husband and I both felt that the surgery should go on, also despite low white blood cell counts. They were below even the lowest margin for surgery.
That wasn't a show stopper. The surgeon had done other patients with similar counts due to chemotherapy. It just wasn't optimal.
Ed agreed to go forward, and we showed up at the hospital this morning.
After the surgery the doctor told us that the damage in the knee was quite significant. The surgery was absolutely necessary. The bone was in terrible shape, pockmarked, worn.
God is good.
Ed was watched carefully by EXCEPTIONAL medical professionals.
He came out of recovery with the same light-hearted attitude. Yes, he is in pain. He said it was an "8" at times. It's down to a 4-5 now.
Thankful.
We're going to get him up tomorrow morning.
We're praying for a good night. Join me?
Many thanks for all of you dear ones praying.
Prayer has sustained us.
2 comments:
We've all been praying for weeks and weeks, knowing this surgery was coming, so to go ahead was the right thing to do, as you know, after the report from the surgeon. Pain has it's purpose. We pray for God to continue to direct your choices and give a non complicated recovery to your Ed. Blessings to each of you and thanks be to God.
Thank you, Nancy!
Your prayers are treasured.
We know that this entire situation is in the Lord's hand.
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