Dad had his right hip replaced today. Things went really well. They said they had to clean a lot of arthritis out of it. His doctor said he is a big boned guy w/ lots of thick muscle (dad just loved it when he heard that!). The avg. size replacement that they normally use is 49-52mm. They had to use a 62mm replacement for Dad!
By this afternoon he was up and "walking w/ a walker". But actually it was more like he was walking and holding the walker up off the ground. Naturally he felt great b/c of the pain meds so he was strolling all over the place. And despite mom and I nagging him to death he still over did it. Shortly after we left tonight his incision started bleeding pretty bad. So hopefully tomorrow won't be too rough. They think they will release him tomorrow afternoon. AMAZING! He will still have a 6-8 wk recovery time though, w/ physical therapy of course.
Since I am not at home on my computer I am using this picture off my cell phone. So it will have to do for now.
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