Hip Fits

Dad came home from the hospital tues. late morning. He has had trouble w/ bad nonstop bleeding from his hip since mon. night. He is on cumadin (blood thinner) to prevent blood clots in his legs. So that is not helping matters. He majorly overdid the walking on monday afternoon (despite mom and I's protests) (But he is a stubborn 'ole farmer) and that's what started all of this. Mom had to take him back to Manhattan yesterday for the nurse to check him out b/c they were worried about all of the blood loss. The nurse ended up having to remove the "do not remove til friday or else bandage" b/c it was just sopping w/ blood. Mom couldn't keep him gauzed up for very long before having to change everything again. So the nurse packed on some bandaging about an inch thick and said he needs some good pressure on his hip to help the bleeding stop. So he is now ace bandaged tightly all around his hips. He is not supposed to be walking at all unless using the restroom until the bleeding is under control. He goes back in tomorrow morning and is on schedule to start physical therapy on monday. He could probably use a prayer if you could spare one. And my mom probably could too.

Here are some pics from when he was in the surgery center!

Oh.....yummy.

Only in America....do they feed you this post surgery. While you're talking on a cell phone, when only hrs earlier you couldn't even make since out of your words!