I hope things start getting better for you.

Sending lots of hugs.


Chester Worwa
--- - Joy - <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> just wanted to update you all on my progress.
>
> i had my surgery on april 11.  the doctor removed
> the head of my right femur
> so it wouldn't press on my lower back, and pulled
> down the remaining bone to
> leave enough space for comfortable movement.  he put
> three pins in the femur
> and three in the pelvis, with a bar connecting them.
>  this was to hold the
> femur down while scar tissue filled in a comfortable
> space in between.  i
> was supposed to be in bed for a few days, then be
> back to my normal self
> with an elevated leg.
>
> i was home for about a week, but was in terrible
> pain when i tried to sit
> up, roll over, or get out of bed.  we went back to
> the hospital on the 23rd,
> where i had another surgery to adjust the fixator so
> it wasn't so painful.
> i was supposed to be discharged on saturday.
>
> when the doctor came in to discharge me, he noticed
> that my hip was swelling
> up.  it had gotten infected, and had swollen so much
> that the bar was
> rubbing my hip raw.  he wanted to schedule more
> surgery to move the pins
> further out, but decided that they wouldn't hold.
>
> so, he put a pin through my lower femur and put me
> in skeletal traction. i
> have to stay flat on my back in the hospital for the
> balance of the six week
> healing period (16 more days now).  i'm not in pain,
> now i'm just bored and
> missing my "old life".
>
> sorry for rambling, just wanted to catch you guys up
> and share my ordeal.
>
> ~Joy~