Sometimes, I just don’t have a beautifully thought out riveting opener to my posts to pull you in. And, this one won’t be an exception. I’m just going to jump right on in like you would a pool after a few cool evenings. After much hassle and many miles, we finally got Drew’s hip piece…
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The Pain
Drew ended up spending three nights in the hospital instead of two as he did for his right. His pain level was quite significant despite the seemingly pleasant first day. But, he had a much harder time weaning off of the morphine this time. The continuous flow of Diladid had to be reconnected after Drew…
And On To the Right
Friday, we had pre-op: just a quick visit with Dr. Paley and vitals with the downstairs team. It was a much shorter day than last time since they decided to do any blood work on Tuesday, the day of surgery. Drew has been in a great place after his left-leg surgery. During the day, he…
Can’t Get Enough of Those Doctors!
I had a whole post written and was going to upload cute photos to compliment the story and my entire post just disappeared and I refuse to rewrite it. So I’m going to passively-aggressively summarize it in this sarcastic kid-like temper tantrum fit: Drew was dizzy. Called cardiologist. Yes, he excessively sweats but he wears…
Drew Has His First Surgery
It has been a 19-hour day for us so this post will be quick. We had to wake up early this morning to get dressed, fed (not poor Drew though! per anesthesiologist’s instructions), and drive the 20 minute drive to the hospital to be there at 5:30. We were immediately escorted back to pre-surgical waiting…
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