Wednesday was a day of following hospital protocol and making lemonade out of lemons. We arrived for check in at 7:30am even though my surgery wasn't scheduled until 1:00pm. For three hours we waited in waiting room style chairs. Not good for a chronically sore right hip. We were finally escorted to the pre-op suite about 10:30 am. After connecting the various tubes and wires we patiently waited for another two hours before being taken to the OR suite.
I am a spiritual man and took a few minutes to offer whisper prayers for all the technicians and doctors in the room. After that, I don't remember anything until waking up in the recovery room at 4:30pm, feeling rested and still without pain. Due to a communications error, my post surgery pain meds took more time than necessary to hook up. Sometimes I'm patient with unforeseen delays and yesterday I was. It made the whole process bearable.
The great news is the doctors quickly identified the problem with my right hip. The original ball and shaft that was placed in the center of my femur had come loose. Loose as a goose according to Dr. Hamlin. The shaft could rotate 360 degrees!!!!!! I know now why I had so much pain. My doctor is confident that I will have significant improvement. I am thankful for God's presence in the OR and the fact that I didn't let small things cloud my day.
I am writing this blog Thursday afternoon. My epidural has been removed and the lack of pain I enjoyed up to about two hours ago has been replaced with pain of 8+ on a 10 scale. Thank goodness for chemistry.
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