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A little history. My wife had Hodgkins Disease when she was in her early 20's. Nine months of chemo and high doses of steroids killed the bone in her hips. So, at 23 she had both hips replaced. She got about 25 years of service out of them. About 4 or 5 years ago she had revisions done on both hips. They replaced the balls and bushings/liners. We thought she was good to go. Now, the rod that goes in the left femur is lose and she is going to have that whole hip replaced again. This will be her 5th major hip surgery. She took all of the other operations in stride, but this one has her more apprehensive. She gets the surgery done tomorrow. Please keep her in your prayers, thanks, Joe.

Good luck, Joe. I'll be thinking of y'all tomorrow. Medical science re: hip replacements is pretty amazing. Where is it being done? Annapolis?

Joe, happy to.
Best Wishes,
Brad

Done.

Here's to a successful surgery and a speedy recovery!

Prayers sent From Michigan!

And more prayers and good thoughts coming from Michigan. I had my hip done in January at age 79, and I hope hers goes as well as mine did.
yooper

Joe, I hope everything goes well,she has been thru enough allready. Don

Prayers and thoughts are with ya'll.

Steve

May the Lord be with both of you and may He give your wife's surgical team all the knowledge and skills they need that lead to a successful outcome.

sure will joe.. had a buddy at work get hips done lately and it really helped him.

Godspeed to you and yours.

dave

Hoping all goes well and prayers are on the way.

Thanks, Gary. She's getting hers done at Inova, at the Anderson Orthopedic Center, in VA, Joe.

Thanks everyone. It's 5:30 AM and we are leaving now, Joe.

prayers sent.

Let us know how things go.

dave

Good luck and prayers sent!

Prayers sent.

Mike

Best wishes and good luck today Joe.

Prayers for both of you!

Thanks every one. My daughter and I just got home, we left about 5:30 this morning. My wife was scheduled for 9:00 AM and they rolled her into OR right at 9. Don't know exactly how long it took them to get started, but the doctor called us into the conference room at 2 PM. Every thing went as planned. Turns out they just opened a new wing at the hospital and she was the first one in a new room. It's bigger than hotel rooms I've stayed in. She was pretty much pain free and wide awake, and hungry. The nurse gave her a menu and she ordered up dinner, looked and smelled good. She has her first PT at 9 tomorrow morning and then 2:30 in the afternoon. Should be released Sat morning. Thanks again, Joe.

Sounds like all good news. I bet you're glad to have this day behind you.

Rod

Glad to hear things went well. Sounds like exactly what happened to me a few weeks ago. That first PT is a b*tch!

Sure sounds like answered prayer already Joe. Sure hope she keeps moving forward.

dave

I'm late to the party, glad to hear all went well. Hope PT is going well.

Dale

Oh, should have mentioned, When she came to she was in a brand new wing, in a brand new room, first to stay in it. The room was bigger and nicer than some hotels I've stayed in. One of her Med's nurses came in and sang her a song, she video'ed it. Her name is Jane and she sang it to the tune of "Amazing Grace". It started "Amazing Jane here to take away your pain". She is Filipino, cute as a button, and sweet as can be. I was starting to wonder if every one there had been dipping into the "nice pills", never seen a nicer bunch of folks, Joe.

Thanks Dave and Dale. She's doing great, only 10% weight bearing, but getting around the house OK. Now it's just time. It's easy for me to say just time. I was thinking, if I add up all the rehab time from all of her surgeries, she's probably lost two or more years of her life. But, somehow she keeps a pretty good attitude, Joe.