One of my good friends is spending Christmas without a knee. Neither the one he was born with or the artificial one that replaced it.
He had one knee done and everything went fine, so they replaced the second one. It became infected and after none of the antibiotics worked, they took the mechanical joint back out a couple weeks ago and stuffed the empty space with something like plaster of Paris. They wont put the new one in until, or unless, they get the infection cleared up. The Doctors said maybe six weeks with no knee.
About 20 years ago that same thing happened to a friend and he killed himself. Hopefully this person doesn't do the same as Bob.
