Mom's Surgery

Mom did GREAT with her surgery – praise God! The doctor completely replaced both the socket – and the ball that fits into the socket. When he was finished with that, he said that something still didn’t seem right – and upon further investigation, he found that the deltoid muscle had gotten pinched in the fracture – he had to pry open the fracture to pull the muscle out. OUCH! No WONDER she was in pain! She did not have a great night – she is absolutely petrified of being hooked on painkillers – and so refuses to take them much of the time. Last night she said that she waited too long to ask for something – and then it took a long for the painkiller to kick in. She promised she wouldn’t do that again – but we will see. And the pain she is feeling is not in her shoulder – she has a nerve block for that – the pain is in her lower arm (below the surgery) and other places. She seems to have been dehydrated as well – probably from not eating or drinking anything before surgery. It took them six pokes to get the IV started – and last night – they had to work to find another site after the original one blew. Keep her in your prayers.

I did fine with the stress of Mom’s surgery – the waiting – the praying – the WAITING. The only place I could have done better was drinking enough water. It’s easy to forget to drink when you are sitting in a waiting room.