February 2nd (Day 2)
Osteotomy was conducted
Last night I only woke up twice in the night. I was given stronger pain killers and the sleep was so much better. I was able to go to the bathroom by myself, major result in getting some independence back
Later in the morning I met with the resident doctor, pharmacist and physio again. The doctor mentioned 6 weeks recovery for the bone and 2 weeks for soft tissue. This sounds tough but I need to recover properly. I guess I will be house bound for the initial duration of 2 weeks at the least.
I was taken for a walk with the physio at 10:46am and they got me to walk much further. This was tiring but a great milestone reached.
Other than the nurse washing my leg this morning I really want to go home.
Right now it is dealing with tiredness, loss of leg muscle mass and taking drugs to control the pain is what I need to acknowledge. I need to make sure I am doing exercises every hour to ensure recovery is fast.
Loiza arrived just after 11am and we chatted; I was excited about going home. People came and went to check my BP, O2 and administer more pain killers. The pharmacist came round and mentioned providing me with Co-didromol and ibuprofen. The pain will be high for the next week or so as the soft tissue heals.
Mr Chatoo came round at 1pm, he helped remove the bandaging and reassured me again on progress.
He recommended ice packs to reduce the swelling and pain killers to manage the pain. I was happy to hear from Mr Chatoo, a person who does take his work very seriously.
At Lunchtime, I was discharged from hospital. At last!
Getting into the car was not as painful as I thought and Loiza. I really enjoyed the ride home; I was finally out of hospital and moving around.
As I made it into the house, I felt relief of being back home; sitting in a hospital watching daytime TV drives you mad but also have my own creature comforts around me as well as the kids.
I sat on the upright sofa for a while and then lay flat once the pain started.
Movement is getting better but the swelling is causing discomfort in terms of knee movement and feeling my skin stretch across my calf. This in turn causes me to itch.
The pain and tiredness came in waves today and after having dinner (lentils) i fell asleep whilst watching tv at about 9ish. I just could not get warm and could not tolerate the cold peas. Hoping tomorrow would be better
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