Saturday (7/14/2018)

Update:

I had my surgery done in Indianapolis last Friday (7/6).  I was told that it went well.  I was discharged on Sunday.  My wife had flown in on Saturday to drive me home.  500 miles is a long drive when just sitting upright in a chair for an hour wears you out.   I laid down in the backseat of the truck for half way home.  

I've stayed at home resting for the week.  On Friday (7/13), I went over to my daughter's and got to play with my granddaughter and hold my grandsons.  That was pleasant!

I was having trouble with my limb all week.  The bleeding at the incision hadn't stopped, which is unusually long.  Also I was showing possible signs of infection, so I called the doctor.

It's a little more complicated when the hospital you had the surgery at is 500 miles away, the surgeon had a family emergency right after my surgery, and you are trying to find someone who knows you to talk with them.  Thankfully both hospitals use EPIC for record keeping, so the records and things transferred back and forth.  Anyway, my Indy team sent me to the ER to have someone look at me and run some blood work.  

My white cell count was somewhat elevated but I had a number of symptoms that I seemed to indicate an infection starting.  So I was put on two antibiotics and sent home.

I'm so very grateful that now just 12 hours after starting the antibiotics that my leg already looks so much better!!!  I think we nipped it in the bud before an infection really took hold.  Whew!  Fears alleviated!

I've got a two-week post-op follow-up scheduled in Indy this coming Friday (7/20).  I'll drive down on Thursday and then drive back home on Friday after my appointment.  Not looking forward to 1,000 miles in two days, but that is just the way it is.  I'll have lots of time to listen to my favorite music!                              

I got to tell you this.  It makes me laugh.  I called the hotel that I stayed at prior to my surgery.  I asked to reserve "a wheelchair accessible" room.  The lady told me, "We don't have any of those here.  We only have handicap accessible rooms."  I answered back, "Well, I stayed at your hotel last week, so whatever you got will be fine."  LOL.  The room I stayed in there was one of best layouts for a wheelchair that I ever had.  So yeah, I should be fine.