Dan had his shoulder surgery today. We are home and everything went well. His shoulder has been chronically dislocating for years. He had a capsule repair which means they tighten the tendon around the shoulder capsule so it will no longer dislocate. We arrived at the hospital at 8 am and left at 5:30 pm. He was in surgery for 2 hours and recovery for almost 3 hours. He was feeling pretty nauseous and very tired so he stayed a little longer than normal. You can see his lovely packing material on his shoulder. I get to take that off in 3 days and redress the wound (Sherri I might be calling you for advice!). He has to wear an immobilizer for awhile and he obviously won't been doing much for a couple weeks. The nurses and Doctors were very nice at Kaiser and we had a really good experience. As I sat doing my crocheting in the waiting room a huge group of about 25 people came in. They were all there to support a woman who has colon cancer and is having her second surgery. She was going to be in surgery for 8 hours. They all gathered around before they took her back and said a prayer together. It was very touching. It made me grateful that I was not in that waiting room for that purpose. I'm so glad that Dan is doing pretty well and that he has lots of happy pain pills so I can keep that smile on his face. Thank you for your prayers and thoughts. We will keep you updated on his progress.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Surgery
Dan had his shoulder surgery today. We are home and everything went well. His shoulder has been chronically dislocating for years. He had a capsule repair which means they tighten the tendon around the shoulder capsule so it will no longer dislocate. We arrived at the hospital at 8 am and left at 5:30 pm. He was in surgery for 2 hours and recovery for almost 3 hours. He was feeling pretty nauseous and very tired so he stayed a little longer than normal. You can see his lovely packing material on his shoulder. I get to take that off in 3 days and redress the wound (Sherri I might be calling you for advice!). He has to wear an immobilizer for awhile and he obviously won't been doing much for a couple weeks. The nurses and Doctors were very nice at Kaiser and we had a really good experience. As I sat doing my crocheting in the waiting room a huge group of about 25 people came in. They were all there to support a woman who has colon cancer and is having her second surgery. She was going to be in surgery for 8 hours. They all gathered around before they took her back and said a prayer together. It was very touching. It made me grateful that I was not in that waiting room for that purpose. I'm so glad that Dan is doing pretty well and that he has lots of happy pain pills so I can keep that smile on his face. Thank you for your prayers and thoughts. We will keep you updated on his progress.
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Dan must be on a lot of happy pills because he looks way too happy for having just been in surgery for 2 hours. Happy healing!
Glad all went well. Please let me know if you need anything!
Keep those happy pills coming for him! It is good to know everything went well, have fun with the healing.
Poor Dan! He could not have asked for a better wife to baby him though! Okay by the way you in that wooden shoe was totally crackin us up!
Dan, we are glad the surgery went well and hope you recover quickly.
So glad you are doing well Dan we were wondering when that was going to happen glad it's out of the way and you are on the road to recovery. HOlly call me anytime I'm happy to help! Hope all is well and hope you have a speedy recovery don't get too high off your drugs Dan :)
That sounds like the exact same thing CJ had a few years ago. My best advice to him---do his physical therapy! CJ went to his, but he didn't do all the stuff at home that he was supposed to, and now it's not loose enough. He throws like a girl!
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