So, I know on my last post that I said I would post about was happened at the doctors. Well, my post-op appointment did not go as planned. In the evening of Friday, October 3rd I found a large lump at my incision. I got really scared and thought that I had over done it on Friday because I had done the stairs like 3-4 times that day. Doug got me an ice pack - but that didn't work. I really thought that my screws were coming loose (the ones in my hip silly people). I didn't want to go to the ER over the weekend - well merely because if you have ever sat in the ER you would understand.
Turns out I should have went to ER over the weekend. When I got to the doctors, Dr. Goodspeed's med student, Bryan, took a look at my incision and the lump. He told me that I had an infection and that they were going to have to open me back up and scrape it out!! What the hell!!??!! No, no, no, this appointment was to have good news - not this. Dr. Goodspeed came in and said that yes, indeed I would need surgery - and it was going to have to be the same day.
Doug drove me across the hospital campus to the hospital and they admitted me. My appointment was at 10 am and my surgery was to be after 6pm. Thus no food!! I had the worst headache by the time my surgery came around at 8pm.
The infection was luckily superficial (on the surface). However Dr. Goodspeed had seen some puss (I know - gross) near the bone and hardware. So they decided to treat it as a bone infection. They told me that there wasn't anything that I did wrong with cleaning. The infection was because of the tricky spot the incision was at.
I have very small and deep veins that roll. This makes I.V's not so much fun. In the course of the week in the hospital I blew 3 I.V's and the veins refused the 4th. And that is not including all of the sticks.
So after a week in the hospital I got home on Saturday. I have a Picc line in my arm and am administering my own I.V. meds every 6 hours!! and I earned myself 6 more weeks off. UGH!!! I am fortunate to be able to work from home, but it is not as easy as if I would be in my office with everything around me.
As far as the hip recovery... I am doing well I guess. I have been have a lot of burning, tingling, pain in my leg. They said that this is due to the fact that my muscle and nerve were cut and re-attached. Ice and nerve medication is helping with this. I am starting to move around a little better. While I was in the hospital, PT worked with me to ditch the walker. I am now using crutches.
I go back to the doctor in 2 weeks, so lets hope that appointment goes a little better!!!
