Saturday 8:30 PM: Shane and I visited Mom and Dad around dinner time. Dad looked great today. Yesterday he seemed animated but his color was a little pale; today the pink had returned to his cheeks. He was able to walk over to dinner using a walker. We are suprised, and yet not suprised, at how well he is doing. Mom was able to run home in the afternoon to take a bath and get a few more things. We went by again in the evening with a chocolate shake for Mom. They had a visit this morning from the Drehers. They brought a beautiful houseplant. Later, Dale Gubler came by for a visit. Lisa sent a beautiful arrangement of roses, so their room looks very cheerful. Mom says it looks like a couple of homeless people live there. Maybe I should send Mallory by with some pizza. Have a great night everybody.
Saturday 10 AM Good morning, everybody! Dad had a good night. He was able to sleep and this morning he felt only a minimal amount of pain. Mom slept well also. Dad's leg is on a CPM? machine that keeps it moving continuously. The knee continues to rotate the lower leg, much like riding a bicycle. Shane says that the machine keeps the titanium knee and surrounding areas flexible. Dad's looking forward to the BYU game with the amazing Jimmer today. Thank goodness that the hospital has the right channel. He won't have to miss any at all. Maybe we'll DVR it for him just in case. We're planning on visiting this afternoon. If anybody talks to Dad, post an update as a comment. Thanks, E
Friday night 8:50 update: We just got back from visiting Dad at the hospital. Other than looking a little pale and the fact that he was vertical with an IV, you might not have noticed that anything was wrong with him at all. He's had a pretty steady flow of visitors, including their good friends Peggy and John Ricks. We brought mom a pillow and a blanket and some cashews. She's going to spend the night on a little Barbara Renouf sized couch in Dad's room.
Sailor made Dad a chain of hearts that said "Get Well, Grandpa," and West wrote him a letter that said "Dear Grandpa, I hope you don't miss the Jimmer game tomorrow. Love, West" Dad got a kick out of that. Dad said he had talked to just about everybody today, but he's still trying to get in touch with Laurie and Heidi. Were going to head back tomorrow afternoon with a chocolate shake for Mom and we'll try to talk Dad into a cheeseburger from Five Guys. We'll stay in touch. Love to everybody, E
3:30 Update: I just got off the phone with Pop. He didn't sound sluggish in the least. In fact, he sounded energized! He wondered why he didn't just do both knees! He hasn't experienced any pain yet. (Leave that to Shane....) Do you want all the nitty gritty details? You do? OK, read on.
He had some chocolate, vanilla, and tapioca pudding.
He wanted his cell phone charger and laptop. (I'll bring them by tonight since Sailor and West can't come for the visit. Hospital rules during flu season, no visitors under the age of 14. They're planning on making him a flip-video message instead.)
He had visits from both the Drehers and the Gublers.
Mom and Dad are making friends with all the nurses, who are apparently the prettiest, nicest, smartest, most wonderful people in the world-like everyone that Mom and Dad meet.
Mom wanted a box of cookies from her pantry. Oh, c'mon-I can do better than that, Mom!
I'll check back in whenever I hear anything. If anybody talks to Dad, post a comment as an update. Thanks, E
10:30 Hey, everybody. I just talked to Mom. Here's the report: Dad made it through surgery and all went well. Mom was waiting in his room. I'll post updates throughout the day as I hear anything. E
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PHHHHHHewwwwwwww!
Thanks for posting this Erin. I just called and Mom said they had just brought him into the room. The surgery lasted a couple of hours and then he spent an hour and a half or so in recovery. I talked to Dad for a minute and he sounded great. He said he didn't have a general anesthesia, he had an epidural and something that put him to sleep, but not a general. He said he wasn't feeling any pain and that is was easy to come out of surgery without a general. And Mom was ready for a candy bar.
Thanks you two for the updates. I'm so glad Dad is doing as well as possible and I hope Mom gets her candy bar soon!
Erin,
I am so glad you are there to give updates, make cookies, drop off a laptop, visit with your children, and have a husband who can give physical therapy and look after Dad.
Thank you for taking good care of Dad and Mom while he is recuperating. "Now don't be nervous, Howard everything depends on this."
Isn't Dad amazing? He sounded alert, happy, and like you said, energized. He told me he should have done both knees, too.
I'm so relieved and happy he is doing so well.
I hope this will help him, and he will feel better and be able to walk more easily without pain.
Thank you for keeping us all in the know and for posting information.
Tell him we love him again when you see him. I wish I was there and know how lucky you are to live right across the street.
Oh thank goodness for the
Pop and his amazing strength , Mom and her careful watch over Pop and Erin and family for all the extra care and updates.
Love you all
Well Big Stuff you definitly threw me for a loop last night when you called. We had just come in from Disneyland and so we were tired and winding down and the phone rang around 10 pm. I saw 435 area code and just thought it was the Milli's (Mylroies, Mylionaires,etc) not thinking anything different I heard your voice and it literally took me 5 seconds to register it was you. At first I thought it was that jokester and therapist Shane playing a joke , like someone had recorded your voice and was plaaying it back in the phone. I was so surprised you could talk after that. Anyways it was good to hear your voice and we wish you a speedy recover. You finally tricked me Big Stuff.
Love ya.
Mikey
PS count your blessings we for once picked up the phone. HA HA.
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