This is going to be so rough on all of you. I’m kind of surprised they’re doing anything at 99+, though I remember you telling me living to over 100 runs in your family, so there’s that!
Okay, everybody - he made it!
It was a rough day - surgery wasn’t until 1:00. When the anesthesiologist came to talk to us, he had the Echo results and dad has developed another serious issue that will be terminal eventually, if the heart issues don’t get him first. This ramped the risk of anesthesia/surgery pretty much through the roof and there was a not insignificant chance he wouldn’t make it off the operating table.
Talked to dad (with anesthesiologist present) and told him the surgery was really risky, did he want to do it? Of course, he did and frankly, with his broken hip, he was between a rock and a hard place. There was no quality of life for him if he didn’t have it fixed - all he could do with it broken was lie in bed in one position, doped up on morphine & oxycodone for pain management.
Everything went fine - Ortho happy with the leg “fix”. Rehab will be slow. Dad was pretty goofy, still under the influence of anesthesia and morphine ... “I need my canes!” I told him NO more canes (he uses a walker, but carries his canes everywhere he goes, even on the golf cart).
PT starts today ... sitting up, they’ll probably stand him on the leg, needs weight bearing. No walking around the house yet - will be 6 weeks or so before he can be “active”. Waiting for surgery, I arranged a ramp for the house - we’ve needed one for 2 years and he’s been stubborn about it, but it will just have to be his 100th birthday present.
Thanks for the prayers - much appreciated. He needed ALL of them. ~Q