Looks to me like he's already getting around just fine.
The parents of this condemned man appear in YouTube material protesting the death penalty on the grounds that it breaks up families.
See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ife0o88QHGM
The same website notes: “BILL and LOIS FOLEY of Harlan, Kentucky, and their son TED describe the effect of having a loved one on death row in Eddyville Kentucky. Robert Foley was convicted of killing Rodney and Lynn Vaughn and Kimberly Bowersock, Lillian Contino, Jerry McMillen, and Calvin Reynolds.”
Apparently the guy with the bad hip killed SIX people.
This makes me think that we should go ahead with the requested surgery. Foley doesn’t realize that recovery from hip surgery is itself rather painful. So, if that’s what he wants, let him have it!