Current mood:

drained

Connies' surgery
GF had her shoulder surgery this past Friday so I'm posting an update for her. What was supposed to be a quick 1 hour bone spur removal ended up being a 2 hour rebuild the shoulder surgery. What was supposed to be a 6-week recovery time is now a MINIMUM 4-month recovery. Yup, the doc said that everything he could do to a shoulder he had to do for her. Let's see a "very large" rotator cuff tear, "the biggest bone spur" he's seen in years, bicep repair, collar bone repair, tendon repair. Not everything could be done laparoscopically, so she has 2 incisions across the top of her arm, also.
To say the least she is a hurting unit. She is in the padded, strapped in every which way sling. Oh yeah, did I mention all the arthritis, too? About 20+ years ago she dislocated up her shoulder, so this is a result from that and then some...
I feel so bad for her. I hate seing her in this pain. Not to mention all the plans she had on hold for now.