Back and forth to the doctor and hospital to arrange a knee replacement. The original doctor visits, back for a mandatory two-hour class on joint replacement, a complete physical, blood work, and imaging, just to get approval to schedule the surgery. Today’s visit was the pre-surgical check-in at the hospital.
All the preliminary visits are done. The paperwork is filed. We’re on for surgery next Monday.
We’ve encountered several life-changing medical moments these last few years. This one for Judy; it’s not a specific injury to her knee, it’s the cartilage worn out. Bone on bone. It’s painful to move. It’s painful to not move. In all of human history before our generation, her walking days would be done.
But what a wonderful time we live in. In a week Judy gets the old knee joint out and a totally new one in. After a few months of recovery and rehab, that knee should be good as new. We’re both excited for it, but especially Judy! She’ll get her freedom to move about back.
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