Recovery Update: One week Post-Op

So good to be home! My long travels from Puerto Montt to Phoenix went well. I took advantage of the wheelchair assistance provided by the airlines, which was a huge help. Arrived home late Saturday a.m. and went straight to bed! Sunday was Urgent Care for dressing changes, today PCP for the same (they say my wounds are looking good) and to set up wound care, and tomorrow I see an Orthopedic at Mayo. In the meantime, my body hurts of course, but I think it's tolerable. Worse is the nausea/upset stomach that I am having due to the antibiotics. It's hammered me. I have felt miserable and haven't been able to eat much of anything for several days, and that is no good for promoting healing. It takes me about an hour to down a piece of toast and some yogurt. Of course, infection would be a major deal, so this is a conundrum. I have to hammer through at least a few more days of this. I'll post another update after Ortho tomorrow, assuming I make it. Tom has been wonderful, driving me. I could perhaps drive if I could sit up straight, but I need to be mostly horizontal when in the car. My propensity for motion sickness doesn't help matters. Thanks, everyone for your thoughts and prayers. This too shall pass, and I know there are people way worse off.Læs mere