Here's Joey 24 hours after her four hour rotator cuff surgery. When the surgeon got into her shoulder, he found bursitis, a calcium spur, a tendon that was out of place...and a tear in her rotator cuff. No wonder she was in such pain! He was able to smooth out the spur, diminish the bursitis, put the tendon back in place, and repair the tear. FOUR HOURS!!!! When we saw her yesterday after the surgery, she looked "beat up!" But, today she is able to smile.
When a WIN or LoW needs medical help, our friends are the best source of help in the world! Pete drove her to her surgery and is in town right now, getting more bandages, etc. He will continue to watch over her. Ted donated some of his t-shirts so she would be more comfortable, and I'm bringing back today's pot-luck leftovers so she will have plenty of food to microwave whenever she wants. The wonderful thing about Joey is...she welcomes help. So many of us are fiercely independent and hurt ourselves when we won't accept an outreached hand. Not Joey! She's going to do fine in her recuperation, because she has so many of us to help her!.
Hang in there Joey!!!!!
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Stay tuned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 comments:
That is absolutely the best thing about the WINs - we are all on our own, but when we need help, there is someone there willing to do whatever we need.
Oh great!! Now she'll be able to smack everyone on the forehead even quicker than before...lol.
Get better quick Sweetie :-)
Wow! You're right - no wonder she was in pain. Tell her we're thinking about her and hope she has a quick recovery.
Hey Cuz, been there and done that for both shoulder at two separate times. I know exactly what she is going through. The best recovery is the physical therapy, as that will get her arm back in shape.
I'm sure she is not feeling the same pain as before. Now she is feeling the surgery, which will go away in time.
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