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Outpatient Hip Replacement -- You Never Know!
Outpatient Hip Replacement -- You Never Know!
With lots of great support and advice from members here, I zoomed through my hip replacement on May 4th, which was followed by 6 weeks of PT and a complete release by my Ortho shortly after that.
Fast forward to 12 weeks post-op, and last Tuesday I spiked a fever and teeth-chattering chills, shortly followed by acute pain in the surgical area. Had Blood drawn and took a COVID test on Wednesday. Whatever markers the Ortho was looking for in the blood work were "elevated," but not to crazy levels.
By Thursday, the pain was worsening, still no COVID results, and the Ortho was more concerned/less dismissive.
On Friday AM, he called me in, and another Doc withdrew about 12 oz of fluid from a couple areas around the hip joint. Please note that having this kind of thing done on a Friday is not good. Nothing happens over the weekend, and the weekend apparently starts at noon on Fridays.
The weekend was more of the same, but I dialed in my meds to manage the pain as best I could. Last night, I got a NEGATIVE COVID result, so scratch that as concern.
Today, his PA called to inquire about my well-being, and I updated her, along with the COVID outcome and "still hurts like hell" diagnosis. Within minutes she called me back, saying the Doc wanted a sit-down to discuss my surgical options. An hour later, we were face-to-face.
From the juice they extracted on Friday, my white blood cell counts are 10X normal levels and 94% of them are "odd looking" WBCells. Some sort of infection confirmed, but the real story lies in the cultures that tell exactly what bug it is we're fighting. Those cultures take a while to grow, but he doesn't want to wait.
Long story longer, I'm going back in tomorrow for surgery to flush the original site, and they'll also install a PIC line so they can begin carpet-bomb levels of antibiotics until the labs reveal exactly which one we should be using.
Needless to say, more to come, but I guess it just goes to show you can't ever really tell. For this to have popped up 3+ months post-op is a way less than 1/2 of 1% scenario. Maybe once we figure out the strain, we'll be able to piece it together.
Will keep all you posted, but, in the meantime, send your good vibes, mojos and whatever else ya got!
Fast forward to 12 weeks post-op, and last Tuesday I spiked a fever and teeth-chattering chills, shortly followed by acute pain in the surgical area. Had Blood drawn and took a COVID test on Wednesday. Whatever markers the Ortho was looking for in the blood work were "elevated," but not to crazy levels.
By Thursday, the pain was worsening, still no COVID results, and the Ortho was more concerned/less dismissive.
On Friday AM, he called me in, and another Doc withdrew about 12 oz of fluid from a couple areas around the hip joint. Please note that having this kind of thing done on a Friday is not good. Nothing happens over the weekend, and the weekend apparently starts at noon on Fridays.
The weekend was more of the same, but I dialed in my meds to manage the pain as best I could. Last night, I got a NEGATIVE COVID result, so scratch that as concern.
Today, his PA called to inquire about my well-being, and I updated her, along with the COVID outcome and "still hurts like hell" diagnosis. Within minutes she called me back, saying the Doc wanted a sit-down to discuss my surgical options. An hour later, we were face-to-face.
From the juice they extracted on Friday, my white blood cell counts are 10X normal levels and 94% of them are "odd looking" WBCells. Some sort of infection confirmed, but the real story lies in the cultures that tell exactly what bug it is we're fighting. Those cultures take a while to grow, but he doesn't want to wait.
Long story longer, I'm going back in tomorrow for surgery to flush the original site, and they'll also install a PIC line so they can begin carpet-bomb levels of antibiotics until the labs reveal exactly which one we should be using.
Needless to say, more to come, but I guess it just goes to show you can't ever really tell. For this to have popped up 3+ months post-op is a way less than 1/2 of 1% scenario. Maybe once we figure out the strain, we'll be able to piece it together.
Will keep all you posted, but, in the meantime, send your good vibes, mojos and whatever else ya got!
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thoughts and prayers .... take your time and take care of yourself
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Wow! Hang in there.
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Mojo sent! Hope it helps.
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Good vibes are in the westward air, Evan. Hoping for the very best outcome. And, play the lottery before you go! With odds like ...way less than 1/2 of 1%, it sounds like you might be next in line to win.
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Prayers for a speedy recovery.
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Hey Evan sorry to hear about this. I hope all goes well and you get the help you need. Prayers for the best.
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Evan, that's a tough row to hoe. Hang tough buddy, we're all pulling for ya.
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Sorry to hear E! Hope they get things under control after the pathology report. Hope your doc but a rush on it.
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