Wow---An exciting day!!!!
Good News---Roll the Presses---Good News
What a crew at the Viroqua Center for Orthopedic Surgery. Following an early morning call by Kathleen to the center to explore if there would be any other options for her than waiting till next spring April/May timeframe to have her hip replaced she was told by ‘Connie’ that there had just been a surgery cancellation and it may be possible to allow her to fill it if all the players agreed. Connie assured Kathleen that she would go to work on it and call her back, but cautioned her not to get her hopes up just yet. It was becoming increasingly obvious that even with good pain control it would have been difficult for her to have made it till next spring. Because of that we are so grateful to be able to get this replacement accomplished earlier rather than later.
In less than an hour she called back to say all had been cleared. Kathleen has her first appointment tomorrow morning. She will then meet with Dr. Lawrence (the surgeon) Sept. 3rd, then will have preparatory appointments with others through mid-September and is scheduled for hip replacement surgery September 25th.
With an expected normal recovery and physical therapy we can probably expect to depart from this cold part of the country well before it gets too nasty. At this point we can not say for certain exactly what that date will be, but for most of the winter we should be able to seek the warmth of the Rio Grand Valley.
This change complicates a few things for us and we will begin to work through the logistics of that in the coming days, but as is usually the case, it will all work out.
