This morning, (okay, yesterday morning by the clock) Poppy went in for arthroscopic knee surgery. His knee has been giving him a lot of trouble, especially the last 6 weeks or so. He found out he has gout (yikes) and arthritis, of course -- gotta love all that basketball -- but instead of doing an MRI and then going in for surgery, they decided to skip 1 step & go straight for the knife.
I don't want to stay up much longer to go into detail, but the day went pretty well. Everyone at the hospital treated us both very nicely. Cissy, Rosebud & I came to the conclusion that if there are only so many nice people to go around, the hospital is where they should be.
We arrived at 10:15 for pre-op. I took advantage of this occasion to try out our new camera. Here's the view from his room.
Poppy thought it was funny how they made sure that the correct knee would be worked on. Of course, they could've figured that it was the SHAVED knee.
Here he is in his lovely gown.
The surgery went well. They removed the damaged cartilage, so that should help a lot. However, the gout & arthritis will still be giving him problems, so this wasn't a cure-all. He was very worried that he would be really nauseated after the surgery, but here he is in recovery, chowing down. After the nurse went twice to get him a muffin, the next time she brought him 2. Smart lady.
We got home and here he is, maxin' & relaxin' on morphine & vicadin. When he woke up, the pain wasn't too bad, so they gave him half a dose of morphine. We told Cissy that they poured the other half dose down the drain and she couldn't believe it! Oh, such a waste!
We had our normal after-dinner sunset-watching time. I took a few shots to experiment with the new camera. We're really happy with it. I'm not a photographer, like SOME people I know, but it was a lot of fun and I think they turned out pretty well. I did't photoshop these at all, except to make the file size smaller. I was just able to get some good zoom for the hummingbird and I think the Texas Bird of Paradise came out beautifully.
Well, time for bed. Poppy will probably be in more pain tomorrow, but we'll see. Here's hopin'
8 comments:
Uh, here's NOT hopin! :) lol
Yeah, I thought about that after I went to bed. What I meant was, "here's hopin' for the best." Oopsie poopsie. And it HAS worn off. Yikes.
Neenee
nee nee is taking good care of me, and so are the drugs... ;-) I can hop on one leg...
Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts.
a few nuts... that's disgusting poppy.
it's so sad to see poppy in pain and all wrapped up... but strangely, he looks quite cute. :) i especially like his shaved legs. it's not such a bad look... ya know, "manscaping", not such a bad thing. :)
OMW!!! I am SO sorry Poppy needed surgery! Glad, though, that he's doing well and recovery is right around the corner. I wish we could be there to help out and maybe play cards :~). Thanks for blogging about it...reading your blog helps a little...we miss you much!!!!
Stay healthy and know we are praying for a speedy and full recovery (minus the gout and arthritis, too!!). We love you both!
BFF :~)
Really nice pics, by the way!!! What kind of camera did you get???
Poor Poppy :( But, I had to whistle at those legs!!! lol
Hope you're feeling better SOON!!!
Poooor Poppy! I felt sorry for him already, but these pics made me want to cry! Especially the hospital gown/IV shot.
UNTIL I saw that he was holding the IV bag below his IV site, and thought... blood is going to back up into his line, and he's going to lose his IV.
The muffins: sort of like at Chi Chi's when the waitress figured out to bring us 10 baskets of chips, right? ;)
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