Hip Surgery - Day 1

Well ... it is done .... Dad had a total hip replacement today! 

Brian had Dad at the hospital at 6:15 am this morning.  But because they had to check Dad's INR first he didn't get his surgery until well after 9:00 am.  We didn't get to see Dad until 4:00 pm.  We haven't seen the surgeon yet, but we assume the surgery went well. 

Dad was very pale when we first got there but he seemed fine - just a bit groggy.  An hour later Dad was sick so the nurse gave him some gravol - not a good idea!  Dad had a reaction and seemed quite agitated and was seeing things and trying to grab things out of the air.  It was like the reaction he had to adavan but not as severe.  Anyway, because it was gravol, Dad pretty much slept the whole time we were there (a few hours).  He was quite restless, pulling at tubes and such.  He should get better as the gravol wears off.  The nurses definitely won't be giving him any more gravol! 

All of Dad's vital signs were good (i.e. blood oxygen, blood pressure, temperature, etc.) however, his hemoglobin was low so they may do a blood transfusion tonight.  The nurse said this does happen from time to time and he will heal much faster with a blood transfusion.

Brian will check on Dad tomorrow morning and I will see him after 4:00 pm.  I will send another update tomorrow night.