A week ago yesterday my aunt had her him completly removed. She had contracted an infection about...well it seems like about 5 years ago and it never went away. She had two open sores that never closed or stopped draining. She was very lucky in that the infection stayed localized to her hip and they decided after 5 years to finally remove the hip.
She is doing fine now and is in a nursing home for the next 6 months while they monitor her progress. After that she will be sent home but from the preliminary reports there not going to be putting in an artifical hip, for fear of the infection returning. So vibes are needed that she recover quickly and that she doesn't become pain med dependent because I don't know how she will live with out pain...that just sounds extreamly painful to me. I also don't understand how she is ever going to walk again but doctors said its possible, she will just be stiff leged.
Anyway I was wrapping my christmas list when I decided to get her husband and her each a seperate gift. Usually i just get couples one thing and they share it but with everything thats going on I felt it was better to give them seperate gifts. The only thing is what I got her...I don't think she will eat. She is under 90 pounds now and i got her petite fours which are like bite size cakes...and I really don't see her eating them, but its all i had when I made the last minute decision to split the gifts. Her husband is getting a Beef Log and I know he will like that, hes a big guy like me. Any idea's for some quick easy gifts for someone in her situation that she might actually use? I was thinking flowers also but...I don't know that seems a little unorigonal.
I am going to see her next week and I also want to be able to prepare my self for what I'm going to see so if any of you have any clue what that might be can you let me know so I can prepare.
She is doing fine now and is in a nursing home for the next 6 months while they monitor her progress. After that she will be sent home but from the preliminary reports there not going to be putting in an artifical hip, for fear of the infection returning. So vibes are needed that she recover quickly and that she doesn't become pain med dependent because I don't know how she will live with out pain...that just sounds extreamly painful to me. I also don't understand how she is ever going to walk again but doctors said its possible, she will just be stiff leged.
Anyway I was wrapping my christmas list when I decided to get her husband and her each a seperate gift. Usually i just get couples one thing and they share it but with everything thats going on I felt it was better to give them seperate gifts. The only thing is what I got her...I don't think she will eat. She is under 90 pounds now and i got her petite fours which are like bite size cakes...and I really don't see her eating them, but its all i had when I made the last minute decision to split the gifts. Her husband is getting a Beef Log and I know he will like that, hes a big guy like me. Any idea's for some quick easy gifts for someone in her situation that she might actually use? I was thinking flowers also but...I don't know that seems a little unorigonal.
I am going to see her next week and I also want to be able to prepare my self for what I'm going to see so if any of you have any clue what that might be can you let me know so I can prepare.