I'M BACK

Hello everyone. Well I'm back from that disastrous fall from a ladder. The right hip joint socket was fractured in a lot of pieces and after 11-12 hours of surgery and some titanium plates and screws the fantastic Orthopedist was able to put the pieces together. Can you imagine the surgeon being able to sit or stand for that long a time? I can't even sit in this wheelchair for more thana half hour at one time. Anyhow, to make a long story short, I spent 21 days in the Kaiser Riverside hospital and 20 days in Manor Care Rehab Center in Hemet before coming home. After the operation I also spent about ten of those days due to upper bowel obstruction until they could get that straighten out as well. Altogether I have spent some of the most painful days that you could not just imagine. I don't believe there is not anything that they could have done to me that would be more painful. The best thing is that the nightmare is over. I cannot put any weight on the right leg for three months. There has been excellent progress on the leg with rehab and almost everyday there is some progress. However the leg still throbs and as I said, it is hard for me to sit in the wheelchair and using a walker to get around much. So, don't wish this on your worst enemy.

Thank you all so very much for your calls and cards that you sent wishing me well and also for your prayers. I want you all to know that it was most appreciated. I also want to thank my dear wife who stood by me day and night in the hospital and having to suffer and sleep in tiny chairs next to me. There were a lot of things she did for me that the wonderful nurses could not do while there. She is an angel and I owe her. The doctors and staff at Kaiser Hospital Riverside were fantastic and I would highly reccomend them. Thanks again to all of you.

Eddie

P.S. Note the weight loss on my Picture. I lost 25 lbs. All right sisters lose the weight by exercise instead of a hospital. LOL