Update on Sue

As some of you may have read, Sue was scheduled for double knee replacement on Thursday.
The update is....the surgery went off as planned and she now has two brand new knees!
She chose to have both replaced at the same time for several reasons.
Instead of two surgeries, two hospital stays, two periods off work...you get the idea. It just seemed like a good idea at the time and it still does.
She was in surgery for 2.5 hours and recovery for about another hour.
The fine folks at the hospital (Mayo here in town) wheeled her to her room where Dave, her physical therapist was waiting for her first treatment.

I must say, these Mayo folks are very organized...and good at what they do.
In no time at all, her team had her up and walking the halls.

She will be in the hospital until Sunday then sent home with a responsible adult. Gee, I am not sure if I can qualify to be that person!
While in the hospital, she has two group physical therapy sessions per day.
All the recipients of new knees shuffle down the hallway to the large PT room and do their exercises together under the watchful eyes of some really good physical therapists.
The group concept is really neat. The patients tend to cheer each other on and push each other to work even harder.
The patients are encouraged to have their "coaches" with them during these sessions. I really enjoy participating so I can see first hand the determination these people have to heal faster and get on the road to a better quality of life.
There is a group physical therapy session in the morning. A group lunch with patients, coaches and physical therapists at noon and another session for everyone at one PM. After that, everyone has had about enough for one day so once again they all go shuffling back off to their private rooms for some well deserved rest.
I must say the food is very good at the hospital.
Their menu is very complete and easy to order from. You just dial "FOOD" on the phone a half hour before you want to eat and a friendly person on the other end takes your order. A half hour later the food is delivered piping hot to the room.
Do you get the idea that I am impressed with these folks?
I will let you know how things go during the recovery process. Sue will be off work for about 8-12 weeks and plans on spending some time recuperating down at the lake in the camper. Perfect!