...I have to say, I sometimes end up gobsmacked by medicine.
SWMBO was picked up from the hospital today about 22 hours from going to theatre for her hip replacement (and, incidentally, only 5 months from seeing the consultant, one up for the NHS).
She's just managed to get upstairs largely under her own steam (and with the help of crutches)
We were told to expect roughly 24 hours (or even out the same day if she'd been early on the list, which she wasn't), and she was compos mentis 3 hours after theatre.
Still lots of rehab to do (and the potential for infection, which is always scary), but what I've seen shouldn't put anyone off such surgery. At this point, and the bruising might get worse, there isn't even much sign of physical trauma.
"Unbelievable, Geoff".
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