Ah yes, as I wrote the other day, grandpa was supposed to have the other knee replaced on Monday. Things have changed. He went for his pre-op physical today and told Dr Brahmer that he had noticed some soreness in his shoulder on Sunday and there was some redness there this morning. She thought he should try to see Dr. Taylor but he is in Haiti so that didn't work. They called Dr. Goetz who is doing the knee surgery and he said come over and they would work him in. To make a long story shorter, he decided that we should put the surgery off and we learned that Dr. Taylor will be back in the office on Tuesday, so we have an appointment then. Goetz put him on Antibiotics and drained some fluid and had some blood work done. We will hear from that on Friday. Dr. Goetz thought Taylor may have to go in and clean it our again. We are disappointed because the shoulder had not shown any redness or problem since the surgery in the fall. We were really hoping to get the knee replaced so he could get around easier, but that will have to wait.
Hope everyone is doing ok. We had sunshine today and that is GOOD! Might get to 80 degrees tomorrow.
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Oh my goodness, I am so sorry that Grandpa's shoulder is possibly causing problems again. That must be so discouraging. Let us know what happens on Friday. And yes, I agree, even discouraging things seem easier when it is sunny out!
ReplyDeleteThat is a bummer! Please keep us posted. I'm hoping the shoulder is starting to feel better now that you have had a few days of antibiotics going.
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