Saturday, February 5, 2011

Round 2

We have an official date for my combined RPAO/arthroscopic surgery. On Friday, February 25th, I (we) will launch back into round two.

This Tuesday we will hit the 6 month marker from my last surgery. Though I have severe bursitis on the left side, if it weren't for this, we would call my last surgery utterly successful. However, there's still swelling on the left side, some pain from the bursitis, and scar tissue build up. Two cortisone shots later (along with PT, deep massaging, constant icing), there has been no decrease in scar tissue. We are all stumped by the bursitis and hopeful it could go away while I'm resting from this next surgery. However, I'll be weight-bearing on this left side now, so we will wait and see.

Last summer I had minimal to no pain on my right side. Since my last surgery and likely due to weight bearing, the dysplasia grew worse along with a labral tear that formed in my right hip. It certainly wasn't the news we were hoping for, but it did help clarify what our next steps would be: take on the right hip now.


We are following Jesus into the unknown now, hopeful that healing will come for both hips and ready to future days without severe pain. Please pray with us.