Day before surgery June 29th
Junior5's surgery is later today. Last night it hit me just how much will go into his rehab. A device was dropped of at the house last night that will in effect ice his shoulder. The nurse explained he leave the surgery with the wrap secured to his shoulder and he would attach it to the machine and he would in effect ice his shoulder basically all day for an hour on and an hour off. He would need to do this for anywhere to one to three weeks depending on what the doctor says. The device also included wraps to go around his calves that will work similar to a blood pressure cuff that he should also wear when he is lying down. This is supposed to help stimulate the calf muscles and prevent blood clots.
Needless to say we weren’t prepared for this device being used so frequently.
I will provide an update as to how the surgery goes today. As Junior5 stated in one his posts, This message board is an excellent place to vent and helps get through this process.