August 13th, 2014Nearly 1.5 years after initial "injury" and 6 months after diagnosis, I was finally getting my hip fixed! Surgery was delayed for so long because my curriculum in PT school required a lot of manual skills in lab... which wasn't exactly suited for crutch life... and I was not about ready to let anything prevent me from continuing on in the program. It sucked. A lot. School was a constant battle because I was unable to sit for more than 20 minutes without experiencing extreme discomfort and pain. On top of that, I was unable to continue my active lifestyle- which proved to be the hardest thing of all. But finally the day had come and I was able to begin the road to a healthy hip. Dr. Mei-Dan performed my surgery at Children's North Surgical Center. He anticipated my surgery lasting only 2-3 hours, but once in surgery, he found extensive damage that he had not anticipated. I had stage 5 labral pathology in which my labrum had completely ossified from 10 to 3 o'clock around the acetabulum. I also had a grade III tear of ligamentum teres and extensive synovitis that required debridement. After 6 hours, I left the OR with a reconstructed labrum from cadaver IT band graft and a smoother femoral neck from CAM osteotomy. In spite of all this, surgery went extremely well and he was able to fix everything. I had a really hard time with pain management for the first 2 weeks. I was on a pretty consistent schedule of: 1. Sleep for 4 hours 2. Wake up 3. Eat some crackers 4. Take meds 5. Repeat Although I was prescribed Zofran for nausea, I found that I didn't need to use it hardly at all. In pre-op, I was given a nausea patch behind my ear that stayed on for 3 days (usually how long it takes anesthesia to clear your body). I would highly recommend requesting this! As I found out during my second surgery... having this patch makes a HUGE difference! post-op challenges
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