New Knee update

Today's Chaz's 2nd day of recovery, and its probably going to be his most difficult. The femoral block came out at 6am, and when I got there at 7:30, the pain was setting in. The meds prevented him from feeling the incision, but it's there now. Part of the recovery to get home however is to use oral meds to manage the pain, so he's leaning a bit less on the PCA button, and having the nurses come visit with pills a bit more. This morning  the PT had him up on it and he probably did 50 yards or so with the walker, surprising himself that he could put weight on it.  Hopefully this afternoon he'll get the OK to rinse off the shower and clean up a bit. I'm pretty tired from staying up there late, then getting up early to get back down there.

The hospital has been really excellent. It's dedicated to elective surgery - orthopedics, plastic surgery, lap bands - and as such, doesn't really have any 'sick' people around which kind of eases some of the anxiety I had about secondary infections like my dad had.  The staff has been small and friendly, and his room is enormous with an outdoor patio even.  Someone said the place used to be a maternity hospital only, but that business didn't make it. I'm a bit suspicious about the high hottie quotient of both genders at the place, but they've all been smart and professional, so I suppose that's just part of running a business in tres chíc Westlake.

Work hasn't seen me in the office too much, but I'm there for the conference calls I need to do, and yes, the early wakeup means I have a few more hours overlap with one of the customers in Berlin that I'm helping out at the moment. Fortunately it looks like I'll be able to be in town next week before going to DC the week following for a quick install. By then Chaz may be a bit more mobile.