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Turns out that Gran had her surgery yesterday. I had talked to the hospital in the morning asking for authorization for "soft restraints" because Gran kept pulling out her IV (which is standard for Gran. She did that the last time she was hospitalized). At that time, they didn't know the schedule for the procedure, so I figured it was probably going to be done on Tuesday since it was already afternoon when the hospital called about the restraints.
When I called later in the day asking for an update, she was just being wheeled from recovery back to her room. It was about 7:30 pm her time then, so it must have been a late afternoon procedure. I called again in the late evening, and it took Gran about an hour to start pulling at the dressing at the surgical site and trying to pull out her IVs again, so back came the restraints.
Today, I heard from occupational therapy. They told me that they got Gran to sit on the side of the bed, and she was able to hold her posture without a problem. That just blows me away that they do this so soon after surgery. I'm also blown away that a 96 year old woman could do this. I can think of people half that age who wouldn't recover like this.
They asked for (and I gave authorization) to get her a wheelchair and a lap tray to give her some more mobility. The physical therapist is going to work with Gran tomorrow to see if they can get her to walk. We'll know in a couple days how soon she might be able to be discharged from the hospital.
The good thing about her living in a long term care home is that it's already equipped with everything that she needs post-op. So barring anything happening, it's looking good so far.
When I called later in the day asking for an update, she was just being wheeled from recovery back to her room. It was about 7:30 pm her time then, so it must have been a late afternoon procedure. I called again in the late evening, and it took Gran about an hour to start pulling at the dressing at the surgical site and trying to pull out her IVs again, so back came the restraints.
Today, I heard from occupational therapy. They told me that they got Gran to sit on the side of the bed, and she was able to hold her posture without a problem. That just blows me away that they do this so soon after surgery. I'm also blown away that a 96 year old woman could do this. I can think of people half that age who wouldn't recover like this.
They asked for (and I gave authorization) to get her a wheelchair and a lap tray to give her some more mobility. The physical therapist is going to work with Gran tomorrow to see if they can get her to walk. We'll know in a couple days how soon she might be able to be discharged from the hospital.
The good thing about her living in a long term care home is that it's already equipped with everything that she needs post-op. So barring anything happening, it's looking good so far.