A serious request for my wife, please.

[Saknussem]

Hey gang,

I'm not the newest person to the threads, but I was hoping to ask for kind thoughts and prayers this coming week. My wife has to have major hip surgery -- a resection arthroplasty -- which means that the surgeon will be taking out the artificial hip joint she has had for about 10 years and putting nothing back in. Susan's pelvis is too fragile for another rebuild, so they have no choice but to leave her with half a right femur. She will have nothing in her pelvis on the right side after this, and MAY be confined to a wheelchair for a long time. We're going for a walker after long hours of therapy. That is for the future though. Susan has had four hip replacements, and the last one included a substantial amount of cadaver bone installed in the pelvis. Well, the pelvis has just deteriorated, and here we are.

Before anyone talks about second opinions and such, please understand that the surgeon we're seeing is the chief of orthopedic surgery at Stanford University, pretty much the go-to guy for any sort of specialized surgery in the west half of the USA, and one of the leading experts on hip recovery surgeries in the world (his name is Dr. Stuart Goodman if you're curious).

Anyhow, pray for us if that's your thing, think kind thoughts, sacrifice a goat, whatever you're willing to do to make our karma more positive in this. We leave our town for Stanford on Tuesday, June 8, and Susan checks in on Wednesday June 9.



Thank you.

[Keld Denar]

Good luck to you both!

[Murkus]

My thoughts and prayers go out to the both of you.

[Umael]

Better of luck and well-wishing and a rapid recovery your way.

[Pocketa]

It's great that she'll be able to get the best medical attention available. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

[Adumbration]

If it wasn't such a bad form, I would wish you luck the same way actors do to each other when they're about to hit the stage.

But since it's such a serious matter, I'll just have to be content with wishing you the best of luck!

[Dusk Eclipse]

Good luck!

[Ravens_cry]

I offer my hopes and prayers for a best chance for you and your wife.
Peace and long life.

[Mystic Muse]

Good luck!

I hope all goes well.

[Dallas-Dakota]

I'm not a religious person, but my best wishes, thoughts and prayers go with you.

May you both live a long and healthy life.

[Kuma Da]

Luck to both of you.

[Lycan 01]

Good luck! I'm sure the surgery will go well! I'll be praying for ya'll.



So if they're taking out half her femur, how will she be able to walk with a walker, if you don't mind my asking?

[Saknussem]

The surgeon seems pretty sure that scar tissue will fill in the space in the pelvis and Susan already has strong legs, so she'll have seriously tight muscles there. The doc seems pretty sure about it. We're being more conservative and hoping, but being more realistic and thinking wheelchair (at least for a LONG time).

Thank you all, the kind words and thoughts mean more than you know. :) Keep 'em coming.

[Starscream]

I wish both of you the best of luck. Hope it all goes well.

[Don Julio Anejo]

Best wishes to you. Hope it works out better than you expect in the end

[Pocketa]

Stanford is the best. It's a discerning school and carefully picks its applicants, giving it one of the lowest acceptance rates for undergraduate studies in thew world. The only thing they're more picky about is their faculty. Most likely, they require a 2340/2400 on an SAT, a phD, and 5 major research papers published, minimum, from their janitors. Okay, not really, but you get the point. They only take the best, the brightest, the most innovative, the most passionate. I hope your wife is in able hands.

[Sneak]

Good luck, and I hope everything works out for the best.

[Trog]

Best wishes for you both and may her recovery be speedy and fortuitous.

[Flame of Anor]

The surgeon seems pretty sure that scar tissue will fill in the space in the pelvis and Susan already has strong legs, so she'll have seriously tight muscles there. The doc seems pretty sure about it.

This doctor isn't Gilderoy Lockhart, is he?

Seriously, though, I hope everything goes well.

[IonDragon]

My thoughts are with you, but I recently exhausted my supply of sacrificial chickens so my thoughts are the best I can do. The farm supply store is starting to get suspicious.

[Bor the Barbarian Monk]

My prayers are always with those facing medical adversity. Though difficult times may be ahead, there is always the hope that there will be a far better outcome than that which is in the past. Thus, from some guy named Bor (Rob), a hearty "BE WELL!"

[Saknussem]

Thanks everyone; we're both laughing at some of the responses, and feeling better because of all of them.
And no, it isn't Lockhart (heaven forbid!) -- Poppy Pomfrey if ANYONE! One does of Skele-grow and that would be that.

[Moff Chumley]

Stanford is exceptional; if there's any place that could take care of your wife, that would be it. Good luck.

[pendell]

Praying as requested.

Respectfully,

Brian P.

[Salbazier]

Good luck. I hope everything will be allright

[MandibleBones]

Well wishes and good luck - if you are able, please let us know how it goes. Echoing Pocketa and the Moff, Stanford really is the best at this, especially on the West Coast. Your wife's in good hands.

[madamemurloc]

Sending prayers! May the surgery go well and she heal steadily.

[Supagoof]

May she have a safe surgery, a speedy recovery, and a better outcome then both of you could imagine.

[Zeb The Troll]

Many positive thoughts and well wishes. Here's to an uneventful surgery and a rapid recovery.

Keep us posted?

[TheMightyBanjo]

The best of luck