The day of the surgery I dropped him off at the hospital and came back home to wait. With the Covid19 complicating life right now I was not allowed to wait in the hospital. I did feel he was in good hands since he works there and everyone seems to know him. I got a call that he was ready to leave the hospital and went over to pick him up. At the main entrance my temperature and name were taken. I took advantage of the hand sanitizer station there too.
Next I had to walk back to the surgery department to sign papers and get instructions for him. I sanitized my hands again and of course I was masked for this whole process. I do think it is usually a good idea for instructions for care to be told to two people so that details that may be important are less likely to be missed.
Once home he had to keep a sling on, nearly 3 weeks out still using the sling. He handled the pain very well and the frustrations of being one handed as well. He went to work this week and is handling it well too. He has found sleeping in his recliner with the sling and the cpap machine he uses easier that trying to sleep in bed with those things. Physical therapy has started once a week so far and will change to twice a week at about 6 weeks post surgery.
I don't usually put pictures of myself online but I wanted to show Jim in better shoulder days. This was at Volcano National park last November. I finally got to see a volcano and loved being there! He always takes a great picture, me not so much. Oh well.
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