Pre-surgical Consult

Harry and I met with the surgical coordinator today. The office is incredible—beautiful, modern, high-tech. Impressive.

The surgery will be Tuesday morning (August 11th) and right now he is the surgeon’s only patient. The surgery will take about 5 hours. I’ll be able to go into recovery with him after the surgery.

It looks like Harry is going to be in the hospital at least till Friday; possibly through the weekend. He will wear a brace for several weeks. He will be walking when he gets out of the hospital and will be able to manage without a nurse or home health aide thanks to the minimally invasive surgery that Dr. Mermelstein is doing. If he needs extra help, a physical therapist will come to the house and help him with walking and managing stairs. This is all very good news.

We have an appointment for follow up about 2 weeks after the surgery, and it’s possible that Harry will be able to do some work from home after the first month.

I was fortunate to be able to meet Dr. Mermelstein and he is also impressive—confident, secure, upbeat, energetic. We couldn’t be in better hands.