My hippie life!: Soon..

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Soon..

Things are starting to change... Because of Christmas and New years, today is the last Thursday that I will be closing with my Manager, Krista, until March of next year. That's scary to think about.
And because of surgery happening so close after the holidays, finding time to hang out with people is really hard because everyone has stuff going on.

I was giving the option to donate 2 units of my own blood to use after surgery or I could use shelf blood. I chose to give my own and I donated my first unit this past monday... HAHAHA! Wow that was an interesting experience. (lets just say 3 min in to giving blood, my stomach didn't like my breakfast anymore...) So my mom told me she would go with me in a few days when I donate my second unit!

I can't explain how much I want my surgery to be over with. Listening to Ashley talk about her surgery, and watching Courtney and Sabrina go through their surgeries, and Jessica having hers tomorrow just makes me wish mine was today so it would just be OVER WITH. I hate waking up and having PAO be the first thing I think about in the morning, or the last thing I think about when I go to bed. I'm tired, stressed and I'm really starting to panic about everything happening. I wish it was over with and I could FINALLY be on the road to recovery..

Well on a lighter note.. Saturday Jacob is taking me to Chicago for the day! We're celebrating our 7 months together and he's taking me out for a fantastic dinner! I'm so excited and can't wait! I love you Sweetie! <3

3 weeks...
Lord, please let it come and go quickly...

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Surgery Info

Dr. Kevin Scheid will be the Dr. preforming the operations. The first surgery will be Friday, January 8th 2010 at 10:30am. The second Surgery is September 21st 2010 at 8am.

Congenital hip dysplasia is an abnormal formation of the hip joint in which the ball at the top of the thighbone (femoral head) is not stable in the socket (acetabulum). Also, the ligaments of the hip joint may be loose and stretched. The degree of instability or looseness varies. A baby born with DDH may have the ball of his or her hip loosely in the socket, the looseness may worsen as the child grows and becomes more active, or the ball may be completely dislocated at birth.
Left untreated, DDH or Congenital hip dysplasia leads to pain and osteoarthritis by early adulthood. Also it only occurs in about 1 in 1,000 births.
So it's something i was born with but just wasn't caught at birth.. Whats different in my case is my femur has been slightly flattened so rotating the cup will be a little harder than on someone else having the surgery.

A periacetabular Osteotomy- "Periacetabular" means around the acetabulum. "Osteotomy" means to cut bone. In PAO, the patient's own joint is surgically altered to create a broader load-bearing surface. During the surgery, the acetabulum is sawed apart from the rest of the pelvis, in a few places and is repositioned to cover the head of the femur, and secured with metal hardware. If necessary, the head of the femur is repositioned by surgery on the femoral neck.