Synopsis

We've given lots of details so now I think a synopsis is in order.

Wednesday the 23rd Dr Mayo performed the SDH to clean up my socket. It was messier than expected, requiring a major labrum repair using a record seven suture pins, and a 10 mm OATS plug. The labrum repair also involved shaving off some bone, temporarily increasing my degree of dysplasia.

Dr Mayo had hoped to do both surgeries at once, but the amount of work the SDH required made that not possible. Plan B was to do the PAO on Friday but my platelet count was low so surgery was postponed to Monday. The PAO went well and Dr Mayo was able to almost completely correct the dysplasia. He expects no problems with it.

So the surgeries went very well. There was one major problem, an ileus in which the narcotics I began taking when they transitioned me off the epidural put my bowels to sleep. Perhaps the chances of getting an ileus could have been reduced had it been possible to do the second surgery sooner, so that I would have needed the epidural and narcotics for a shorter period of time. But I think it's worth it even the way it's happened because I'll only need one recovery.

I hope to ask a bunch more questions (when I'm not on drugs) at the next follow-up appointment about the nature of the damage, the repairs, and his prognosis for my hip. Also Sarah his PA said I'll be able to get pictures of everything. I'm eager to see what the damage inside the joint actually looked like.