Days after Surgery

There are several fixed stages you have to go through. For example, the second day the catheter is removed at night. The intravenous is also taken out. Once all of the tubes are out you can start meeting with OT and PT to start walking and showing the needed skills to use the new hip at home. Due to my blood loss my hemoglobin levels were consistently dropping during this time frame and I was quite nauseated and weak most of the time. About day three I got a blood transfusion, which really helped. I was still quite nauseated, probably due to some of the drugs I was taking. In particular Kefalex, an antibiotic being used to combat possible infection of the incision.