Poor Kev!

So for those of you who do not know, Kev has been dealing with the most intense pain in his right hip for nearly 4 years. We have been through 3 different types of docs, physical therapy, MRI, x-rays, and cortisone shots to try and help alleviate the pain, well all to no avail. Finally he went to Dr. Zeluff and he looked at his MRI and said within 5 minutes that he had Trochlear Bursitis. We were so impressed. 3 years and finally a diagnosis. We were hoping that with a diagnosis they would be able to treat and cure. But no. The meds they have given Kev are all hard to deal with the side effects, plus his duty belt that he wears 40 hours a week +, did not help. His gun is right there on his right hip and it just aggravates it terribly. They also told him that gardening and snow shoveling and any squatting could set off and exacerbate his hip again. Finally he did some research and found that there is a surgery to help some patients with a severe case of trochlear bursitis and he decided it was time. We went to doctor Zeluff on October 09, and they decided to do surgery on Thursday October 15. There was not a lot of time to prepare. Kev got work off and I had my lovely mom to help with the kids.
They did it same day because the doc had never done a surgery like this in nearly 30 years. He has done over 500 hip replacement surgeries but never just this. They did about a 7-8 inch incision on his right hip and then they cut his muscle into a V shape, they re-attached the lower muscle, but left the upper muscle to try and help alleviate the stress and pull.
They also were going to shave his hip bone, but I am not sure if they did, I never asked. Anyways he woke up just fine and did really good, it was not until we got home that he FELT the PAIN! When we got home the anesthesia was still in his system so his pain was not as intense, but when I went to get the kids from school he decided he needed to go pee, got up got dizzy, nearly tripped over the laptop plug and barely made it in the garbage can to throw up. All the while using crutches. He was sick, so I called the doc and got a prescription for Percocet 10 mg and that worked great. He sure is weird on the narcotics. He said that Kya has beautiful eyelashes like cows eyelashes, then he said..."cows are attractive!" What the heck, we all laughed and realized he is weird on narcotics.

We took Kya with us and I just held her and played with her while Kev was in surgery. All the nurses loved her sweet smile and bright eyes. Oakley was Kev's nurse and I love her. She just moved from med/surg to surgery. It was so nice for Kev to get extra special treatment from my friends, he deserved it! I hope it works, I hope is pain goes away, and I hope he gains an understanding for others who have had surgery...LOL! Hint hint:)