Today I am traveling to Sydney, Australia to have a
procedure called Osseointegration performed next week. I am so excited about
this procedure!!! The standard suction socket prosthetic is getting so painful.
See, I have what is called HO. Its like bone spurs on the femur and when I
apply pressure into the socket, the bone basically grinds into the socket…ouch.
The Osseointegration procedure that is performed by Dr. Al
Muderis in Sydney will eliminate the need for the suction socket, therefore
eliminating the pain! My hope is that my activities will not be as limited as they are with the current socket prosthetic I have. This should improve my walking and I hopefully I will not get tired as easily.
I think the hardest part of this experience is going to be
not having my puppy for 5 weeks. I know he is in great hands with his doodle
friend Hershey. There will be many days of tug-o-war, play fighting, and
chasing. My hope is that playing with Hershey will distract him and wear him
out so that he doesn’t chew anything in the Beck house like he has been doing
at my house. I think he sensed that I would be leaving so he was going to make
me pay…I did. I paid for a new pair of boots and a few garments. I did bring a flat Cooper so the pup will be in pictures from Australia! Cooper (@doodnamedcoop) is the black pup and his friend Hershey (@hersheydoodletx) is the brown one.
The plus side to this is I get to see a country I have
always wanted to visit! After the
19 hour flight (I have 5 hours left), I will have doctors appointments on Friday and a weekend of being a
tourist before my surgery on February 10th. It will be here before I know it!
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