The Mellors Blog

I know a lot of you might be curious how Matthew’s surgery and recovery went and are going.  Lets start from the beginning.  Matthew’s surgery time got bumped back the day before because an emergency knee surgery came up and because of the nature of the surgery to the hips, it is hard for the doctor to put a time frame on it, so hip surgery is always last.  But even when we got to the surgical center, we were sitting in the waiting room with the knee surgery patient that was suppose to go before him.  Once they got him back and changed, they put the I.V. in the back of his hand, right where he didn’t want it.  Matthew gets weirded out when he see’s I.V.’s in the back of hands, but the nurses went right for it.  Anyway, they finally took him back for what turned out to be close to a 3 1/2 hour surgery.  The repairs were less extensive than the doc originally anticipated, so Matthew didn’t have to wear the boots at night and only had to be on crutches for 3 weeks instead of 4.  Matthew’s parents came out for the surgery and to help for a week afterwards.  They were a huge help since Matthew wasn’t too mobile yet and helping run errands.  Matthew is now just past the 3 week mark and is walking and putting weight on his leg now while using the crutches.  His goal is to be done with the crutches in a couple of days and keep building strength from there.  We will post a few pictures soon from the surgery and from Matthew’s recovery.  Thank you for all your prayers and concern.

Love you all

Matthew and Traci

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