T's Knees

Here she is!

Her leg and foot are secured to a motion machine that constantly, slowly, gently, bends her knee slightly.  The blue box and tube and its twin on the other side of the bed circulate ice water to to water bags wrapped around her knees.  They in turn are wrapped with Ace type bandages.

Close up of the motion machine.  It does one leg at a time for 4 hours, then is switched to the other leg.  This goes on 24/7 while she's in the hospital.  An identical machine will be used for another 10 days or so when she comes home - not 24/7 but as needed/recommended.  I'll pick up the machine Mon or Tues, cart it home and set it up so it's all ready to go when she arrives.

The gadget hanging on the end of the bed is a foot squeezer, one squeezer wrapped around each foot.  Not sure why this is needed, circulation perhaps.

More gadgets and monitors.

That thing she has in her mouth is a lung exerciser that she blows in periodically with enough pressure to keep the float indicator at a prescribed level.

The surgery was on the 27th and she plans to come home on the 31st, so 2 more nights.  She'll have therapy 3 times a week for 6 weeks, after which she should be getting around fairly well.

Our thanks to everyone who has sent hugs and love and prayers!