BusterBeans
senior
When I had my bilateral TKR last fall, my hospital PT staff said I was doing extremely well -- even better than the singles -- and would be discharged on Day 5. I assumed to go home. At the end of PT that day I was told I had a final test which was to go up an 8" step backwards using my walker with only 1 try. They knew I had two 8" steps to get into my house. They also knew that all the bedrooms and full bathrooms in my house were on the second floor with only a powder room on the first floor. When I failed my test, I was told I was being transferred to a rehab center which then didn't release me for 8 long days with 4 hours of PT a day. I don't want to go that route again with this surgery in September.
So my questions are: Usually THR patients here stay 1 night in the hospital. Will I be able to go up the steps into my house? How long will it be until I can make it up the flight of steps to a bedroom/bathroom? If I need to sleep downstairs for awhile, I have a low sofa (and I'm very tall) and a recliner but it is manual and I wasn't able to use it after my TKR. If I need to sleep downstairs for awhile, I want to tell the PT people that I have a hospital bed or approved recliner so I don't get sent to nursing home/rehab again. Would it be better to rent a hospital bed or buy a new recliner that I wouldn't have to fight with? Thanks for your advice.
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So my questions are: Usually THR patients here stay 1 night in the hospital. Will I be able to go up the steps into my house? How long will it be until I can make it up the flight of steps to a bedroom/bathroom? If I need to sleep downstairs for awhile, I have a low sofa (and I'm very tall) and a recliner but it is manual and I wasn't able to use it after my TKR. If I need to sleep downstairs for awhile, I want to tell the PT people that I have a hospital bed or approved recliner so I don't get sent to nursing home/rehab again. Would it be better to rent a hospital bed or buy a new recliner that I wouldn't have to fight with? Thanks for your advice.
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