On Wednesday, Ernie had the staples removed from his knee insisons -- a total of 66! We found that amusing because Ernie turned 66 on his birthday - March 17th. We were wondering if his doctor put 66 staples in to humor Ernie?? Not sure, but Ernie will ask his doctor when he goes in for an office visit Tuesday.
Below is Ernie's self-leg poritrate of his stapled knees before the staples were removed.
Below the staple removal gets underway.
After all 66 staples were removed, Ernie's insions were covered with surgical tape. He will need to continue wearing the compression stockings for 3-6 months.
All thumbs up! Ernie is moving along and progressing with in-home physical therapy. Below he is tackling the task of walking up and down stairs. Next Wednesday he will start with his out-patient physical therapy. We've been informed that Ernie will be doing physical therapy for eight weeks, three times a week - ending the first week of May.
As you can see, Ernie is able to stand on his new knees - he does use his walker for walking however - just for balance. It's amazing - to see him recovering quickly - considering that he had two set backs.
Thank you everyone for your calls, emails and well wishes to Ernie!
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