Hip replacements and recliner chairs...

Hey everyone I am writting you from the lovely state of CT where the weather is currently 55 degrees and there is not a sun in the ski. I headed back home to CT on Monday to help my dad out during his hip replacement surgery this week. The new parts were put in on Tuesday and although he is in alot of pain he managed to get out of the bed today and sit in a chair....which is something he hasn't comfortably been able to do in a very long time. The doctors told me going in that the the surgery would take about an hour....well three hours later I was a little nervous and needed to know where my daddy-o was...turns out he had grown so many extra bones in there that they needed to get rid of so that is what took so long. We have been hanging out in the hospital for what seems like forever but he finally gets to leave on Thursday and start his recovery process. We are both so happy that he finally had this all taken care of and I am pretty excited to maybe be able to get him back on the mountain to ski someday....ok maybe not, but I will settle for walking without a limp or any pain. There are pictures from the hospital but they don't need to be posted, just took them so I could remember this time because when all is said and done this is one of the most important things he has ever done for himself and I am happy to be here to see what he will do next. Gotta get back to the hospital now, the nurses have been great and rigged up a recliner chair for me in the room and let me stay through the night even though visiting hours end at 8. I think they feel bad that I had to leave sunny San Diego to come to CT, but its all worth it!