I DID get my new hip in September, 2020.
I went in early in the morning of September 22, around 5:30 if I remember correctly. Bob or any of the family, couldn't go into any part of the building, still because of Covid. So, he had to sit out in the car and wait, and the Dr. Duncan said he would call him and talk to him after he got the surgery completed.
It was done in under two hours, and the doctor called Bob and said all went well. Bob did get to come in and see me for about 20 minutes that day, then he went home.
Everything went so well. I didn't experience a lot of pain, the pain I'd had with my bad hip was so much worse that the surgery was actually a relief.
The worst part was that I had to sleep on my back with a foam wedge between my knees to keep from rolling onto my hip. I am a tosser/turner when I sleep and usually sleep on my side. I haven't been able to sleep much on my back for years, because I probably have sleep apnea also, and I find it harder to breathe sometimes on my back, but I didn't have any problems with it.
That same afternoon I got up to walk (with a walker), and walked around some. The therapist made me sit on the edge of the bed and lift my lower leg out as straight as I could and I did so with no problem.
The next day the therapist took me to another room with a set of three stairs with handrails to see if I could go up and down them okay. I did very well on this too. Bad leg up, good leg down.
They also had a car sitting in the room, to see if you could get in and out of the car correctly. No problem. And our own vehicle was even better because it was a Jeep SUV and the seats were higher.
That afternoon, Bob came up and took me home.
My sweet kids brought meals to me for a week so I wouldn't have to cook anything and we got along fine.
I can walk very well now and I am so happy with my new hip,
Thank you Lord.