Did anyone notice a completely unbothered Nancy Pelosi at the Speaker vote a couple days ago? How does an 80+ year old woman overcome a broken hip and surgery to repair it so fast?
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Hip surgery has progressed tremendously. Now, as part as your rehab, you are gotten up to walk the same day as your surgery. Typically, it is only an overnight stay and physical therapy starts right away. You have to do as much walking (assisted) as possible. Speaking from experience as I was a caregiver for a family member who had a hip replacement two years ago. The rapid recovery these days is amazing.
This. You are up as soon as the spinal wears off. Full weight bearing but not without a walker. If she is walking unassisted….. then it’s BS.
Dude she is 80+ years old. Your thinking a much younger, healthy person who isnt carrying 40 extra pounds. My parents are 85. I take care of them. Trust me at that age walking becomes far more difficult and that is if your hip hasnt been injured. Hip injuries at that age signal that death is near. Not many octogenarians recover.
40 lbs of knockers filled with vodka. He’s right about the hip surgeries though. If it’s not a bad break and they do a replacement, healing time is minimal. My wife is a DPT and sees surgery patients like this daily. Broken ankles are much worse than hips. You can’t replace an ankle nearly as easily.