My hip replacement surgery was done today at Willamette Falls Hospital in Oregon City. The surgery was at 2:00 pm, and I was home by 8:00 pm. It was an enjoyable experience. All the nurses and doctors were super friendly and very helpful. The spinal block worked well, and the stuff they gave me to knock me out worked well. I had a nice four-hour nap. The doctor looked at the hip he took out and said it was a mess😳! Today, I used a cane to leave the hospital made by hand with black ebony wood that I bought in Sierra Leone about ten years ago. It is a nice cane, very heavy and stout. I whacked a coon with it that ran into our bedroom a couple of years ago, and it worked well for that. I expect that when the spinal block wears off, my new hip will get to hurting a lot, but I have an entire bottle of painkillers, so I expect that I will be fine. I plan on riding my stationary bike for 15 minutes or longer tomorrow, depending on how I feel.

I look forward to standing up straight and walking normally in the days ahead. And then when I get my second one done, maybe even walking a half marathon!

My favorite verses in the Bible now are Philippians 3:20-21: “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.”

I got a piece of a new and greatly improved body today, but not a glorified one. That day is not too far away, and I am looking forward to it. Only those who love Jesus can look forward to that day with me.