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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old is she OP and does she have any cognitive decline, even minor? One of my biggest regrets is getting my mom knee surgery last fall.  Search for my disaster on this forum- she got hospital delirium and hasn’t been the same since.  And the impacted knee still causes her issues.  [/quote]

I am so sorry to hear that your mother got hospital delirium. Thank you for sharing you had a thread about this. I’ll do a search.

Yes, my mother has cognitive decline. I have wondered if a doctor would even do the surgery at her age. I thought I might be able to take her to a doctor and have the doctor tell her it’s a bad idea, but who knows what they’d say? [/quote]

I’m the PP with the mom who had a bad outcome with knee surgery.  Please research the effects of anesthesia on the elderly who have cognitive decline.  That was the only box I didn’t check when preparing for her surgery because I assumed it would be safe.  And just an FYI- in preparation for the actual knee surgery my mom had to have appointments with all of her doctors so they could sign off on it.  In addition to the surgeon we had to go to her primary care doctor, her cardiologist, her dentist, we had a CT scan and we had blood work.  All required within 30 days of the surgery.  In my moms case after the surgery she ended up in the hospital for almost a week, followed by rehab for another week followed by home health care (nurse, occupational therapist and physical therapist).  The delirium was terrifying and I had to have my brother fly in to help at one point.  Over six months later and she still has the physical therapist weekly and still complains about that knee (and the surgery itself was a success) and her cognitive decline has gotten exponentially worse.  The ONLY saving grace was that all the therapies come to her and I haven’t had to take off work to get her to those appointments.[/quote]

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