 I needed to have a hip replacement because it just wore out from osteoarthritis. It was nothing I did in my life, although I've been very physically active my entire life. I eventually got to the point where I couldn't tie my shoe, I couldn't bend over, I couldn't walk much. So at that point they said it was bone on bone and it was time to replace the hip. Mike underwent an elective total hip replacement surgery at Woodland Hills Medical Center on July 16th, 2019, performed by orthopedic surgeon Lauren Schatz. Everything worked perfectly. The nurses, everyone of them knew what their job was, how to handle it. And from that point on they just took care of me. The doctor came in with the anesthesiologist. One of the things I liked the best about that was the anesthesiologist and the doctor treated me like I was a member of a team. That was very nice and I've always had that experience with Kaiser, that they tend to involve you in your care. Mike was admitted to the hospital for surgery in the morning and went home at the end of the day. Dr. Schatz performed a total hip arthroplasty using the latest anterior approach through the front of the hip and thigh. After Mike awoke in the post-anesthesia care unit, nurses made sure that he was ready to get up on his new hip. My role as a recovery room nurse is to make sure that when they come out of surgery they are given the best care. They are able to wake up and they are comfortable. Before Mike was ready to go home, he was visited by a physical therapist and an occupational therapist. I go in and introduce myself. Then we'll proceed with standing. I'll talk to them about the appropriate assistive device that they might be using. I'll be teaching them some exercises. If it's a hip replacement, I do go over some precautions with them. Tell them there's specific ways to get out of bed, maybe get out of a chair. Different ways to sleep that might be different than what they're already doing. He was ready to go home the same day. I thought it was terrific. I thought everything from walking in the door for all the pre-op to the follow-up in the hospital on the day of surgery and everything was super. A Kaiser Permanente home health physical therapist went to their home to assist Mike with strengthening his muscles and working on his walking gait. Say in the last year or so we've shifted more towards taking care of our same-day surgeries and our orthopedic patients primarily. I'd say about 95%. No better joy than seeing a person heal and to see them get back on their feet and get back to their normal lifestyle. At four weeks I started riding a bike again, which is my primary mode of exercise. Mike was given good direction in terms of what to expect and how to progress. There was a very good back and forth between Mike and his medical team every step of the way. He came for a follow-up visit six weeks later without the use of a walker or a cane. Dr. Schatz advised Mike to continue his mobility, walk regularly and ride his bicycle, but also to rest. He's healed unbelievably well and I think that's the best testament to everything is that he's got no pain. In fact, the most amazing thing to me was three weeks after the surgery Mike said to me, look at this and he stood up and he reached down and he touched the floor. And I've been seeing him struggle to sit down to get into a car. So to be able to reach down and touch the floor three weeks after having this major surgery was very, very impressive.