update

Dale's surgery went well. The surgeon did as much as he could arthroscopicly but then had to make an incision in the leg to finish up. It made the surgery go faster but now recovery will be longer because he had to cut through the muscle. They got as much of the arthritis as they could, reshaped the ball, fixed the cartilage tear, and drilled holes to stimulate scar cartilage. We are home now. Dale is very uncomfortable. He cannot do anything on his own. The kids are going to visit their grandparents until Monday which will give us both a chance to rest (I have the stomach flu- at least I hope that's what it is...)
here are a few surgery pictures.....

6:30 am on Wednesday- Darrell and Beth beat us to the hospital.



You gotta love paper pants...



This might be the only time it is acceptable for a man to wear hose....



Luke was very interested in the whole process.



Isn't he cute? He just wanted to hold his dad's hand.



The kids had fun coloring in the hospital room.