Dad’s ankle surgery
Feb. 21st, 2025 04:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elizillaMy dad had surgery on his ankle, two days ago. He is now convalescing in the casita. His left foot is non load bearing for six weeks.
The knee scooter was a complete failure, he can’t do it. But a manual wheelchair is working out well for him. We took the right footrest off, so he can push with that foot as well as with his hands.
So far he is cheerful and optimistic, and is being fairly compliant. He has a “splint cast” which will be replaced with a hard fiberglass cast in two weeks. No physical therapy yet.
But I am pretty aggravated about his Samsung TVs. They both automatically updated their firmware since he was here a week ago, and the Tablo stopped working to provide him with antenna TV. Which he pines for. I literally just replaced the Tablo device on Jan 22, because his Samsung TVs didn’t work with my two year old Tablo device. Both old and new Tablos work just fine with my Roku TV. Samsung’s smart TV software is a steaming pile of unstable garbage. I have to fix something in it, every time he visits, because Samsung constantly changes it and breaks things. My dad insists on Samsung TVs but if it was up to me I would never buy one.
The knee scooter was a complete failure, he can’t do it. But a manual wheelchair is working out well for him. We took the right footrest off, so he can push with that foot as well as with his hands.
So far he is cheerful and optimistic, and is being fairly compliant. He has a “splint cast” which will be replaced with a hard fiberglass cast in two weeks. No physical therapy yet.
But I am pretty aggravated about his Samsung TVs. They both automatically updated their firmware since he was here a week ago, and the Tablo stopped working to provide him with antenna TV. Which he pines for. I literally just replaced the Tablo device on Jan 22, because his Samsung TVs didn’t work with my two year old Tablo device. Both old and new Tablos work just fine with my Roku TV. Samsung’s smart TV software is a steaming pile of unstable garbage. I have to fix something in it, every time he visits, because Samsung constantly changes it and breaks things. My dad insists on Samsung TVs but if it was up to me I would never buy one.
