Actually, she started off with a simple knee surgery to correct "runner’s knee", a condition where the kneecap is pulled to one side, so it does not track normally when you bend your leg.  It is painful.  That surgery went ok, but in therapy she was not able to get the full range of motion due to scar tissue in that knee from previous knee surgery about 4-5 years ago.  For that they put her to sleep and manipulated her knee to break up scar tissue.  That was not invasive.  Following that she was back in PT and began having severe hip pain when she would exercise. (Over the years she would complain about that hip being sore or hurting a little after riding her horses.)  MRI showed torn cartilage in the hip.  She had arthroscopic surgery on the hip in February to remove the torn cartilage.  Initially the wounds looked good and the surgeon removed the stitches about 10-11 days after surgery.  A week or so later, both incisions opened up a little and started oozing clear liquid.  After antibiotics, one wound closed completely and the other closed partially, but still oozed.  Finally the liquid changed in color and consistency indicating possible infection, so this last surgery took place.  Now she has the open wound that must heal from the inside out.  The bad thing is that once all this clears up, she will require another hip surgery to smooth out rough bone that is causing intense pain in her hip, but it cannot be done until this other wound heals up.

Kristin takes Cortef - 10 mg in the morning and 15 at night.  That has been her dose for quite some time now.  She had labs about a week ago and we are waiting for the endo to let us know about her levels.  She also takes Florinef, Topomax (to prevent  migraines), Nexium (for reflux).  She has Vicodin for pain and the antibiotic that she is taking twice daily along with acidophilus to prevent a yeast infection from all the antibiotics.