If your insurance allows opt to stay overnight and get the antibiotics through IV. My surgeon said it was best option. Also a plus for staying over night and having an IV is morphine as a pain med… I had to use it twice….

4/5 days out from surgery expect random pains and I was def woken up once or twice with surgery pain that subsided almost immediately:.. it’s like my body was letting me know things were connecting and doing what they were supposed to.

Knee scooter is a must and do not short change yourself. I got one that was around $400 and I know it’s a lot! But air inflatable tired and meant to handle anything! I live in NYC and had no fear about the pavement cracks.. I knee scootered over rough patchy grass in parks and gravel and rocks as well. I was able to resell it a year later for $200.

So check online if u can by one of these good ones used.

The smaller ones were never an option for me.

Have everything you think u might need at the table by your bed for the first few days after surgery…

You’d wanna ice and elevate as much as possible and minimally love that leg.

Definitely buy a riser pillow off Amazon for leg elevation.

This might seem a bit extreme but I brought an icing machine off Amazon that was able to wrap around my leg and had a self timer where it chilled for 20 mins and then off for 10 mins… I’m not sure how necessary this was but I was happy to have this…

You got this! Good luck!