My hip was(is) messed up

I should not post this without reading Cara's most recent post, but here goes.
First, I am doing very well and Cara and I should be heading back to Fayetteville tomorrow morning.
Dr. Stafford came in to see us this morning. He reminded us that my hip was one of the worst breaks that they have dealt with and they are trauma specialists. I have to keep asking myself why I did not push for a hip replacement, but I am reminded that I am young and if we can save the hip then this is what it best.
Dr. Stafford had not seen the results from the CT scan post surgery, but he was in there during the surgery. This is hard to explain, but after the extra bone matter and the hardware was removed, it was apparent that the hip has deformed during the healing. What this means is that rather than the neck and the ball angling up at about a 120 degree angle towards the pelvis, it is actually closer to a 90 degree angle. This is both good and bad. It is bad because this causes more stress, makes one leg longer than the other and possibly requires surgery (in about 6 weeks) to be corrected. It is good because the surgery would not be as severe as originally expected with new hardware. Dr. Stafford said they would take a wedge of bone out of my femur and fix the femur with the hip in the correct angle. I forgot the term he used for the procedure, but the downtime (no load bearing) would not be as long. The thing I am doing is adding up the dates. 6 weeks of no load bearing from this week's surgery + 6 weeks of no load bearing from the future surgery still equals 3 months. It also equals more trips to Tulsa.
I always try to stay optimistic, but I was really hoping that this would be my last prolonged stay at St. Johns. I am ready for this to be over.
Anyway, like I said before, I am feeling pretty good overall. We will keep you posted as we get news from follow ups.
J