Question re knee contractions

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Jeff, and All,

Anyone here have experience with your LO developing contracted bent

knees in the space of a week's time? My husband Bob was sent to a

rehab center from the hospital about 9 days ago after a strep

infection in his blood. Since arriving at the Rehab Center, actually

after only being there 3 days, he started complaining of pain in his

right thigh area and will not straighten his right leg or even try to

bear weight on it at all. In the hospital he was up walking in the

hall with the PT. Now he is unable to even try to stand or walk or

excercise his legs. He is keeping both knees bent all the time. The

physical therapists at the rehab center are unable to do anything with

him. They are not even trying to do passive range of motion with his

legs. This is only getting worse. They did an xray of his right hip

and pelvis last Tuesday to check to see if his hip replacement surgery

from Jan. 9th is okay. The x ray came back okay. I have an

appointment with the ortho surgeon who did Bob's surgery on Tuesday

the 10th to have him see what is wrong. I am very upset and frantic

because the rehab center seems to have given up on trying to work with

Bob and he is only getting more bent and contracted and they are not

doing anything for him but giving him tylenol for the pain! Anyone

else experience this?

Pat M.

Wife/caregiver of Bob 75, Dx PD 2003, LBD 2009, Hip Replacement post

fracture Jan 9, 2012, Septicemia March 2012