Ruth Ann Renda of Whiting waiting years to get her right knee replaced simply because she didn’t have the pain that most people have when facing a knee replacement.
“It was the strangest thing,” says the 72-year old retiree. “I really wasn’t in a lot of pain. My knee just kept popping out of alignment. I was worried about falling.”
“One night, as I was preparing dinner, one of my sons saw how my knee was getting very weak and said, ‘Mom, something needs to be done now’,” says Renda.
Her son’s comment prompted her to see her primary care physician, who suggested Renda make an appointment with Joseph Spott, DO, orthopedic surgeon at St. Catherine Hospital.
“The first thing Dr. Spott asked me was, ‘Why did you wait so long?’ He did a great job on my knee replacement,” Renda says. “Dr. Spott and all of the nurses at St. Catherine Hospital were wonderful in helping me heal,” she says. “The Rehab Unit really helped me get back on my feet again.”
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