Surely surgery of this magnitude will require significant pain control for Big Ron?
Wonder if there's anybody round here would like to take a guess what sort of regimen would be indicated..?
With recent personal experience of major surgery, pain meds, etc....
I've gone over my injuries here before from being a college WR and a close to 30mph downhill mountain bike crash. My AC ligaments let go in my rt arm and collar bone popped though the skin, rt knee dislocated, c6 fractured (that was caught years later when my left arm was was losing all strength and pain was insane), my rt knee was dislocated and I had a severe concussion and a few other lesser injuries. Lumbar spine was injured but I already had issues from football.
It will really depend on what he's been on and hopefully he's kept the meds under control. He has mentioned being in pain all the time so maybe he has a fentanyl or morphine time release patch. He likely also uses 800mg Motrin and may have long release oxy tabs. This would likely be continued after he's weaned off iv pain meds. The key is to limit this these meds so your tolerance does not increase. He could also have medical marihuana.