trophywench
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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
I did post this on the Friday the Thirteenth thread but for any of you that may have missed it Jenny tripped up over speed bump when she was walking out of the car park last Saturday after we had been helping out at a prostate awareness day.
We after a few days deliberating decided she should go to the hospital to get it checked, well in short she had broken her Patella in a couple of places was admitted there and then and she had an operation to put it back together on Wednesday.
The operation seems to have been a success and she is making good progress so far.
I am not long back from visiting Jen I was there most of the afternoon she was sitting in a chair at the side of the bed when I arrived looking very pleased with herself. The surgeon visited her this morning and she said he was pleased with the way the surgery went. The repair was with screws and tensioning wires so presumably they have put a couple of screws in and pulled the break back together with the wires.
About four o'clock a nurse from the fracture clinic arrived and said she was going to remove the bandages and back slab she has had on and fit a knee brace on her leg its all cushioned wraps and Velcro straps, so its easy to remove and put back on the knee brace part is adjustable for angle and the whole thing is quite lightweight, its set at a ten degree deflection at the moment but the nurse said that the physio's would probably adjust it on Monday.
She did manage a little walk about five o'clock with a Zimmer frame, we went to the rehydration centre and fetched a cup of tea so all in all I was very pleased and proud with her desire to have a go at getting moving.
I expect that she should be released some time next week back into my custody LOL. They have told her she will have to attend the fracture clinic in about a fortnights time.
I will keep you all informed with her progress until she is in a position to tell you herself.
Pete
We after a few days deliberating decided she should go to the hospital to get it checked, well in short she had broken her Patella in a couple of places was admitted there and then and she had an operation to put it back together on Wednesday.
The operation seems to have been a success and she is making good progress so far.
I am not long back from visiting Jen I was there most of the afternoon she was sitting in a chair at the side of the bed when I arrived looking very pleased with herself. The surgeon visited her this morning and she said he was pleased with the way the surgery went. The repair was with screws and tensioning wires so presumably they have put a couple of screws in and pulled the break back together with the wires.
About four o'clock a nurse from the fracture clinic arrived and said she was going to remove the bandages and back slab she has had on and fit a knee brace on her leg its all cushioned wraps and Velcro straps, so its easy to remove and put back on the knee brace part is adjustable for angle and the whole thing is quite lightweight, its set at a ten degree deflection at the moment but the nurse said that the physio's would probably adjust it on Monday.
She did manage a little walk about five o'clock with a Zimmer frame, we went to the rehydration centre and fetched a cup of tea so all in all I was very pleased and proud with her desire to have a go at getting moving.
I expect that she should be released some time next week back into my custody LOL. They have told her she will have to attend the fracture clinic in about a fortnights time.
I will keep you all informed with her progress until she is in a position to tell you herself.
Pete
