Thursday, September 11, 2008

FIXATOR OFF!! BRIGHT PINK CAST ON!!!!

Hi again
It's the next day. We are still in the hospital but all being well we'll be going home today. Home as in the RMH- which by the way is looking pretty flippin' good!! They have renevated all the rooms and they are fantasic! And another thing to report.......when we arrived there 2 days ago....the winner of last seasons Hell's Kitchen - ROCK!...cooked our dinner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOWWWW!!!!! If Gorden Ramsey likes his food then we surely do!!!! He made his signiture dish of crab cakes served with rice and a greek yogurt dip with salad and homemade dressing....followed by a hot peach crunch served with vanilla icecream- yuuummmmyyyy!!! If you check out the RMH Baltimore website there is likely to be an interview that I gave about the meals at the house!!! Yes I'm a star at last!!!!!.... So back to Lydia..!!.. She is doing fine. Sick on the first day because of the anaesthesia in her system- but that is to be expected. Dr Standard has put a rod in her femur. Her cast is full length and I have been instructed that she isn't to weight bear on her leg for 2 weeks.
One bit of shocking news is that I'm sharing a hospital room with Riley, one of the girls who is in the picture with Lydia waiting for Pam's pin care. She had her fixator removed 2 weeks ago but her femur fractured and so she had to have an emergency surgery yesterday to put a fixator back on....can you believe it. She lost the length gained when her bone fractured so she is having to go through the process again. I asked Dr Standard how many times this has happenned with other patients and he said it has only occurred twice before. That's out of about 100 cases.
So cross fingers and touch wood this doesn't happen to Lydia.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Glad to hear the surgery went well and you will be going to RMH today! Lots of love and well wishes are headed your way. Can't wait to see the pink cast. Love you! XOXOXO