[blparent] Question about Crutches

Tue Oct 30 03:40:06 UTC 2012

I was playing with my black Labrador in the snow we had last week.  She 
likes to run like a racehorse when it snows, with her nose down and her face 
all white and frosted.  She slammed into me at full speed and unfortunately, 
my knee took the hit.

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may 
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at 
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Veronica Smith
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 9:33 PM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about Crutches

Oh, you would not be able to use the Roll About with a knee injury.  Bummer! 
Good luck, perhaps they can just put it in a brace.  Now, exactly what were 
you doing when this occurred?

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo 
Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 7:44 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about Crutches

Probably not a broken bone, but I got some kind of a soft tissue injury.
I'm hoping time and ice, along with the knee brace the urgent care tech gave 
me, will heal it up.  But they're recommending that I go get an MRI so we 
can see if I tore the meniscus, which is cartilage.

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may 
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at 
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message-----
From: Veronica Smith
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 7:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about Crutches

Jo Elizabeth, what the Dr gave me since I couldn't see was something they 
called a Roll About.  You kneel on it, my broken foot hung over the back.
It has handles to hold onto with hand breaks.  You cann ajust the height so 
you kneel at a reasonable level.  Did you break something?

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo 
Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 1:04 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] Question about Crutches

I know this is a strange question, but have any of you ever been on 
crutches?  How did you manage it since you couldn’t see where to place the 
crutches before you took a step?  I’m asking because last Thursday night, my 
guide dog was off leash, running around like a maniac in the snow.  She 
loves to play in it, especially during the first good snowfall of the 
season.  She tried to run past me and ended up slamming into my knee, 
bending it in a way I had no idea it could even go.  By the time I went to 
an urgent care clinic near my house on Friday afternoon, my knee was swollen 
and hot to the touch, and it burned as if I’d set a hot pan from the oven 
right on it, only the burning was on the inside.  The urgent care tech said 
I probably tore my meniscus, which is a thin sheet of cartilage that keeps 
the bones in the knee from rubbing against each other.  She gave me a knee 
brace and told me to use ice and anti-inflammatory drugs over the weekend.
I saw a marked improvement from Friday to Saturday, but now it’s kind of 
stalled out.  I’m hoping time and ice will do the trick, but the recovery 
time if I have to get arthroscopic surgery to mend the tear is a month to 
six weeks, with crutches for at least some of that time.  I can’t even 
imagine how I would navigate with crutches, even if there weren’t toys 
everywhere.

Thanks,
Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may 
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at 
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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