[il-talk] My fractured leg

[Jenny Keller]

Hi all,

I don't know how many of you knew about this, but I was crossing a main street here in Rockford, and my cane didn't detect a whole, or it could've been an uneven part in the road, and turned my ankle.

I went to the hospital and they x-rayed my ankle, and said it was sprained, handed me a walker, without adjusting it mine you, and got me out of there.

I went to my General Practitioner, who didn't like how swollen my leg was, but said because of the swelling, if there was a fracture, it wouldn't have been well seen, or seen at all, depending on its size.

two weeks later, she was feeling along the ankle, and then went a little further up the leg, and as a pulled my leg from her hands and told her that she couldn't do that, she had the leg x-rayed and a cautionary MRI done.  

My leg bone, down toward the ankle was indeed fractured, and I was told not to put any more weight on it as it could heal wrong.

I spent, from the week of the 24th of June, till Tuesday of last week in a wheelchair because of balance issues, and the doctor's insistence that NO weight be put on the leg at all.

Last Wednesday, I got permission to put weight on the leg using a walker for three weeks more, and a new brace.  Which my husband calls a corset for my ankle considering you have to lace it from the toe of the foot all the way to the bottom of my caff, then put a set of two straps that cross into an X on the top of my food and then go to the bottom of my foot where the arch goes then hook, with velcro, to the sides of the brace.  the last strap goes around the top of the brace just below my caff muscle.

the funny thing, the inflatable boot that had no less than eight velcro straps and had to be inflated, was easier to get on *smile*

two and a half weeks from now.  No more walker.  Yaa Hoo.

anyway, for those who knew what happened, I wanted to update the situation.

the city's issuance company is reviewing the doctor's stuff with the fracture since it put a major tole on my life and prevented me from using standard free bus transportation.  

Say a prayer, or cross your fingers, whichever you prefer, that they will give me a small settlement, that will help the costs incurred then and in the future till my leg is completely done healing, of paratransit, which I never had to use, and car service, that again, I didn't have to spend before.

Anyway, things are getting better.

thought some good news, as strange as it is, might be appreciated on list.

My prayers and thoughts go out to all who have and hare going through rough times on this list.  

Jenny