I was up and zimmered myself to the bathroom (most satisfying) at about 7:45 this morning. I then sat in my chair and had breakfast for the first time out of bed.
At 8:20, my knee was giving me a bit of an ache, so I got back into bed. Soon after, I was asaked to choose my lunch, so I went with Tuna Salad. Not too big, but very good.
Vivian the GP came round at 8:45, and said she was going to confirm with the surgeon about whether I still needed to be taking the oral anti-biotics.
Then it was back to “Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure” that Zac has lent me.
Today, I got a walking frame (some might call it a Zimmer frame), to help me get to the toilet.
I did try some crutches, but my co-ordination is screwed, and I fell back onto the bed.
Crutches should follow soon…
I sat in the chair by the bed for 20 minutes.
I sat in the chair by the bed for 10 minutes.
I got out of bed and stood up. No weight on the injured leg though.
They removed the Central Line from my neck which they used for the surgery, and for antibiotics after the surgery. Oral anti-biotics from now then.
I had a drain tube removed from the upper part of the incision. Since then I have been gradually moving my leg more, and it has meant I can move more in the bed.
It was going to be on Monday 18th May, but I had a fever, and they wanted to make sure that was under control first.
I left the room at 2pm to go down to the operating room. When I was put onto the slab, they spent 30 minutes trying to find a vein for the IV. Eventually, they put one in my neck. 30 minutes on a cold steel table with no support formy leg was not the best have ever felt…
I got back to the room at 7pm, so around 4 hours of surgery.
In the surgery, they fitted a Titanium plate, and 11 Titanium screws into my bone. (Total cost of parts – £2832).
Me and the bar they hammered through my leg.
I broke my thigh bone right at the top near the hip joint at around 10:35pm on the Friday 15th May. I did this by slipping in the bath, just as I had finished my shower, and was getting out.
Once I got to the hospital, I was x-rayed, and I was told that I had broken my leg. I had hoped that it was just dislocated, but the x-ray proved the cause of my pain.
They hammered a steel bar through my lower leg as they needed to put my upper leg in traction to make sure that the muscle did not contract too much.
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