Dog walking is dangerous!

Thank you all for the good wishes. I am pleased to report that all went well with this morning's op and I was back on the ward before lunchtime. I have a slightly sore throat from the intubation but the leg feels great. I have taken pain relief for overnight because when i told the dr how much better it felt, he said, 'wait till the local wears off!'.
Apparently there is a strong possibility that I could be transferred to Leeds tomorrow but we wont know until tomorrow. I have what looks like a meccano set holding the bones on place, apparently called external fixings, if anyone would like to see it via Google, my tech skills are not up to postjng pics I'm afraid.
 
Glad you’re not feeling too sore. You must have done a good and proper job on that leg :oops:.
Pearlsasinger said:
I have what looks like a meccano set holding the bones on place, apparently called external fixings, if anyone would like to see it via Google, my tech skills are not up to postjng pics I'm afraid.
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Something like this, PAS?
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This arrangement is temporary, although it sounds as if the long term one will look similar but be stronger. I just hope that it won't succumb to Rotter/Lab head butting. I have kept reminding the drs and they just shrug it off. Obviously none of them has ever been head butted by a rottweiler! I think I might have to sit behind some kind of fire guard arrangement when I get home
 
Pearlsasinger said:
This arrangement is temporary, although it sounds as if the long term one will look similar but be stronger. I just hope that it won't succumb to Rotter/Lab head butting. I have kept reminding the drs and they just shrug it off. Obviously none of them has ever been head butted by a rottweiler! I think I might have to sit behind some kind of fire guard arrangement when I get home
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Eek... The thought of a Rotter head butt... Or the leaning sit... ??

Definitely rig up the guard!
 
Googling suggests there is more than one option for externally fixate a broken tibia and fibula, for example:

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Pearlsasinger said:
I think that's the long term one, mine is more sticks at odd angles which I am sure would not withstand headbutts. ?
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'Sticks at odd angles which doesn't look as if they can withstand being headbutted by a Rotter/Lab.'

Hm, sounds a bit more like something like this:

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Had no idea that there where this many options for how to externally fixate a broken leg.
 
Pearlsasinger said:
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I nearly made a joke about having my own circus but decided in time that it wasn't really appropriate :D
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If your dog walk ends with a broken leg, and being told you might have meccano sticking out of your leg for x months, that recovery might take 6 months etc, then surely if you're able to find anything funny about the situation, it is fully appropriate for you to amuse yourself.
 
FinnishLapphund said:
'Sticks at odd angles which doesn't look as if they can withstand being headbutted by a Rotter/Lab.'

Hm, sounds a bit more like something like this:

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Had no idea that there where this many options for how to externally fixate a broken leg.
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Yes similar to that but mine is more colourful. It really does look as if it is made from a chil'ds construction kit. Because it's all at the front, I am able to rest the leg on a pillow, not sure how I'll go on when I get the circus rings:eek::D
 
chaps89 said:
Blimey, you did a proper job of that.
You sound in remarkably good spirits so far.
Will it be long before they change from the temporary fix?
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Nobody knows, just waiting for a phone call from LGI to say they have a free bed but actually more time spent in the local hospital gives more time for the swelling to reduce before the next op and extra time between the GAs, which makes me feel a bit happier. Everybody has assured me that my general good health means that there is no real extra risk.

I have to say that nurses and physios have been impressed by my flexibility and strength of leg muscles until I mention riding! I thought that as I haven't ridden for some time and the I-joy rider got pushed behind some stored furniture in an emergency stable reorganisation, one night, I would have lost muscle tone but apparently not as much as I thought.
 
Pearlsasinger said:
Thanks, yes, I am looking forward to getting back home. I didn't ask how long I will have to stay in hospital getting used to the frame
Ct, you are absolutely right about the codeine and itching, both feet felt as if they were on fire yesterday.
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They’ll want you out ASAP, I should think, particularly with this blasted virus. They shoved me out 2 days after the op, I think.

Get piriton! Ask the nurses.

Don’t laugh, but I had a squeegee mop to fend off the dogs. To be fair, they were very good if a little bemused as to the lack of cuddles.
 
It was the morphine, not codeine which made me itch, I've knocked that on the head since! I have Piritze liquid with ne, although staff don't know, as it's the only one I can take. I have been up and about today, with a Zimmer. Have worked out that some wire netting on the Zimmer will stop head butting and stray front legs banging into my rings. Mop would be no good, we allowed the Rotters to 'mop surf' as pups when we needed to clean up, cos it made us laugh(yes, I know), they did look funny! And she still likes to play if given half a chance
 
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Pearlsasinger said:
It was the morphine, not codeine which made me itch, I've knocked that on the head since! I have Piritze liquid with ne, although staff don't know, as it's the only one I can take. I have been up and about today, with a Zimmer. Have worked out that some wire netting on the Zimmer will stop head butting and stray front legs banging into my rings. Mop would be no good, we allowed the Rotters to 'mop surf' as pups when we needed to clean up, cos it made us laugh(yes, I know), they did look funny! And she still likes to play if given half a chance
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I refused the morphine, never had enough to have much of an effect. Are you managing ok with food, given your allergies?

I did the whole duvet on my lap eventually, I couldn’t resist cuddles long! Desperate dog, horrific hair!
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Cinnamontoast said:
I refused the morphine, never had enough to have much of an effect. Are you managing ok with food, given your allergies?

I did the whole duvet on my lap eventually, I couldn’t resist cuddles long! Desperate dog, horrific hair!
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The hospital cannot provide me with suitable food, it is being brought in from home, I have some to take with me but I may need to have an argument unless. The trouble is that I doubt I'll feel up to it after another GA. It's not good enough though
Local hospital seems to only have food to warm up in the kitchens, I suppose like cook-chill school kitchens. I am hoping that Leeds might do their own cooking but not banking on it. Kitchen here couldn't even make me a plain omelette, as'it comes ready mixed with milk'!
 
Pearlsasinger said:
The hospital cannot provide me with suitable food, it is being brought in from home, I have some to take with me but I may need to have an argument unless. The trouble is that I doubt I'll feel up to it after another GA. It's not good enough though
Local hospital seems to only have food to warm up in the kitchens, I suppose like cook-chill school kitchens. I am hoping that Leeds might do their own cooking but not banking on it. Kitchen here couldn't even make me a plain omelette, as'it comes ready mixed with milk'!
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So what do they do with allergic patients who can't have suitable food brought to them from home?
First give patients surgery to fix broken legs, and similar, then kill them by giving them anaphylactic shocks caused by food allergies!
 
FinnishLapphund said:
So what do they do with allergic patients who can't have suitable food brought to them from home?
First give patients surgery to fix broken legs, and similar, then kill them by giving them anaphylactic shocks caused by food allergies!
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Probably!

There was a patient on the ward who had been in isolation since reporting an upset stomach until her latest Covid test came back negative. She said that she had told them she thought she had been given food with onion in it, which she had told them she cannot eat. They just got her back on the ward and gave her shepherds our, with, you guessed it, onion! So the poor elderly woman now feels ill again!
 
I had something similar with a friend who was presenting with an allergy/food related condition, the food was made off site by a contractor and heated up at the hospital, they could guarantee nothing :( and the person was so sensitive that even shared prep area/utensils could make them very sick.
We brought a lot of cold stuff and invested in a lot of insulated containers!!
I was shocked by it, diet is a huge part of health/recovery and staff were too run off their feet to be able to take much on board.
 
MrsMozart said:
How goes today lass?
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Gosh that was a busy day!

Thanks for asking. I am in LGI where the orthopedic team specialises in external fixation. Consultant came to talk me through the op and felt that more of the swelling needs to go down, so surgery is postponed until Wednesday. Leg has to be kept elevated.
He did leave me feeling confident that this is the right course of action and even that it should stand up to a Rotter headbutt. I shall be taking precautions on that front though.
I have had so many professionals come to introduce themselves that I have barely been able to find time to draw breath and am now absolutely shattered.

Oh and diet has been accommodated, after a slightly shaky start.;)
 
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