Dog walking is dangerous!

Tiddlypom said:
Good grief, PaS :oops:.

You even seem to have an extra 4th ring compared to the pics that I had previously found on google.

Do you know when they’ll consider discharging you?
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I have to demonstrate that I can manage the stairs with crutches, which should happen tomorrow, so I am hoping for tomorrow or Wednesday. Fingers crossed.
 
No they keep asking me about my living situation. We have a plan to install a downstairs loo to avoid this very situation unfortunately it is still very much in the planning stage.

I will need to be able to go up and down stairs, the stairs only have 1 handrail because the other side is the window. I am hoping to be discharged either tomorrow or Wednesday. At least I am not relying on patient transport which only ever seems to be available in the middle of the night!
 
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Pearlsasinger said:
No they keep asking me about my living situation. We have a plan to install a downstairs loo to avoid this very situation unfortunately it is still very much in the planning stage.

I will need to be able to go up and down stairs, the stairs only have 1 handrail because the other side is the window. I am hoping to be discharged either tomorrow or Wednesday. At least I am not relying on patient transport which only ever seems to be available i
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If you want a quick fix, how about a camping toilet? You could buy a tent for it, for some privacy.

Pop up tent for camping toilet

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Hope that they soon allow you to go home.
 
Pearlsasinger said:
Unfortunately there really isn't anywhere to put such a thing where it wont attract Labradors. Fellow Lab owners will understand exactly what I mean.
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Are we talking about the same risk which there was 25 years ago when I had a young nephew who was starting to learn to poop on the potty, and a Norwegian Buhund who wanted to help us with cleaning said potty?
If you added a pop up tent, and zipped it close after using the commode/portaloo inside, would that not be enough to stop them?

Since I've already entered the land of Too Much Info, I might as well continue, and say that humans usually pees several times more often per day than doing the other business, so even having easy access to a commode/portaloo, and use it only for the times when you need to pee, might make your life easier. And if you only use it for peeing, there should be less risk for that dogs will be interested in trying to open the lid, and help themselves, won't it?
 
When I broke my left ankle and right foot, I was not able to manage the stairs using crutches. I had my bed brought downstairs and the hospital provided me with a commode, which looked like an ordinary chair and you had to lift the seat off to use the "potty" The "potty" also had a lid, so that whoever was emptying it didn't have to see what was in it. They also provided me with a zimmer frame and a set of crutches. Hopefully you will be provided with everything you need when you are discharged. I wish you a speedy recovery.
 
Thank you for all your good wishes. I expect that I shall be sent home with what is deemed necessary, which is a pair if crutches.
I must say that both physiotherapists and a doctor who happened to be around at the same time as the physios yesterday have been very pleased with the way my body has recovered so far. They comment on the range of movement, which I think is mostly luck and my strength which I think is due to the healthy lifestyle that most of us on here share.
 
Like others have said I'm just very impressed by how you've handled it. Certainly gives me some perspective, I cut my fingernails a bit too short and it was painful but reading your updates I've realised it could be worse!

I hope you can get home soon I think you'll recover a lot quicker than what's predicted. Do you have a strategy for meeting your Labs again, they'll go ballistic after not seeing you for a long time?
 
Just catching up PAS
And yikes that is impressive *heaves*
Glad you are sounding in good spirits and doing so well:) . I hope you can get sorted for when you go home. My mum is having her hip done next week and is facing similar problems as they only have one loo upstairs. I think she's just going to stay upstairs for a while and my step sister is going to look after her until she's a bit more mobile. Wish it was me there ....
Take care of yourself and I definitely echo the above advice about the dogs!! xxxxx
 
Bloody hell! And all this from a fall when out walking dogs. I am going to make sure I am extra careful! I hope you manage to get home soon.
 
Home at last! It was a farce to the end and tbh, I'm too knackered to write it all down but suffice to say physios came to me just after 9 because they were expecting to discharge me and sis finally manged to get someone to open the ward door to take the wheelchair off her so that I could go down to the carpark at 5.30.

I had a very warm welcome home, sis and 'lodger' (friend who is waiting for house purchase to go through) managed the transfers very well, Rottweiler was her usual reliably sensible self and Labs are back in their crate while the horses' needs are attended to. It has been decided, after my exciting(!) trip up to the loo, to invest in a commode and we have found a Lab proof nook to put it in.

Thank you to everyone who kept me company over the last fortnight, on here and through PMs and especial thanks to Cinnamontoast who put the pics on for me. Just in case anyone else finds themselves in a similar position, I will put occasional updates/progress reports as I work my way through the next approximately 6 months, with telephone checkups so long as all goes well.
 
I wonder if a Zimmer frame would be useful as a support and a barrier to labs and rot? When dad was in plaster hip to toe after snapping his Achilles, he did manage to shuffle up and downstairs on his bum. Not sure if that’s going to be practical/possible with rings!

Edit: I’m delighted you’re home.
 
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