2/5 Nancy M. 10 months ago on Google
Most
recently:
broke
one
bone
to
lower
arm,
straight
across
fx,
near
wrist,
NO
displacement
of
either
lower
arm
bones.
Drove
self
to
hospital,
arrived
around
3:30p,
admission
process
in
ER
'normal'.
Wheeled
to
room
117,
x-ray(s)
taken.
PA
/c
several
other
staff
cam,
said
"l
had
broken
a
bone".
PA
examined
lt
arm,
saw
congenital
bone
formation
and
exclaimed
break
included
that
bone,
too.
An
RN
on
my
rt
side
told
PA,
"It's
that
way
over
here
too";
no
injury
to
rt
side.
Had
a
temporary
cast
applied
to
lt.
forearm,
and
l
was
discharged
around
8pm.
NO
assistance
given
as
l
slowly
walked
from
the
room
to
my
car.
I
was
unsteady,
carrying
several
bulky
items,
had
not
eaten
since
early
AM,
no
fluids.
I
used
the
wall
for
support.
As
l
walked,
l
passed
2
charting
rooms
full
of
staff
who
stared
at
me
as
l
left
and
drove
myself
home.
I
saw
the
ortho
Dr
and
staff
Monday,
more
x-rays
which
l
saw.
A
permanent
cast
applied.
Way
too
tight,
area
pulsed
all
night
as
if
a
BP
cuff
was
too
tight.
Called
that
office,
instructed
to
return.
A
second
permanent
but
lessor
cast
was
applied.
(On
the
way
out,
one
of
the
'nurses'
instructed
me
to
hold
my
left
arm
above
my
head
"all
the
time"
and
showed
me
what
to
do.
Didn't
make
sense
to
me;
even
a
sling
only
supports
an
arm
so
the
hand
is
above
or
parallel
to
the
heart
for
edema.)
I
kept
having
problems,
my
thumb
was
going
numb
as
was
my
little
finger
and
my
middle
finger
ached.
I
called
the
office
for
advice,
but
they
loudly
accused
me
of
"using"
my
arm.
(I
don't
have
help
so
l
did
use
my
lower
arm
to
clench
items
of
clothing
against
my
body
or
steady
a
can
while
my
rt
hand
opened
it,
but
l
did
not,
could
not
USE
my
arm,
hand!
I
did
not
twist
my
wrist.
The
cast
was
too
tight
to
move.)
When
l
went
to
have
cast
removed
another
x-ray
was
taken.
One
of
the
lower
bones
which
had
been
parallel
to
the
other
was
now
overlapped
on
the
other.
My
thumb
had
an
"exploded
tendon"
(Per
dr's
evaluation)
and
I
could
not
use
it.
I
can
not
extend
it;
l
have
a
claw...and
my
wrist
is
deformed.
(Should
work
for
Baylor's
football
games.)
Even
though
l
am
older,
l
used
my
hands.
Now
l
can't
pick
up
small
things
from
the
floor,
hold
things
steady
/s
spilling
them,
or
even
do
my
ADL's
as
l
used
to
do.
I
am
disgusted
with
the
outcome
of
something
which
should
have
been
a
'no
brainer'
and
disgusted
with
these
fellow
health
care
'Professionals'.
I
can't
forget
bc
l
will
live
with
and
see
this
outcome
the
rest
of
my
life.
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