Sister's Surgery Went Okay

Catherine

Hi everyone, just wanted to let you know that my sister's surgery went okay yesterday. She has a badly shattered right leg from a ski accident three years ago. (Basically it looks like someone took a hammer to her bone between the knee and ankle.) They tried using a cadaver bone but her body rejected that. Then they took bone from her hip and put that into the area. That didn't work either. This time they took bone from the hip and gave her a growth hormone shot to try to improve the results. Keep your fingers crossed that the third time is the charm. Her doctors felt that everything went well but she still has months of waiting for the bones to grow and knit together.

Catherine

Hattie

Ow. I'm hoping she heals well from this one.
Take care,
--Hattie

Catherine

Thanks, Hattie. It's so scary as her physical therapist was the one who found her latest break. She has all kinds of metal rods in the leg and one of them masked the break. They found it when she was sent for a CT scan. Plus she is 51 and bones don't heal as well as when we were teenagers.

Catherine

csp

Catherine,
Sending healing prayers for a uncomplicated recovery
for your Sis.
And I hope this helps her get out of pain as I am sure she had plenty of it!

hugs,
Carrie

cowgirl

Catherine I will continue to pray for her.

Sphynx

Sending her the best Catherine!

xxxooo

Nancy

Catherine

Thanks everyone, I talked to her last weekend and she's going along but still in a lot of pain. Hopefully this surgery will do the trick for her.

Catherine

cowgirl

Wonderful Catherine Thanks for the update!

csp

I'm glad she is coming along Catherine, but the pain thing
makes you so tired wish they could give her better pain management, she would heal faster if she wasn't wore out from the pain.

hugs,
Carrie