Facts
November 9th - Half hour past midnight
Hand breaks... Rushed to the hospital.. Prahlad and Manoj to accompany me..
X-rays taken.. Pain killers given.. Hand put in a cast.. Fracture fact was established..
From what it looked then and for almost a week after that.. It is some hair-line fracture which would be alright with this cast in a couple of weeks..
November 10th to November 12th
Postponed the midterm exams by two weeks... Completed the pending assignments with left hand.. Started managing activities with one hand..
November 12th - Meet with orthopaedic surgeon
Possibility of serious bone damage mentioned.. Asked to consult a hand orthopaedic specialist.. Appointment for Monday - November 15th
November 13th and 14th
Dull weekend.. Fingers crossed.. arm in the cast..
November 15th- Dr. Laurie Koch
She suggested Three possibilities...
One.. Twist the hand in one of the most awkward position and put a cast.. Not use fingers, elbow, arm for 6 weeks.. Shall set.. Might pop back to bad position in case of mismanaging
Two.. Surgical operation.. Put a pin to hold the bone to another bone.. 4 weeks of healing.. Surgically remove the pin and wait for a little more time for the incision to heal..
Three.. Put a plate.. Make a cut.. use the plate to put the bones back in position and put a screw to hold the plate.
Option three chosen after various opinion polls and xray research...
Day fixed to be November 19th
November 19th - Surgery
Took the bus.. Prahlad and Vivek to accompany.. Finished paper work.. Got into a funny robe.. Checked for BP, Heart, lungs, temperature etc.. Intravenus installed.. Removed the old cast.. Another intravenus for the right hand.. Settled in a room probably tailor made for me.. It had a clock with a broken hand..
OPERATION THEATER
Nothing like the one we see in the movies.. Brightly lit.. Music during the surgery.. Heart beat and pulse monitored in those fancy machines seen only in movies before.. Tight band on the right arm at the blood pressure cuff... Anasthesia injected in right hand to be spread only under the band.. Sedation in the left intra venus..
Hollow for 45 minutes...
.............
Woke up with a heavy head.. First thought .. "Hope they didn't screw it up... I mean... Hope they screwed it up properly... "
Out of the OR .. Instructions given... Food given... Apple juice.. Throbbing head.. Cab back home.. Threw up the juice.. Ate.. took the pills .. slept.. got up.. ate..
took the pills.. slept... got up.. chatted and watched movie with friends who had come home .. ate.. took the pills .. threw up.. slept...
November 20th - Saturday
Anasthesia leaves.. Pain arrives.. Ate.. slept and took the pills the entire day.. Talked to everyone over phone..
November 21st - Sunday
Little stabilised.. Pain killers losing effect.. Food habits normal.. juice.. bananas.. apples.. rasam sadham..
November 22nd - Present
Recovering.. itchy feeling.. healing sensation.. Decent movement of the hands.. almost nil pain..
Facts apart there was much more to it... For the feel of it read below.......
posted by Globe Trotter @ 11:50 PM
6 Comments:
Hi Arjun,
You have got an excellent way of writing.. The writing made us feel us think - what for we are here without offering a helping hand when it is mostly needed.. Amma and I feel totally helpless and it brought tears in the eyes of your mother when I read the blog loudly.
Take care Kanna.. no matter whatever be, we are with you , physically we are miles apart.. but we are with you and You are with us living in each others' hearts.
Life is not bed of roses. tread on softly. God is great and He knows when to give our due share.
Take abundant precautions .. Never venture out in rain , cold or snow. Allow the injury to heal completely.. Give extra time before using the hand.. You know better that health is much more important than anything else.
Thatha also wants you not to exert too much with your right hand. allow the strength to regain gradually. Do all the physiotherapy properly as advised by the doctors. 'Kai vathiyam vendam'
WE have been praying to Anjaneya swamy daily for your speedy recovery.
Appa-amma
Hey Arjun,
didn't i tell you your share of bad-luck is oover! Trust me on that! :-)
and honest, doesn't a dumb hindi flick help?;)
Madhura
Hey Arjun,
didn't i tell you your share of bad-luck is oover! Trust me on that! :-)
and honest, doesn't a dumb hindi flick help?;)
Madhura
Dear Arjun,
It is a long time since I saw your blog.Actually there was some continuous problem in B1 system.Only today I have rectified almost all problems.
I am very sorry and extremely pained to know that you had a small operation in your hand.
Anyway 'Thalaikku vandathu thalaipahayoda pochu" .Dont worry you will be completely allright soon.We will pray God for your speedy recovery.
Be careful kanna Daily pray God and slokams he will save you all the time.
Mami also conveyed her enquiries to you
Raju mama
Heyy,
I have generally come across your blog and after reading this for sometime, found your writing style pretty interesting..so now keep reading it in my free time. Very sorry to know about your arm fracture! I hope it is alright by now.
LG
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