Saturday night at 11:30 pm she finally arrived at her room in Oshawa Hospital from surgery. It was a repeat performance of 10 years ago when she lost footing on uneven ground and snapped her ankle on both sides. Instantly she was in severe pain when it happened at about 8:30 this morning. We took her to Bowmanville Hospital where fortunately we were a the only ones in emerg. Within an hour and a half the Xrays had been done and an orthapedic surgeon from Oshawa had driven over to take a look. By this time they had put two pack of morphine into her IV and Wenda was looped. A bed was allocated for her in Oshawa and I drove her there right away. Her surgery was about 5:30 and we expected her back in the room in 2 hours but it was 6 hours before she regained feeling in her legs. She still has a lot of pain, but they are giving her meds for it. The supports in the picture above support the ankle but allow the foot to swell. I think she now has a steel plate in there, but I will have to hear the details tomorrow. It has been a long day for Wenda and I hope she gets some rest overnight ... but she has to wear her oxygen mask right and listen to the nurses !
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