The manipulation of her arm has mixed results. She now was full up and down motion of the arm, but forward and aft rotation was not as good. The surgeon said if he pulled any harder he would have broken the bone again, so therapy will have to solve the rotation part. Of course Pat feels none of that right now as the arm was 'blocked' so she has no feeling in it what so ever.
She is resting at home, and I'll be nursemaid for today (isn't that what the marriage vows are all about...). Diet is not to include any heavy foods, so the cookout of steaks planned for tonight will be postponed.
First therapy session is tomorrow morning at 8:30. The "block" on her arm may or may not have warn off by then.
More later.
Status as of 5:25 pm.
Pat is resting, feeling has started to come back in her fingers and some pain so she took two Vicodin, so that puts her back to sleep. She is also on Toradol for pain and anti-inflamation.
Now for the real facts: The screw that came out is over 1.5 inches long and almost 1/2 inches wide.
Looks like my idea to use a pocket knife and screwdriver would not have worked very well. Good thing we let the professionals handle it!
Makes me wonder what all the other hardware in her shoulder and arm really looks like.
3 comments:
Pat: Great that the surgery is over and for the most part successful it sounds like from Mark's post on the Blog. Hopefully, therapy will help the forward and backward rotation of the arm. The boys have gone to the movie with Bob so I have a little time before meeting them for supper at Wendy's. Clouding up here but maybae the storm will wait until we get home after supper. JudyB
Glad you got your loose screw fixed! We always thought your screw was loose! :)
Wow it was a LARGE THING!!!!!! JudyB
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