Hello!
My last post started with something like "I'm a little dry on exciting topics for the blog." Well can I tell you, I like it that way. Nothing dramatic. Just normal life. I like that.
Too bad for me/us! It was a Memorable Memorial Day last Monday. We have all kinds of construction junk in the basement and the garage. We had sheets of 4X8 drywall, 7 to be exact, leaned up against the wall in the garage. They are 60 pounds each. You do the math.
Too bad for me/us! It was a Memorable Memorial Day last Monday. We have all kinds of construction junk in the basement and the garage. We had sheets of 4X8 drywall, 7 to be exact, leaned up against the wall in the garage. They are 60 pounds each. You do the math.
Kara was putting away an extension cord, whose hook was above and behind those drywall sheets. She couldn't quite reach the hook, with those boards in the way, so she pulled them from the top corner a little, so she could reach. They moved, but instead of just a little, it was enough to keep them tipping forward and then all of them fall to the floor. She tried to get out of the way but wasn't fast enough. 400+ pounds of drywall came down...they clipped her leg, breaking the tibia AND the fibula of the lower leg.
Wow. Long story short, ambulance to 1st hospital, painful xrays, ambulance to Children's Hospital in Boston. They set it and splinted it Monday night at 11p.m., then looked at it again Tuesday. (Here it is only in a splint, bruised but straight...)
Fixed it up a little more, then a monster cast--it almost reaches the top of her leg! For the first 3 weeks, she has the thigh cast, then to a shorter one below her knee. She was released from the hospital Wednesday.
She was on the same floor, just two doors down from where David was, 3 months ago for his back surgery! Nurses recognized us. Actually, the doctor who set Kara's leg, who "happened" to be there all night that night, was also one of the doctors who worked on David's back.
Here is one of the volunteers: he comes in to draw the kids' caricatures! It was fun.
Wow. Long story short, ambulance to 1st hospital, painful xrays, ambulance to Children's Hospital in Boston. They set it and splinted it Monday night at 11p.m., then looked at it again Tuesday. (Here it is only in a splint, bruised but straight...)
Fixed it up a little more, then a monster cast--it almost reaches the top of her leg! For the first 3 weeks, she has the thigh cast, then to a shorter one below her knee. She was released from the hospital Wednesday.
She was on the same floor, just two doors down from where David was, 3 months ago for his back surgery! Nurses recognized us. Actually, the doctor who set Kara's leg, who "happened" to be there all night that night, was also one of the doctors who worked on David's back.
Here is one of the volunteers: he comes in to draw the kids' caricatures! It was fun.
Kara is learning to use crutches. She takes rides, both self-propelled and friend-propelled, in a wheelchair. We have such good neighbors, and her 4th-grade friends are so concerned about her.
Tonight she showered with a BIG black plastic bag on it...the stuffed puppy on her lap came from the hospital.
(Frank emailed a few co-workers on what had happened. This was after last month's lyme disease, basement flooding, and our son's back surgery the month before. His co-worker emailed him to suggest that we hire an Exorcist to rid our house of evil..."What is with you guys??")
Here are x-rays of the broken leg. (You can click on them to enlarge.)
Better boogie. Have a great week! Kari
