On my way to the hospital

[mikey3000]

Is he in hospital in Toronto? Is he allowed visitors?

 

[bendted]

Shit. Hope all goes well. Did he slip in ice, home accident, or what? My mother is 90, lives on her own, and a broken hip is my greatest fear for her. She is otherwise blessed with good health.

 

[justaguy]

All the best for a speedy recovery Neil.
And thanks DonQuixote for updating us. Sounds like the surgery was a success and he'll be back with us in no time!

 

[dereperez]

Thanks for the updates DQ and redfox. Glad to hear that recovery is going well.

 

[redfox70]

More news from DQ:

I just talked with Neil.

He was definitely awake and alert.

He tried using the internet - JUB is a big no from there - which I knew would be the case.
He had a hard time typing up an e-mail it was so slow - I'm still waiting for it to arrive - but between the weather and parts of Yahoo coming under attack earlier, maybe the web is slower than normal up there - I knew we were having some issues here, too.

He doesn't know what his hip is made out of, just that he has a new one.
He went into surgery around 15:30 yesterday, talked to the anesthesiologist for about a half hour about what would happen, then went into the OR and they started. They got so far into the step by step and the next thing he remembers is waking up post op.

He slept great - the bed is a LOT better than his own - he's been off morphine since yesterday post op.

They had him do some exercises earlier today, then got him up and walking in his room with a walker today. They hoped he'd be able to go about 3 steps to the chair. He did that - then he kept going to the room door and stopped, since those wonderful hospital gowns are air cooled in the rear.

He did fall outside. He'd gone to Freshco, the grocery near his home, and hit a spot of ice near the house. He'd salted the night before, but there is a spot in the walk with a bit of a depression that glazed over.

A man passing by in a truck stopped and helped him stand, but he couldn't put any pressure on left side. The man tried to get some help, then Neil finally remembered his roommate and the man got him, and they got Neil inside onto his rolling computer chair while they waited for the ambulance.

He thanks everyone for their thoughts and wishes.

If all goes well, he should be able to go home by the end of the week.

He got a good all around check up and found out that, by and large, he's in better shape than he thought.

Now he just has to figure out how to appropriate one of the hospital beds on the way home . . .

 

[Spiff]

I hope the recovery goes well and things are back to normal soon. The increased silence from your absence here at JUB is already deafening.

 

[Spiff]

Ouch, that nasty ice. One can never be too careful around it. My brother broke his wrist in a similar way a few years ago.

 

[palbert]

Thanks redfox. I've PM'd DQ so I can send Neil some "get well" CA$$. Hope to hear back soon.

 

[star-warrior]

Thank you for the excellent update. The good news made my night. He'll be speedy gonzales by Friday with any luck

 

[medic1]

Don, because of the type of injury, and hip-replacement, along with Neil's other medical conditions, and age. He may be eligible for an ortho bed, either through social-services, a charity, sometimes even hospital social workers have "pull" along with the Physios.
A letter from his surgeon, recommending that this would be advantageous, would be the icing on the cake.
I recall you mentioning that Neil is also on disability, this too would count very heavily in his favour.

I sent you an e-mail earlier, hope you managed to read it. Let me know.
Neil, so glad you are up and about so soon, try not to let the physios piss you off to much, they are trained to be sadistic....

 

[geloge]

Glad to hear that everything is going right

 

[just_mills]

Take care, mate.

 

[Alistair]

Glad to hear Neil is doing well. Wish I could deliver a nice book for him to read, I think he'd enjoy that

 

[BillyT]

Thanks for the update Don. Glad to hear he is up and about.

 

[MTLDude]

I am sure he will be all verklempt when he reads all the message in this thread. And having a comfy hospital bed at home is not impossible. Medic1 has summed up what I was about say about this.

 

[DonQuixote]

Hi, Guys.

Mikey3000 - Neil is in Peterborough, not Toronto. Yes, he can have visitors - his roommate sat with him until he had to go.
If you PM me, I can also give you his room phone # if you want to call him.

If you provide me your e-mail address, I can e-mail you back. I don't have access to JUB at work, but I can access my personal e-mail.

I copied our good Medic1's information about the bed - I asked him about one several years ago. Maybe with Adam and Boris' feedback he will check a bit more earnestly while he's in the hospital.

I could hear the difference in his attitude in his voice when I talked to him - he sounded so much better rested - even after having his arse cut open and his leg thrown over his head while they removed the old hip and installed the new one.

(Our company owner has had both of his hips replaced, and a former clerk had one hip replaced. His were titanium. Since she was still of child bearing age, her's was ceramic.

 

[chrisrobin]

Hi, Guys.

Mikey3000 - Neil is in Peterborough, not Toronto. Yes, he can have visitors - his roommate sat with him until he had to go.
If you PM me, I can also give you his room phone # if you want to call him.

If you provide me your e-mail address, I can e-mail you back. I don't have access to JUB at work, but I can access my personal e-mail.

I copied our good Medic1's information about the bed - I asked him about one several years ago. Maybe with Adam and Boris' feedback he will check a bit more earnestly while he's in the hospital.

I could hear the difference in his attitude in his voice when I talked to him - he sounded so much better rested - even after having his arse cut open and his leg thrown over his head while they removed the old hip and installed the new one.

(Our company owner has had both of his hips replaced, and a former clerk had one hip replaced. His were titanium. Since she was still of child bearing age, her's was ceramic.

I could hear the difference in his attitude in his voice when I talked to him - he sounded so much better rested

Great news! Hang in there Neil. Sounds like you're getting excellent health care. Hope you are up and about soon.

 

[bankside]

This is what happens when you just give away healthcare for free.

gsdx, I'm sure you would've thought twice about deciding to slip on that ice if you had to think about renewing your coverage...or even just a reasonable 20% co-pay.







(hopefully bringing a smile to your face)

 

[Agent Provocateur]

Good god! I hope you're doing well, Neil! Thank god for our health care. Best wishes from BC.

 

[star-warrior]

Don, because of the type of injury, and hip-replacement, along with Neil's other medical conditions, and age. He may be eligible for an ortho bed, either through social-services, a charity, sometimes even hospital social workers have "pull" along with the Physios.
A letter from his surgeon, recommending that this would be advantageous, would be the icing on the cake.
I recall you mentioning that Neil is also on disability, this too would count very heavily in his favour.

I sent you an e-mail earlier, hope you managed to read it. Let me know.
Neil, so glad you are up and about so soon, try not to let the physios piss you off to much, they are trained to be sadistic....

I believe the beds are known as profiling beds? The electrical motor is controlled by a remote so you can move the leg leg end and head end of the bed to ease a patient into a sitting position whilst on the bed. Brilliant bit of kit, my mum had one when she came back home to live with us. The occupational therapist came to our house to look at the space needed for one, and an airmattress was provided too. If the Canadian health care system is similar in this respect, I think a long term loan of the profiling type bed would help Neil.

We had this type.