Well, now that I have done my introductory piece, I thought I should tell you about how I am at the moment. To put it bluntly, I have been in a leg brace for almost two weeks now. I will be in it for a month. Ho hum. It isn't anything that bad. I dislocated my kneecap rather badly on May 3rd, just when my future principal was walking in the door for dinner. Quite an interesting situation. Anyway, I was rushed to Dandenong Hospital in an ambulance with nice ambulance people in it, and lots of morphine :P. At the hospital they tried into the night to get it in without surgery, but after about 4 hours, they realised that they needed to operate. So in operating, they happened to notice that there was a fracture. A fracture that wasn't there when I came into the hospital.
So you could say that the fracture is the hospital's fault, and if it weren't for that, I would be up and walking this Monday. Ah well, they're only people and i'm trying not to be too annoyed at them right at the moment.
Oh, and while I am complaining about Dandenong Hospital, I may as well mention that they gave me about 5 minutes of physio, which I don't think was enough. I wasn't seen by an OT at all, and they didn't give me any of the equipment which I really needed. They also didn't teach me how to walk up stairs properly, which was annoying coz i had to figure it out myself. Oh, and when I was in X-Ray, before they fixed it, they bent my leg. How could they do that when it was dislocated. It frikken hurt!!
Anyway, apart from all my gripes about Dandepong hospital, after all it is in Dandenong so something must be excused about its standards. I am getting lots of visitors and starbursts, and extra computer time (like the whole day), and a great family who will do anything just to make me comfortable. And yes, in a month, I will be a non crippled, normal, walkable person. *sigh*
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Two words: private health
*wink wink*
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