Crash! Poor Jan is in hospital with a broken arm after coming off her bike on a Saturday morning ride. She skidded on some sand and landed on her left elbow. She was by herself (I was flying models at Doonside), but a passing Coles delivery man stopped to help and phoned an ambulance.
I dashed along to Concord Hospital Accident and Emergency in time to hear the groans as they put back her dislocated elbow on the second try. They sedated her but it was obviously painful. They took her in for surgery in the afternoon to put a plate and screws in her broken bone below the elbow and remove a bone fragment.
They gave her a fentanyl infuser with a button to keep the pain in check and she wasn’t too bad last night. This morning she is sitting up in a chair with her arm in plaster and in a sling. The doctors say the plaster can come off in 10 days but the elbow will need rehab work to get it moving again after that. Her fingers and wrist are all ok. She has a business trip booked to Hongkong on Thursday and she is hoping to carry on with that if she feels up to it.
Meanwhile I am in fully supportive mode. It’s a good job that I am a wonderfully caring and sympathetic person.
