Jan went to the fracture clinic today and now she can get rid of the arm sling. Hurrah!
She is not allowed to lift anything heavy (more than a cup of tea) with the broken arm, but she is out of the sling and now has to straighten the elbow, rub vitamin E cream into the scar, and keep everything moving.
She should be able to drive again in about three weeks.
She’s been off the painkillers for a while and managed a business trip to Perth over the last weekend, so she’s recovering quickly.
The surgeon showed her the before and after x-rays on his screen and she took a couple of photos with her iPhone. That’s certainly an impressive array of metal in the arm! Does she now qualify as a Cyberwoman?
My other patient has been Ripley the Maine Coon cat. He was limping so badly I thought he’d broken his leg. The vet said it was probably just a sprain, gave him a cortisone injection, gave me some drops for him, and charged me $160. Now he’s fine. Bloody cats!
