Say "Aaaaah!"
Posted: 03 Jan 2019, 11:18
Hello All,
2019 is off to a cracking start at Airspeed farm.
02.30hrs 2nd January........
Boooomphh!
"What was that?", I call, jumping out of bed, and hitting the bedside lamp switch.
I find Mrs Airspeed crumpled on the floor.
I try to scrape her up, and she says "Don't touch my left arm!"
"I've hurt it bad" she says.
I look, and see that her elbow juts out where it should be an angle.
"You're going to hospital" I say.
I grab the mobile to call the local hospital, Mrs A rolls backwards. I drop the phone and try to sit her up again. Panic hits, as, zombie-like, she stares straight ahead, unresponsive and rather stiff.
I can't tell you how many thoughts, fears, etc zapped through my meagre brain.
Finally, she asks me what's wrong.
Local hospital says they can't help, call an ambulance.
Called 000. Talked through what I should do with the operator, then we wait for the ambulance to arrive.
Crew assess situation, administer morphine...."We'll give you more in the truck, you'll need to walk out there"
We spend the rest of the night in Emergency at Ballarat Base Hospital.
X rays, CT scans, sun comes up.
Turns out that the poor Darling broke her ulna, which then seperated from the elbow joint.
4pm Mrs A goes to surgery. 8pm returns to ward.
Steel plate and screws have been inserted. Pain bad.
Today, 3rd January, still trying to control pain, assessed as unfit for discharge, try again tomorrow.
Tomorrow forecast 40°+C, so our daughter is planning on using her airconditioned car to bring her home.
Hospital staff have been great, hope that they can sort out an effective pain relief.
2019 is off to a cracking start at Airspeed farm.
02.30hrs 2nd January........
Boooomphh!
"What was that?", I call, jumping out of bed, and hitting the bedside lamp switch.
I find Mrs Airspeed crumpled on the floor.
I try to scrape her up, and she says "Don't touch my left arm!"
"I've hurt it bad" she says.
I look, and see that her elbow juts out where it should be an angle.
"You're going to hospital" I say.
I grab the mobile to call the local hospital, Mrs A rolls backwards. I drop the phone and try to sit her up again. Panic hits, as, zombie-like, she stares straight ahead, unresponsive and rather stiff.
I can't tell you how many thoughts, fears, etc zapped through my meagre brain.
Finally, she asks me what's wrong.
Local hospital says they can't help, call an ambulance.
Called 000. Talked through what I should do with the operator, then we wait for the ambulance to arrive.
Crew assess situation, administer morphine...."We'll give you more in the truck, you'll need to walk out there"
We spend the rest of the night in Emergency at Ballarat Base Hospital.
X rays, CT scans, sun comes up.
Turns out that the poor Darling broke her ulna, which then seperated from the elbow joint.
4pm Mrs A goes to surgery. 8pm returns to ward.
Steel plate and screws have been inserted. Pain bad.
Today, 3rd January, still trying to control pain, assessed as unfit for discharge, try again tomorrow.
Tomorrow forecast 40°+C, so our daughter is planning on using her airconditioned car to bring her home.
Hospital staff have been great, hope that they can sort out an effective pain relief.