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| Posted On: | 28-Apr-2006 |
| From: | Sandra Sampayo [sandra....com] |
| Subject: | Re: [roatan] Coming home and THANKS! |
Hi Sandy, Glad to hear you're on the mend and homeward bound! John & Melisse Kennedy of Barefoot Cay have an ultrasound machine and a physical therapist, so contact her at mk....com Take care and see you soon, Sandra -----Original Message----- From: roatan@yahoogroups.com [mailto:roatan....com] On Behalf Of usquaebach Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 4:24 PM To: roatan....com Subject: [***SPAM*** Score/Req: 10.3/5.0] Re: [roatan] Coming home and THANKS! Dear Sandra, I am sure we´re not alone in wishing you further recover and share the great relief you must feel looking forward to going home. Again our best wishes - we´ve been thinking good strong thoughts for a good recovery from this sad occurance. We expect to be on Roatan by June 1 and will certainly stop by ASAP to bring what ever aid and comfort we can supply. Don & Yvonne Cameron, currently in Isla Mujeres aboard Usquaebach. -----Original Message----- >From: CBeachInn....com >Sent: Apr 27, 2006 9:22 AM >To: roatan....com >Subject: [roatan] Coming home and THANKS! > > >Hey gang, > >After three months in the USA many have written us off. Some wondered >where we went. Frankly, most "assumed" we'd NEVER make it back to our >home on Roatan after my fall on Roatan Jan 19. > >However~~~~ > >MRI final report came in just a few days ago . >Radial head (elbow joint) fracture is still not exactly good--but is >healing--will leave a bump of sorts inside my elbow joint from the >displaced fracture that we've decided not to fix due to problems more surgery will cause--i.e. >long term complications with more RSD nerve damage and a good chance of >a frozen elbow joint. > >The elbow clanks and grinds a bit--but it IS moving some now so~~~~ > >Bone bruise of the other elbow joint bone is healing VE-EERY slowly and >with joint effusion. This is what hurts--a bumpy fracture rubbing >against a bone bruise and swelling. They say it may take a year or so >for all of this to settle down and heal itself. > >However, they now say it's going to heal!!! > >Doc says it WILL eventually settle into some sort of stable position >and I "should" have something close to decent use of the arm without >pain by no later than the end of the year--maybe sooner--pain IS >lessening each day now--and it's healing--FINALLY. I should have most >of the range of motion back in the wrist and elbow in a few months--and >enough back to "get by" by the end of my therapy two weeks from now. > >Other green stick fractures of the forearm and upper arm bones are >healed--wrist fracture is healed nicely--in fact almost invisible on >x-ray now--with only a 10 degree displacement of the wrist -- which is >close enough to do--with pins removed -- AND pin holes now also healed. One VERY well-placed pin did it! > > >The other pin in my wrist that turned out to be in soft tissue instead >of the bone (once it was possible to turn the arm over and see it from >another angle on an x-ray), did some nerve damage to the wrist and hand. >But--finally--this week the swelling is going down and the RSD flare up >seems to be settling down with the new anti-inflammatory drugs. I can now make a fist again! > >Went back into PT this week again--after what appears now to have been >scar tissue tearing and a scarred down bone chip moved itself last week >that was the reason for this MRI. The screaming freaked out my PT and >Doc. LOL Go figure? > >This latest injury in PT hurt like hell--I thought I'd torn it up. In >fact I had!!! But, based on the MRI, it was scar tissue that needed to >tear loose for my arm to move again--and a bone chip that also needed to move. > >Doc said I did myself a favor by gutting out extreme force PT (my >therapist actually lays on my elbow with her whole weight) and saved >myself surgery that would've hurt MUCH worse--and MUCH longer--and most >likely would've left me with much less use of my arm in the end. > >I have just been off therapy for one week awaiting the MRI and healing >the newly re-blacked and blued elbow. > >Now, after being back in PT this week, I've gained what would've >previously been 1 1/2 to 2 weeks of ground towards straightening the >arm now that those obstructions are out of the way. > >We now are planning that I'll be done in only TWO MORE weeks! > >YES!!!!!! > >I will not come home 100%--nor even close--but the rest I "should" be >able to finish with doing my own PT at home in the next few months or so. > >So~~~~ > >Had a HUGE day today with really pushing PT on the arm at both >joints--and swimming funny looking laps in the pool on my own between >appts.--and gait training kicking weights on the leg (also injured in the fall) with another PT. > >I feel like I've been beaten up with a baseball bat from head to >toe--but it's a good hurt--'cause things ARE coming together--FINALLY!!! > >I gonna fall into bed now -- ice---take a pill--and so on--'cause >tomorrow is more of the same. > >It's going to take full-time work for the next two weeks everyday to >make it so you may not hear much from us until I get home. > >BUT sometime during the day tomorrow I'M GOING TO BUY OUR TICKETS HOME >TO ROATAN!!! > >FYI my final USA doctor's appt. is May 5th. We hope to be on the Taca >flight on May 6th out of Houston if they have a seat for us!!!! >(PS--Waylon's on the phone now. We HAVE got seats! We'll be there at 525PM! ). > >SO (part 2)~~~ > >FYI all of you have made this possible for me by your support thru many >phone calls and e-mails. > >We could NOT have made it without you!! > >THANKS HUGE!! > >We love you all! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX > >There WILL be a party--SOON!!! > >BTW Am currently looking for access on Roatan to an ultrasound machine >for therapy if anyone knows where might be able to find one. > >Sandy > >Waylon and Sandra Sims >www.coralbeachinn.com > > > > > > > > > >Adventures on Roatan: An exciting tour of the island on DVD >http://www.roatanvideo.com > > > > > > > Adventures on Roatan: An exciting tour of the island on DVD http://www.roatanvideo.com Adventures on Roatan: An exciting tour of the island on DVD http://www.roatanvideo.com To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roatan/ roatan- : | |
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