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Just spent the last 24 hours in hospital thanks to my youngest who last night, whilst bouncing on my bed, bounced right off and landed on her arm, breaking it near the elbow. She had an hour operation this morning to have the bones wired and re jigged and has to go back for another (smaller) op to remove the wires in 4 weeks time. Got no sleep at all last night sat on a chair in the ward so am pretty tired - my husband is spending tonight there - not sure if she will be out tomorrow or not yet.

Vonny wrote:Just spent the last 24 hours in hospital thanks to my youngest who last night, whilst bouncing on my bed, bounced right off and landed on her arm, breaking it near the elbow. She had an hour operation this morning to have the bones wired and re jigged and has to go back for another (smaller) op to remove the wires in 4 weeks time. Got no sleep at all last night sat on a chair in the ward so am pretty tired - my husband is spending tonight there - not sure if she will be out tomorrow or not yet.

Sorry to read that

I hope she is not too uncomfortable and in too much pain.

I broke my arm at CH and got carted off to Crawley Hospital. They dealt with people rather quicker back then though.

Sorry to hear that, how old is she? Hope that she copes all right.

I spent Tuesday night in hospital, but that was planned I had my varicose veins done. I frightened myself the first time I put my foot on the ground as one of the wounds leaked and it looked as if I had been stabbed to death, so much blood eveywhere. I was glad that it wasn't my floor!! Main problem now is the incision behind the knee makes moving painful.

Katharine wrote:Sorry to hear that, how old is she? Hope that she copes all right.

I spent Tuesday night in hospital, but that was planned I had my varicose veins done. I frightened myself the first time I put my foot on the ground as one of the wounds leaked and it looked as if I had been stabbed to death, so much blood eveywhere. I was glad that it wasn't my floor!! Main problem now is the incision behind the knee makes moving painful.

Glad to hear it's over; at least things will improve.

David

Mid A 15 wrote:

Vonny wrote:Just spent the last 24 hours in hospital thanks to my youngest who last night, whilst bouncing on my bed, bounced right off and landed on her arm, breaking it near the elbow. She had an hour operation this morning to have the bones wired and re jigged and has to go back for another (smaller) op to remove the wires in 4 weeks time. Got no sleep at all last night sat on a chair in the ward so am pretty tired - my husband is spending tonight there - not sure if she will be out tomorrow or not yet.

Sorry to read that

I hope she is not too uncomfortable and in too much pain.

I broke my arm at CH and got carted off to Crawley Hospital. They dealt with people rather quicker back then though.

I also hope it gets fixed quickly. A year ago my eldest grand-daughter obeyed her younger sister's instructions to rollerblade on a trampoline - broken arm!
SWMBO decided to rush down some steps on Tuesday and found out just how effective French E & E are; 5 stitches (so small I cannot see them) in a forehead cut plus a broken nose all diagnosed, x-rayed and dealt with in under 30 minutes (including 15 minutes waiting for the x-ray).
Last year she fell over and bruised her thigh so I'm getting the blame for beating her up again - as if I would do anything so ineffectively

Not anywhere as bad as Vonny's - I only hope that they had as good service.

Sorry to hear your news.

I suppose I could be called a veteran of NHS hospital having survived 5 ortho ops in Epsom General over the last six years and had two lengthy stays in East Surrey Hospital, Redhill with kidney problems. (No Matt or RR or Mrs C ! Not alcohol induced !)

When eldest grand-daughter was in Epsom General a couple of years ago, I offered to stay in with her and was even provided with a camp-bed in her ward. I helped the nursing staff set up and serve 10 breakfast to the littlie's in the morning which I found a most rewarding experience, as with my sense of humour I had some of the lost little soles laughing their heads off.

Thanks everyone. She is 5 in September and is coping fairly well considering what's happened. She's not afraid to say what she wants and has had the nurses running around getting her drinks and toast and even had one poor nurse bandaging up 3 soft toys she was given by the ambulance crew She has however been complaining that her arm hurts (obviously to be expected) and also that her other hand is painful as she has a needle stuck in it. The hospital have been very good - she was first down to surgery this morning on the basis that she was the youngest so that was a relief. The surgery staff all loved her and wanted her to stay there The sight of her arm yesterday is still making me feel sick - it was so twisted and swollen it really shocked me.

J.R. wrote:When eldest grand-daughter was in Epsom General a couple of years ago, I offered to stay in with her and was even provided with a camp-bed in her ward. I helped the nursing staff set up and serve 10 breakfast to the littlie's in the morning which I found a most rewarding experience, as with my sense of humour I had some of the lost little soles laughing their heads off.

I had to pul the curtains round when breakfast was being served as she wasn't allowed any & I didn't want her to see - the first words she said when she woke up were "I'm starving - I want my breakfast" She was still asking the nurses for her breakfast this afternoon

My younger daughter did the same at about the same age, fell off her bed whilst jumping on it, but we spent a week in hospital with her as she was in traction for that time. She wouldn`t let us go home at night for the first few days so very little sleep was had!!
Everything mended well, but 12 months later when we were on holiday in France she was with one of these kids club things where they played a game with balloons tied round their ankles and they had to jump on other people`s balloons to burst them - she managed to fall over and break the same arm again, in almost the same place - several hours later was all plastered up, no problems - but when the plaster came off back home we found it had been set badly and she is now unable to touch her shoulder with that hand. Caused no end of problems when she was learning to swim backstroke holding a float as she couldn`t hold it as they wanted her to!

I hope all goes well for your daughter Vonny!!

The only time I have broken something was when I was about 7 and my grandpa dropped a paving slab on my big toe breaking it - I went to Cuckfield Hospital and remember getting a bandage full of smarties for being good! LOL

J.R. wrote:Sorry to hear your news.

When eldest grand-daughter was in Epsom General a couple of years ago, I offered to stay in with her and was even provided with a camp-bed in her ward. I helped the nursing staff set up and serve 10 breakfast to the littlie's in the morning which I found a most rewarding experience, as with my sense of humour I had some of the lost little soles laughing their heads off.

My sister-in-law's daughter had many spells in Great Ormond Street; they have special wards where one parent sleeps in a proper bed in a curtained-off annexe to the child's bed. Canteen almost 24 hours a day. They get the older children (and willing parents) to help with those who are younger or even more sick which keeps everyone busy. There was even a school teacher.

For a ward where the patients have a d**th sentence the atmosphere was remarkably upbeat. I can't say enough in favour of the staff there.

I hope your daughter makes a speedy recovery, Vonny. I had a lot of visits to Gt Ormond St when I was little, Having tonsils removed and also sunray treatment , which I blame for the fact that at the moment I look as thogh I have been in a pub brawl. Two black eyes and a swollen nose, the result of surgery for basal cell carcinomas. Still it could be worse, at least these are easily removed in day (or in this case evening) surgery

Great Plum wrote:The only time I have broken something was when I was about 7 and my grandpa dropped a paving slab on my big toe breaking it - I went to Cuckfield Hospital and remember getting a bandage full of smarties for being good! LOL

I've had a few breaks but one nearly got me the sack. I'd been off work for 8 weeks with misc. fractures etc. etc. (I don't do things by halves) and got in at 9.00am on my first day back. At 9.30 when he came in I went to report to the manager that I was back ........ and "I think I've broken my collar bone". Eventually I persuaded him to let me go to A & E in Brighton where they confirmed that it was fractured - again - and had to be strapped up for another 6 weeks. I still do not know how I did it - I did not do anything like lifting weights .... Mr Friend (that was his name) was not pleased.

8 weeks later I was working on the counter where immaculate dress was required. Mr Friend happened to notice that I was wearing sandals instead of the regulation black shoes - and did his "nut". (Of course customers could not see us below the waist so IMHO it didn't really matter.) He was even more annoyed when I pointed out that proper shoes would not go over the plaster on my foot - I had broken yet another bone at judo the night before.

I came within a whisker of being sacked for that - it was only "connections" who saved me.

sorry to hear about your daughter's break, hope she feels ok and makes a quick recovery. At least with children they are usually better and quicker at healing than adults.

I too spent the weekend in hospital, but it wasn't me, it was my wife's mother who fell in her flat and banged her head on a radiator and knocked herself out for a while. She looks like she has done a couple of rounds with Mike Tyson right now.

Thanks for your good wishes everyone.

My daughter was discharged yesterday after a few hours waiting around for a dr to see her. Not sure what happened but a nurse told us at about 2pm that the dr had seen her and said she could go home - strange as either me or my husband were with her at all times & neither of us saw a dr come to see her Anyway - we went home at about 2.30. BUT - all does not end there. I noticed her hand was swollen late this afternoon so I took her to the drs just down the road and he said to take her to A & E. So off we went to the hospital again, just in time to catch the rush hour Despite there being a sign saying the wait in A & E was 3 hours we were seen after about 20 minutes and were told that although the hand was swollen this is apparently quite common in this type of injury and the swelling kind of goes downwards due to gravity etc. We've got to monitor her now and take her back if it gets any worse. We ended up having yet another meal in the hospital restaurant - haven't cooked anything since last Tuesday