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[George16]

Have a safe trip Jerry.

[JERRY2KONE]

Originally Posted by George16

Have a safe trip Jerry.

Well tragity has struck. While going to box up some extra luggage yesterday my wife tripped over a newly installed car stop (curb) took a fall and broke her right arm. I did not even know she fell for a few seconds, but when our son disappeared from helping me unload the back of the van I knew something was up. She had fallen face first onto the icey asfault in the parking lot. Luckily she managed to support the full force of the fall with her right arm protecting her face and head, BUT she broke her arm near the elbow. She snapped the radius ball off the top of the forearm dislodeging it completely. So she is in a sturdy sling until we can get into see an Orthopedic surgen 0800 on Monday for evaluation. She was in a lot of pain, but after a couple percasets she is sleeping.

So it looks as if we may be in Prague for a few more days taking care of this. Surgery should be farely quick as they do not want to let the bone set where it is now. So we should be on our way some time this week. We will let you guys know. Wish us luck.

[JERRY2KONE]

Yes it does sound painful. Of course I can only imagine what it feels like personally, but they wife takes the meds like candy trying to avoid feeling it. We finally got in to meet with Orthopedic Dr yesterday, and we are going to the Hospital at 0930 for surgery this morning. Now that we have seen the Xrays more clearly and also a CT scan she must have fallen directly onto this balljoint breaking off one side of the ball. The doctor is going to do exploritory first to anylize the damage first hand, then decide how to proceed. He may repair it, or he may just cut off the entire ball and elliminate it all together. By the end of today her repair should be completed. Then we have to wait here for ten days to have the stiches removed, and have a final Xray to see that the repair is what he expects it to be. That will be on the 25th, and we should be on our way to Prague that weekend (26-27/Feb). Man what a PITA. Our household goods are already gone so we have almost nothing here. Luckily our services have setup a loaner program and we have a kit in use with sheets, towels, and a flat panel TV with DVD player. The kids are already out of the school, so they have to hang out at home during the day. Living out of our luggage, and eating out every day. Oh well it could be worse I guess.