Rolando has been hurt

[okarol]

Thanks Alene, for the update. Please give Ro a hug from me. Love you guys.

   

[tamara]

Here's a big hug for you both   

Thinkin of ya

Tamara xxxx ooo     

[brenda]

Get better soon Ro!

[charee]

hope you will be home soon ro take care

[Bajanne]

Sending caring thoughts and prayers your way.  Hope everything heals really quickly.

[paddbear0000]

Hurry up and get better! 

[Laurie]

Get well soon 

[lola]

Thanks Alene, was geeting worried. Please give "RICO" a big hug from his "LOLA"

[kitkatz]

Hey to you both. The Grand Canyon tour was great.  I wish you could have been there.  As I get pics downloaded I will shoot some over to you. My best wishes to you both!

[aharris2]

Hey to you both. The Grand Canyon tour was great.  I wish you could have been there.  As I get pics downloaded I will shoot some over to you. My best wishes to you both!

Glad to hear it and I can't wait to see the pics. Ere eme is being dialyzed right now and then we will make a break for it (yes, he's being released from the hospital and not a moment too soon!)

[paris]

We missed you so much in Vegas.  Hope everything heals well and he keeps getting relief from the pain.  I am so sorry this happened.  Sending best wishes

[goofynina]

Hey Ro,  Hoping you are healing nicely (and quickly)  dont rush it though and make sure you do as the doctor says   We missed you both in Vegas but there will be a next time   Love ya Ro and Alene 

[Sluff]

Thanks Alene for keeping us updated and I am so sorry you could not make Vegas, but Rolando's care is obviously paramount.

Ro..Hey ya old geezer take care of that ankle, see ya next year at the big party, breaking an ankle is not a reccomended course of action just to chase the pretty nurses around but I guess it is one way to get the nurses to come to you 

[Amanda From OZ]

Hope your feeling better ro.

Take care of yourself. 

Amanda
xxoo

[goofynina]

Any updates on Ro, Alene?  Hope he is on his way to healing nicely 

[aharris2]

Any updates on Ro, Alene?  Hope he is on his way to healing nicely 

Thank you all for your caring and concern. I was very diligent in passing on each hug sent his way and made sure that he saw all of your kind words.

We are home. Rolando is still asleep and has not needed any pain medication since being home (coincidence?) We have been out twice (to dialysis) and up and around the house. We are still trying to master the fine art of using a transfer board. It can be scary but we are modifying our equipment and house to accommodate it. Rolando is getting one hell of a workout. The transfer board is all him. He must (develop and) use his own upper body strength to move along the board. I am very impressed with him. Soon he will be quite the hunk dressed in his muscle tees. (I'll post pictures). I am hoping that he wants to go out today to the movies, to eat, or perhaps to the local comedy club. He's been reading and checking for chat, but nobody is talking.

They kept him in the hospital for one full week. We finally escaped late Wednesday. After we were unable to leave on Monday, things got rough. As I am sure you all know, spending a week in the hospital away from your family, familiar surroundings, and all your stuff is hard, and we were being held prisoner in the room. We finally got cleared of contact precautions on Tuesday (New CDC protocol or so we were told - a dialysis patient comes in, they are checked for MRSA not once but twice - you must have a history of two negatives before they clear you. Just so happens that we were there long enough this time to get the two negatives.)

Tuesday - not only were we cleared, we were given lobby privileges (to abuse). So we went down to the lobby, out the front door, across the street and down the block to Boston Market for dinner. A little adventure and being bad can be very refreshing.

The next day, Wednesday, his leg was a little swollen (is this normal they asked, how does a dialysis patient answer that question? Maybe, maybe not, could be edema...or not). So they ordered a "stat" sonogram and a "stat" reading. 7 hrs later, we were allowed to leave. And the nurse at checkout time, what an idiot!!! And aggressive about it too! I almost insisted on talking to the charge nurse, but at that point I wanted nothing to delay our escape.

[Sluff]

Thanks for the update Alene. Thanks for the warning I'll be sure to not challenge Ro to an arm wrestling match with all that new (reconditioned) upper body strength.

[okarol]

Hey that's great news -  - there's nothing like Home Sweet Home!!
I will watch for Ro in chat. Give him a hug from me please!!
Alene, you're such a great sister! 

[Joe Paul]

Great, glad things are looking up 

[goofynina]

  So glad to hear Ro is finally home (and buffing up) aye, muy macho   Keep on keepin on Ro and looking forward to seeing some   

con mucho carino amigo 
Susie

[glitter]

hey there get better fast!!! I miss your humor!!

[aharris2]

Thanks for the update Alene. Thanks for the warning I'll be sure to not challenge Ro to an arm wrestling match with all that new (reconditioned) upper body strength.

Sorry Sluff, but you've already been toppled, dethroned. It is Goofy, the champ, that Rolando will be looking to challenge (Susie, are you ready?)

Latest update: 3 weeks and two days later, we had our first office visit with the ortho. Everything looks the same -  stable and in place. He broke both his tibia and fibula just above the ankle. It is supposedly too early for signs of healing on an x-ray. The next appointment is Nov. 28 - 7 weeks later. Signs of healing (or the lack thereof) should be evident by then. I am hoping for the best...

[Sluff]

O Boy! how did this happen? I broke a tibia in 4 places once, I can't imagine breaking the tibia and thibia. Are your bones brittle from the meds associated with dialysis like epomans were? or were you trying to be 20 again? I sure do hope you heal quickly. 

[aharris2]

For 4 years Rolando had been barefoot, wearing only bandages and socks to protect his wounds and feet. After his last wound healed on his only remaining foot a couple of months ago, he was put into a special shoe. A shoe, how nice! No more standing barefoot in dirty public places! The shoe - it was heavily padded with a sole about one inch thick.

Concurrently, his daughters (and wife) started expressing an interest in going out alone with their dad (and husband). They had started doing some transfers recently, with success, although in a very different manner than me. Being out alone with his family is very good for Rolando, so there had been about a half a dozen such outings in the recent past (pre shoe and post shoe). On that fateful evening, he was arriving home with his daughter (who weighs about 90 lbs) and transferring from the car to his wheelchair. As he was trying to spin around, his "platform" shoe somehow fell over. In the absence of a second leg, all of his 180 lbs came down on his twisting ankle and both bones snapped. He said it was quite loud.

Attributable to dialysis related bone loss? Maybe. I would prefer to believe that anyone bringing their full and substantial weight fully down onto one twisting ankle would break it. Wasn't this a common injury back in the '70s (the '70s - platform shoes, leisure suits and disco music?)

A special shoe selected by professionals... how very stupid of me to have trusted them.

[goofynina]

Thanks for the update Alene. Thanks for the warning I'll be sure to not challenge Ro to an arm wrestling match with all that new (reconditioned) upper body strength.

Sorry Sluff, but you've already been toppled, dethroned. It is Goofy, the champ, that Rolando will be looking to challenge (Susie, are you ready?)

OH, i am soooo ready  and i will be sure to shine up the tiara (i am sure Ro would look absolutely darling in it)    BUT, he has to promise to give it back, i had a hard time getting it from Lil Miss Princess Sluff, lol, he was feeling oh so preeeetty