by Blanca Stella on June 8, 2008
I just had a drama with a nurse from 9am to noon today. There was a miscommunication between the pharmacy and the nurse station. I needed the pain pill and now an antiinflammatory that the doctor ordered and nothing happened in those hours. They felt like a lifetime. I cried all morning in pain. I [...]
by Blanca Stella on June 6, 2008
Its 2PM. I am here in the hospital. The surgery went well. The pain has been intense. I think all the nerves in the foot and all the diggings , as the doctor put it, to take out all the pins caused a lot of discomfort. One pin, he said was right on the joint [...]
by Blanca Stella on June 4, 2008
I am going to the hospital tomorrow for reconstructive surgery on my ankle. I have traumatic arthritis and diminished cartilage due to a car accident 5 1/2 years ago. The procedure is going to be two fold, first all the metal, about a dozen pins and two plates, are going to be removed and am going to have a “halo” attached, [...]