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I'd love to hear more details about the retreat.
What was in the goodie bags? What did you learn about together, if anything?

My dad fell two weeks ago today, and managed to break his shoulder and his knee. Both are hairline fractures. He fell on Monday, and went to the emergency room, where they x-rayed his shoulder and his knees. They found the fracture in the shoulder, but said that his knees were just scraped and bruised. His knees were bothering him so much that he went out and bought a lift chair to replace his easy chair and slept in the chair for the next several days. My brother, who lives in town with my parents, had to help him as well, especially in getting in and out of the bathroom.

3.5 days later, the specialist had to x-ray him again, because the emergency room did not send the x-rays, as requested. The specialist then told him that he had a break in the knee too, and put him in a brace. He was told to keep it on "as much as possible," but says the doctor did not tell him to keep it on all the time. He takes it off to get out of chairs and to use the bathroom, but keeps it on the rest of the time. Does anyone have experience with a hairline fracture of the knee, and does this sound right?

We're supposed to get our first freeze tonight. Yay! That'll kill the ragweed. It's hard to believe that our first quarter at school is over, and we only have another 6 weeks of school, not counting the break at Thanksgiving.

Laura in Alabama

posted by Laura in Alabama @ 4:48 PM