Ouch! Take care Hatton. Glad you're on the mend. Katie --- "C. Hatton Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, I'm back again. Nothing as dramatic as what I > see happened to Mr. > Braver happened to me but I did just get home on > Friday from a hospital > visit that started after I stepped on a piece of > black ice while walking to > a trouble call and trying to turn my right ankle and > foot into a modern art > project. > > Here's the quote from the "short version" in my > online journal: > "I was at work and slipped on black ice while going > to a computer trouble > call at work. As I fell I heard 6 or 8 pops and > looked down and saw my foot > sticking out at a very unnatural angle. I managed to > get to the door where > the call was and pound on it. The guy came down and > called the boss, who > told him to take me to NF Memorial. They admitted me > for a dislocated and > fractured ankle.I went into surgery at 8pm and was > out of recovery and back > in my room at 2am. The surgery took 4 hours and was > more complex than the > doc initially expected. I now have two permenant > plates in my ankle and > something like 9 pins." > > "I was in the hospital from Monday to Friday and > will be in a cast for 12 > weeks. I might be able to go back to work and do > light duty work after 3 or > 4 weeks, but that's up to the doctor. For now, I > have a couple of things to > take care of but the important one is to recover and > be with my family. " > > If you want to read the long version, take a look at > http://www.livejournal.com/users/g_angel. > > I was coreected tonight, I don't have pins, I have > screws. I also have good > pain meds! > > As for my email address, it changed again. So has > the BBS thing I was > working on. I'll hit that part later. > > So I will also pass on my heartiest get well wishes > to Ben. I hope his > hospital food tasted a lot better than mine! Now > it's time to hop to bed, > prop the leg and let the Lortab's close the eyes! > > Until Later! > C. Hatton Humphrey > >
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