Damian Cugley ([info]damiancugley) wrote,
@ 2009-01-21 21:15:00
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Entry tags:hospital, jeremy dennis, wrist

Jeremy in hospital
[info]cleanskies has fallen on the icy pavement and broken her wrist, thus finding herself in hospital with vague plans to have surgery tomorrow and maybe stick around for a few days chilling.

This is a public post so I won’t name the hospital—if you want to visit but can’t see the friends-locked version of this post, then please leave a comment.

• Edited to add: It all happened as she was stepping around someone on an icy pavement: her foot shot out from under her and she fell backwards on to her left arm on the kerb, breaking both arm bones hear the wrist and dislocating it. Apparently out of the flurry of people slipping on the ice this morning, Jeremy’s injuries were the most spectacular. The joint has been relocated (if that’s the right term) and she now has a half-cast and plaster bundle and a hefty-looking sling hanging from a hook over her bed. She can walk about the place if she wants by hanging the sling around her neck in the usual way. [info]timscience and I have visited and she is as comfortable as can be expected under the circs.

• Edited again to add: She has her mobile and nowadays you are allowed to use them in hospital, so you can phone or text her.




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[info]sdn
2009-01-21 09:58 pm UTC (link)
oh hell.

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[info]jackfirecat
2009-01-21 11:15 pm UTC (link)
Bloody hell.

It's those slow moving people/person she had to walk around that I blame.

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[info]stevegreen
2009-01-22 04:35 am UTC (link)
Damn. I did that 10 years back, and I didn't even have the excuse of an icy surface (or alcohol, before anyone asks). Please send her my bast when next you speak.

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[info]smiorgan
2009-01-22 10:02 am UTC (link)
Man, that sucks. Please pass on my best wishes

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Booing that
[info]sparkymark
2009-01-22 10:49 am UTC (link)
The ice was widesparead and invisible at our end of town that morning; it took me twice as long to walk to work as normal. I never hit the floor but there were some close calls.

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Re: Booing that
[info]damiancugley
2009-01-22 01:12 pm UTC (link)
Hate the feeling of my shoes (or bicycle wheel) slipping out from underneath me. Lucky for me most of the way in was the crunchy, frosty kind, which I think is less likely to make me fall over.

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[info]monkeyhands
2009-01-22 12:00 pm UTC (link)
Oh no! That's terrible. Slipping on ice is a horrible, scary feeling.

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[info]korvarthefox
2009-01-22 12:42 pm UTC (link)
I've had one or two close calls on icy pavements; hope she has a full and rapid recovery!

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[info]pollitesss
2009-01-22 01:08 pm UTC (link)
You don't actually know me. But please pass on my best wishes to Jeremy.

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[info]worldofagwu
2009-01-22 02:19 pm UTC (link)
hi damian, please pass on our best wishes to jeremy for a speedy & pain free recovery... ta, xx Martin Hand & Jenni Cole

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Ouch!
[info]dotty
2009-01-22 08:29 pm UTC (link)
Jeremy has my sympathy.
What is weird is probably when you don't feel the hand - operation or not, it will take about a month for bones to heal a minimum. Expect stiffness in future (yep, same thing happened to me). To re-educate the arm/wrist, nothing better than a bit of mild, regular, swimming - mild physio in lighter gravity does wonders.

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[info]charleston
2009-01-23 12:07 am UTC (link)
Oh no! I came here via [info]jinty... please send Jeremy my best wishes...

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[info]rhubarbfool
2009-01-23 12:19 pm UTC (link)
Can you pass on my best wishes for a speedy recovery too.

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