Poooor Elbow :(

So a lot has happened since my last update.  First of all, Happy New Year to everyone!


On Monday, I went snowboarding at Rabbit Hill and on my fourth run down, I somehow managed to fall backwards while on toe side and I tried to block the fall with my left arm.  I managed to dislocate my elbow and Johnny, Jessie and Khads brought me to U of A hospital.  At first, they thought it was a normal dislocation so they put me to sleep and popped it back in.  My arm hurt like hell afterwards which is not normal, so they did further xrays and realized my elbow wasn't staying in because I had broken the bone that holds it in.  They put me to sleep again and popped it in a second time and put a cast on it.  I then had to wait around for surgery because I was on call (meaning they bump me back if other more important surgeries came along).  I wasn't able to go in Tuesday, but went in for surgery Wednesday instead.  The worst part was I'm not allowed to eat until my surgery actually happens!!  So they only let me eat late at night when it was around midnight and they knew I wouldn't go in for surgery that day.


In short, they fixed my radial bone which was split perfectly into four pieces (luckily they were able to fix it and didn't have to replace it with a titanium one which they thought they would have to) and put pins through my elbow to hold everything in place.  I'm now constantly dizzy and drugged up on T3s and classes start on Tuesday...eeps!


I'm just resting at home now and see how I feel next week.  Hopefully I'll be able to make it to classes.


Thanks to everyone who visited me at the hospital and brought me flowers, balloons, bears, magazines and snacks, I really appreciate it :) it definitely made the waiting process for my surgery a lot shorter!  Also, thanks to Johnny and my parents for helping me out SO much throughout the process!  Hopefully I heal soon and can manage things on my own again :) Unfortunately, they did say my elbow will never be able to reach the full range of motion ever again and future surgeries may be necessary to get it moving :(.  I hope physio will help alot!!


I'm going back on Friday to see the doctor so I'll see how things are then.  More updates later!