Mark
The right leg tendons are going to be the long-term problem. Clearly meccano doesn't cut the mustard here! All the clever articulation that the surgeon's restoration has done needs to be supported, and that is gonna take time. The original diagnosis said 3 months, but the tendons may not have been known about then. I'm hoping home by end November at the earliest, now. Trouble is, with no mobility on the right leg, the poor girl can't even get to the loo! It takes at least three people to get her into a wheelchair, and that has nothing to do with body weight, which has dropped a bit, natch.
The orthopaedic surgeon visits today, and he may well have some news for us. He will certainly dictate the forthcoming regime for the physio team - important in restoring mobility in the bits that can be allowed to work. At present, that only covers the left arm! We think the splint comes off the right arm next week, and the left leg gets the green light late-October - but all this is subject to further inspection, of course. The many broken ribs - there were at least 10 - collarbone, sternum, bones above the nose, fingers etc all just mend, of course, and she has had little gip from any of these except from the collarbone.
Look at that list, and you can see how lucky she was that nothing critical got damaged! Thanks again, Nissan!
