How About Some Vicodin, My Dear?: Stories from a Hospital Stay (English Edition)

My horse Ellie dropped to her side onto the snowdrift so fast I didn’t have time to jump off. I felt a heavy weight on my left leg and then a bone break. She got off me instantly, but I knew it was not soon enough. In this article, I describe my experiences of surgery on my left fibula, the bone that broke that day. The fibula is the outside bone that extends from the knee to the ankle. Some of the medical care I received was wonderful. Other times the care was not only incompetent but callous and disrespectful. The worst offenders were an emergency room doctor, a nurse, and a physical therapist. Many will find this article has too much information. Others, who have had bone surgery themselves, or are about to, will find this article informative. Health care providers may also find this article informative.