cyberdan (SoCA)
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After 9PM last Friday I got a call from my daughter. (she is away living at college, but only 13 miles) But it wasn't my daughter, it was friend of hers telling me Heather had just fallen and dislocated her kneecap. They had already called the paramedics and could hear them coming. I could hear her crying in the background. The same thing happened three years ago at a high school drum-line competition. Fortunately this time I was closer, but it still took an hour to get to the ER because of a bad accident on the freeway.
My wife is staying with her dad for a while, he is going to have intestinal surgery in a few weeks.
When I got to the hospital they were just getting ready to pop it back. They had given her morphine but she claimed it wasn't working. So they gave her something that knocked her out, put back the kneecap and brought her back in 5 min. After she was awake again she said "daddy guess what I did today?" I thought maybe with all the meds she didn't realize I knew what happened, so I asked her to tell me. She said "today in class I got to castrate a baby pig" then she explained how she did it. The doctors and nurses working on her got a kick out of it. I had to explain she is a pre-med vet major at Cal Poly. Then after some x-rays they released her. All weekend I was nurse maid to someone that already thinks she is a princess (only child syndrome)
At my job they are very understanding they just want me to keep track of the hours I don't work and they will deduct it from my vacation time, I have a lot on the books.
I took her back to school on Monday, she didn't want to miss any classes and we went to a "special needs" department with her problem. The are in the process of moving her from a 2nd floor & upper bunk to a different dorm 1st floor bottom bunk. and they have golf-cart shuttle service to take her to class and back. (all no extra charge) I am still making two trips to school a day (1 - 1.5 hour round trip) till she feels like living back in the dorm. Probably a few more days.
The doctor we saw Tuesday recommended surgery because this is the 2nd time it happened. But it can probably be scheduled at the end of the school year.
My wife is staying with her dad for a while, he is going to have intestinal surgery in a few weeks.
When I got to the hospital they were just getting ready to pop it back. They had given her morphine but she claimed it wasn't working. So they gave her something that knocked her out, put back the kneecap and brought her back in 5 min. After she was awake again she said "daddy guess what I did today?" I thought maybe with all the meds she didn't realize I knew what happened, so I asked her to tell me. She said "today in class I got to castrate a baby pig" then she explained how she did it. The doctors and nurses working on her got a kick out of it. I had to explain she is a pre-med vet major at Cal Poly. Then after some x-rays they released her. All weekend I was nurse maid to someone that already thinks she is a princess (only child syndrome)
At my job they are very understanding they just want me to keep track of the hours I don't work and they will deduct it from my vacation time, I have a lot on the books.
I took her back to school on Monday, she didn't want to miss any classes and we went to a "special needs" department with her problem. The are in the process of moving her from a 2nd floor & upper bunk to a different dorm 1st floor bottom bunk. and they have golf-cart shuttle service to take her to class and back. (all no extra charge) I am still making two trips to school a day (1 - 1.5 hour round trip) till she feels like living back in the dorm. Probably a few more days.
The doctor we saw Tuesday recommended surgery because this is the 2nd time it happened. But it can probably be scheduled at the end of the school year.