I am asking for prayers from all of you for my wife Bobbie. She fell yesterday and fractured her left arm at the wrist and base of the humerus by the elbow. In additions she sprained her back at the fusion site where it is a four level fusion with hardware and internal fixation. She is in an extreme amount of pain. We were at the emergency room last night from about 4:30 till midnight. Her arm is splinted and I have to take her to an orthopedic surgeon today to see what else can be done. Your prayers will be greatly appreciated.
Prayers & blessings
Deacon Ed B
Deacon Ed,
You and Bobbie most definitely have my prayers. It seems the nerves that pass through the lower arm have the ability to produce intense amounts of pain. When Diane broke the 2 bones near her left wrist, she was in so much pain they had me signing all of the papers to let her in for surgery (she’s left-handed). That was after I drove from West Hollywood to Norwalk in under 30 minutes and then got her to the hospital they wanted to use in under 15 (I’ll just say I got some of my bad habits from my Grandmother who used to be known as “Velocity Verla” and “Burnout Barnett”)…
I assume by “four level” you mean L4, L5 & S1 - I’ve been a “Chronic Pain Patient” for since 2001 and have been disabled since 2004. So I have some idea of the pain Bobbie’s in, and what she has to deal with every day. Spraining her back was probably not the worst thing that could have happened, but the fear about the worst thing will make the sprain worse and more painful than it otherwise would have been. It’s a fact of life - I know that, even though I’ve survived some nasty falls, nothing scares me more than the possibility of severing my spinal cord in a bad fall. I can imagine Bobbie might have the same fear, and that can’t make this any easier.
An, Whatever the Orthopedist suggests is probably going to hurt more, not less, at least in the short term, with the exception of medications he can prescribe.
I’ll pray for you and have you and Bobbie included in the Mass intentions of St. Mary’s for the rest of the week and next week.
Your Servant and Brother in Christ, Michael