Sweetie, how terrible.
I am so sorry.
Those blood clots are a real worry.
And broken ribs and kneecap, no wonder you are in so much pain.
Did they not discover these broken bones in your initial visit to the ER?
No I told them my knee hurt terrible, at the first visit to the emergency room. They wrapped both knees in that elastic bandages, I was told to get off the bed I was released. I said I can’t walk. They said do you want a Walker. Can you believe this.
Second emergency room took x-rays found the broken ribs and a broken kneecap in the blood clots. CAT scan EKG bloodwork and x-rays taken there.
I’m dictating this so it’s a mess. Thanks for all your prayers kids.
I was told the reason my broken vertebrae wasn’t discovered until two weeks later is that some fractures don’t dislocate so they don’t show up on an immediate x-ray. It is only when healing as begun, as new bone growth shows white on an x-ray, that a break is realized. In my case, the swelling from a bump on my head went down and I finally convinced the doc, that quack, that I really did have a dent there convinced that quack that repeat x-rays were needed. I did have a broken back and a skull fracture.
I pray you get better soon. Pain drugs sometimes are really necessary. I hope the powers that be realize this, or suffer excrutiating, unending pain themselves!