If she had access to State-of-the-Art orthopaedic care she’d be fine. I snapped my tibia and fibula December 13, 2004. Compound fracture. I had a rod and 3 screws inserted within hours and was partially bearing weight the next day. Discharged from the hospital in 48 hours, walking with a crutch by 2 weeks. Fracture boot came off at 6 weeks and I walked with a cane for another 2 weeks. Then no assistive devices.
It healed with minimal deformity and I have no residual pain. I wasn’t treated at the Mayo Clinic or Johns Hopkins, either. I was treated at a community hospital in Montana.
The British National Health Service probably won’t pay for the special titanium alloy compression rod that I received. They let tib/fib fractures heal the same way they did in 1950 - transverse pins and plaster for 4 months.
Good enough for government work.