Accidents Support Group
This community is dedicated to helping members recover from accidents and unexpected events that have caused emotional and/or physical distress. Some examples of accidents that can cause long-term stress include: Aircraft Accidents, Bicycle Accidents, Car and Motorcycle Accidents, Train accidents, Nuclear accidents, Ship accidents, Workplace accidents.
Has anyone suffered with a broken Femur? How long did you stay in hospital and how long before you could walk?
Hubby working on DIY project this last Sun. He was using an angle grinder to cut into some bricks and I guess the force caused ladder to slip with him on it. He was a tangled mess and first ambulance crew phoned for another one to help. They even thought they needed fire service to cut the rungs on the ladder, but in the end they were able to extract him from he ladder and took him to ER. He had surgery that night and is in a lot of pain. They put a rod in and secured it with screws. Her is so worried about his job but what can he do? He can not even get out of bed.
Any words of encouragement would help.
Hubby working on DIY project this last Sun. He was using an angle grinder to cut into some bricks and I guess the force caused ladder to slip with him on it. He was a tangled mess and first ambulance crew phoned for another one to help. They even thought they needed fire service to cut the rungs on the ladder, but in the end they were able to extract him from he ladder and took him to ER. He had surgery that night and is in a lot of pain. They put a rod in and secured it with screws. Her is so worried about his job but what can he do? He can not even get out of bed.
Any words of encouragement would help.
I know its tough and so hard especially when you are worried about your job, but the most important thing right now is him! He is luck it wasnt something more serious like his neck or back, that could have permently put him out of work or disabled him.
We work hard and save our sick time for incidents like this. So if he has vacation or sick leave, just try and remind him that , that is what its for. And that he will have a job to come back to . The best thing he can do is to just keep in touch with his boss, weekly and let them know how he is progressing or if there is anything maybe he can do low stress in the meantime, if he is cutting it close on vacation days, at home, like paper-work, or phone calls?
As stressful as it is, even if he wants to jump up and get back to work today , just to ensure he doesnt loose his job.. he physically cant, and no one would blame him for that. So when he heals and is able to work, if his job is an issue, worst case senario, he can find a new one. And while he is laying in bed, he has time to look through the newspaper for new ones.. not life or death.
I think the biggest mistake ppl make is over using pain meds, and over doing it, not relizing how bad their pain is, b/c the meds take that away. So they go moving furniture around with a sprained neck or broken femur not relizing how badly it actuly hurts.
My best to you and your husband. the most imporant thing is him right now. Try and keep reminding him that!! I know sometimes men are hard to keep off their feet and just rest!
I will see how he is today when I go visit him later today.
Again thanks for responding. Have a nice day.