On the morning of Saturday, July 13, still feeling weak from
the robotic hernia surgery I’d had 3 weeks earlier, I stood at my bedside
helping my husband make our bed. In an instant and without warning, I suddenly lost
my balance and fell to the floor. It was a hard fall onto my left side, and I
knew immediately that something was seriously wrong. The pain was excruciating,
and as I lay there unable and unwilling to move, my husband called for an
ambulance. The EMTs got me onto a gurney, into their vehicle and on to the Emergency Department,
where I was examined and evaluated.
Xrays revealed dislocation of the hip replacement hardware inside the bone, and fractures on both sides of my left femur, which would require admission to the hospital for surgery the next day, July 14.
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