Well after a nasty incident on monday(not my dog) i find myself stuck in hospital for the third day.I had surgery on my left hand ,thigh and right arm yesterday and have to go back later today for the plastic surgeon to repair a severed artery in my hand along with severed nerves and a tendon.So i am feeling rather sorry for myself and they cut my wedding ring of in surgery:(.Not wishing to give too many details on a public forum as it wouldn't be fair on the third party we were assisting,but I had no warning behaviour in an unprevoked situation and i hve been nil by mouth since monday evening :(

You poor thing - how awful.
All I can say is that I wish you a speedy recovery.
Best wishes.

oh bless you,hope you can come out soon,nbm is terrible,keep coming on champdogs and we will do our best to entertain you lol.
hope you are better soon
jo

Thanks i am currently waiting to be wheeled down for surgery so this is taking my mind off things.

i can just imagine you lying there with champdogs lol,try not to worry or torture yourself with food thoughts,my oh had to do nbm for 36 hours before tests,it was really bad and i felt bad for eating in front of him.think soon i will be home with the dogs
jo

> Not wishing to give too many details on a public forum as it wouldn't be fair on the third party we were assisting,but I had no warning behaviour in an unprevoked situation and i hve been nil by mouth since monday evening

Sounds awful :-(  Best wishes for a speedy recovery! Now come on, you have to tell us what happened! I'm guessing a mating that went horribly wrong?

Sounds very painfull. Sorry you are feeling so poorley, hopefully they will have you back in great health as soon as possible.
Take care.
Aieen xxx

It wasn't a mating went wrong. I find telling my husband I have a headache puts him off LOL .Sorry must be the drugs giving me a warped sense of humour.Also I have just been told they have run out of theatre hours AFTER I had my pre med.It involved helping out breed rescue and the dog had only been with me for 10 hours.
I hope this has a happy ending for all concerned as rescue do such a wonderful job. However this originallly started with a BYB having a litter 5 years ago :(

Years ago I did a bit for GSD rescue, I used to collect dogs and such like. One memorable day I went to collect a dog who was "A bit snappy" it was a 2 hour trip to his home and when I got there they brought out this lunging snarling barking nightmare!! I only had a normal dog gaurd the kind that wedges into place so as he was so agressive we loaded (They loaded I stood back!!) him in and left his lead wrapped round the tow hitch so he could not barge through the dog guard to eat me!! I had a 2 hour trip back to the rescue kennels with a snarling spitting barking monster behind me terrified he may snap the lead and break through to get me!! The fun getting him out the other end doesn't bear repeating.. however there was a happy ending and once settled he proved to be quite nice. He went to a single older man owner who had the measure of him and lived a happy long life.
I hope your "Monster" has the same luck. They all deserve a bit of luck and love.
Aileen

Oh no poor you, lets hope that all this is worth it and he/she finds a perfect home :-).

I think we all need to start posting some funny topics on here to keep you occupied..I hate hospitals, as in being a patient in one, especially nbm, not good at that...

Ohh poor you :(  that puts my broken arm into perspective !

Are you allowed ice cubes?   NBM is bad enough but if you're thirsty too... :(

Hope you're sorted soon

{{{HUGS}}}

well i have seen many bare bums,the gowns are a nightmare and men especially dont realise what they are exposing.Interesting when i went to theatre on tuesday i went in wearing knickers but funniy when i came around i had none on!!!!!

So sorry, life is full of surprises and not all good :(
I do hope they get you fixed up sooner rather than later and all goes well for you.
Also that you can get your wedding ring fixed, or else have a new one, I know it would bother a lot of people but I would be happy to have a new one.

Karen

> Interesting when i went to theatre on tuesday i went in wearing knickers but funniy when i came around i had none on!!!!!

Ooh err.... did they give them back? Or is there a knicker nicker on the ward? Doesn't bear thinking about! lol
Fingers crossed for you, nbm is no fun, just look forward to all that lovely hospital food! (joke).

poor you--so sorry to hear of your trauma and hoping things improve today! Have you seen the other post re clothes police at the dog shows and some of the more radically exposed handlers...sounds like some of your fellow patients could rival them.

OK - on a hospital theme some observations to hopefully raise a smile....

True Medical stories

1. A man dashed into the A&E dept. and yelled . . . 'My wife's going to have her baby in the taxi'.
I grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the taxi, lifted the lady's dress and began to take off her underwear. Suddenly, after protests from the lady, I noticed that there were several taxis - - -.
Submitted by Dr. Mark MacDonald , St. Andrews Hosp. Glasgow

3. One day I had to be the bearer of bad news when I told a wife that her husband had died of a massive myocardial infarct. Not more than five minutes later, I heard her on her mobile phone reporting to the rest of the family that he had died of a 'massive internal fart.'
Submitted by Dr Susan Steinberg Royal London Hosp.

4. During a patient's two week follow-up appointment, he told me that he was having trouble with one of his medications. 'Which one ?'I asked. 'The patch; the Nurse told me to put on a new one every six hours and now I'm running out of places to put it!' I had him quickly undress and discovered what I hoped I wouldn't see. Yes, the man had over fifty patches on his body! Now, the instructions includes removal of the old patch before applying a new one.
Submitted by Dr. Rebecca St. Clair , Norfolk General

5. While acquainting myself with a new elderly patient, I asked 'How long have you been bedridden?'
After a look of complete confusion she answered . . ...'Why, not for about twenty years - when my husband was still alive.'
Submitted by Dr. Steven Swanson- Maidenhead Royal Kent

6. I was performing rounds at the hospital one morning and while checking up on a man I asked . . .' So how was your breakfast this morning?'
'It's very good except for the Kentucky Jelly. I can't seem to get used to the taste.'. . Bob replied.
I then asked to see the jelly and Bob produced a foil packet labelled 'KY Jelly.'
Submitted by Dr Leonard J. Brandon . Bristol Infirmary.

7. A nurse was on duty in the A&E when a young woman with purple hair styled into a punk rocker Mohawk, sporting a variety of tattoos, and wearing strange clothing, entered . . . It was quickly determined that the patient had acute appendicitis, so she was scheduled for an immediate operation... When she was completely disrobed on the operating table, the staff noticed that her pubic hair had been dyed green, and above it there was a tattoo that read . . .'Keep off the grass.'
Once the surgery was completed, the surgeon wrote a short note on the patient's dressing, which read 'Sorry . . . had to mow the lawn.'
Submitted by Staff Nurse RN Elaine Fogerty , KGH London - Dr.wouldn't submit his name.

well they cheered me up Tadsy!

Hope you're up & about soon Cornishmals. Sounds bloomin painful, I've had a few injuries from naughty dogs in the past, boy do they hurt & 2 of my fingers are bent up permanently 'cos I was silly enough not to get treatment.

>> well they cheered me up Tadsy!

Thanks, I was trying to attach some others but it kept throwing me out, will try again ......

The following questions were set in last year's GCSE examination in Swindon, Wiltshire ( U.K. )

These are genuine answers (from 16 year olds)

Q. Name the four seasons
A. Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar

Q. Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink
A. Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants     like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists  
Q. How is dew formed
A. The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire

Q. What causes the tides in the oceans
A. The tides are a fight between the earth and the moon.   All water tends to     flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and nature     abhors a vacuum.   I forget where the sun joins the fight.

Q. What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on
A. If you are buying a house they will insist that you are well endowed

Q. In a democratic society, how important are elections
A. Very important.   Sex can only happen when a male gets an election

Q. What are steroids
A. Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.        (Shoot yourself now , there is little hope)

Q. What happens to your body as you age
A. When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental

Q. What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty
A. He says goodbye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery         

Q Name a major disease associated with cigarettes
A. Premature death

Q. What is artificial insemination
A. When the farmer does it to the bull instead of the cow

Q. How can you delay milk turning sour
A. Keep it in the cow                                (Simple, but brilliant)

Q. How are the main 20 parts of the body categorised (e.g. The abdomen)
A. The body is consisted into 3 parts - the brainium, the borax and the abdominal cavity.       The brainium contains the brain, the borax contains the heart and lungs and the         abdominal cavity contains the five bowels: A, E, I, O and U           (What the *!!*???)

Q. What is the fibula?
A. A small lie

Q. What does 'varicose' mean?
A. Nearby

Q. What is the most common form of birth control
A. Most people prevent contraception by wearing a condominium   (That would work)

Q. Give the meaning of the term 'Caesarean section'
A. The caesarean section is a district in Rome

Q. What is a seizure?
A. A Roman Emperor.        (Julius Seizure, I came, I saw, I had a fit)

Q. What is a terminal illness
A. When you are sick at the airport.      (Irrefutable)

Q. Give an example of a fungus. What is a characteristic feature?
A. Mushrooms.   They always grow in damp places and they look like umbrellas

Q. Use the word 'judicious' in a sentence to show you understand its meaning
A. Hands that judicious can be soft as your face.                              (OMG)

Q. What does the word 'benign' mean?
A. Benign is what you will be after you be eight

Q. What is a turbine?
A. Something an Arab or Shreik wears on his head.   

woohoo it worked.

Well I don't know about the patient....but you got me in stitches.....
Aileen

I agree with Merlot  :)  :) :)
Mind those stiches...............or even, beware cornish you may lose another pair of knickers with laughing too much ;)
Karen

Very funny keep them coming I needed cheering up :) 
I have just had surgery but am grumpy because I  need more surgery again.The third lot!!!Apparenty some of the damaged area is necrotic and has been removed the hole is too large to stitch and he has too re join more nerves and  tendons together.Hopefully I can go home this weekend and spend time with my woos

Oh crikey.......
It is miserable......I hate being in hospital, and having surgery, more than enough last year and antibiotics too which I suppose you will be having to have.
Lets hope they sort you out and get you back home for the weekend.

Karen

Juuuuuuuuuude!!!!

You international stunt woman you! ;O) :OP Joking aside I'm so sorry to hear you've been in the wars xx

This should give you a giggle, I won't lie to you I loves it!

I'll hunt out some of my timewastey games etc for you, Hang on in there xx

Oh Huskey Gal I also love it...I must send it to my two Welsh sons in law!!!!

oh crap hospital filter wont allow me to view it will have to wait til i get home.I am hoping to go home tomorrow evening and back tues with more surgery weds.But goody sending me home with morphine and 3 cannulas.Hopfully I.V antibiotics finnish tomorrow :)

Brilliant!  thats as good as Rod Gilbert and the mince pie in Ebbw Vale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5gi68Xxtrk

being discharged this pm back on Tuesday.AND NEW PUPPY ON SUNDAY YEAHHHHHHHH.
Supposed to go today but i have just arranged to go to Cambridgeshire / Norfolk border(upwell)on Sunday.OH has said leave it until hand has had its op but this gives me something to focus on.I will only have to sit in the car so cant see any problem.It was my birthday and wedding anniversary last week end so belated pressie.

Oooh how exciting.

I have another "fuuny", and on the basis I am actually blonde I can post this....

Two blonde girls were working for the city public works department. One would dig a hole and the other would follow behind her and fill the hole in.
They worked up one side of the street, then down the other, then moved on to the next street, working furiously all day without rest, one girl digging a hole, the other girl filling it in again.

An onlooker was amazed at their hard work, but couldn't understand what they were doing. So he asked the hole digger, 'I'm impressed by the effort you two are putting in to your work, but I don't get it ... why do you dig a hole, only to have your partner follow behind and fill it up again?'

The hole digger wiped her brow and sighed, 'Well, I suppose it probably looks a bit odd because we're normally a three-person team. But today the girl who plants the trees called in sick.'

Well home until Tuesday.Sore,sleepy breathless and desparate for a shower.Thanks for your kind words of comfort.I looked at the wounds on the arm and thigh when the nurse dressed them yesterday and though made me feel sick were clean and infection free.The hand will be looked at on tuesday under anaesthitic but I am worried because it was necrotic in parts on Weds and I am sure I can smell it again.I am so so disappointed that the rescue group and its society(won't mention details as a forums not the place)have made little and no contact.A card would have been nice.I bare no malice but its making me cross.Especially as there is a 25% chance of loosing function in my thumb and surrounding area and I will be off work for ages though thay have offered me admin work.People can be so kind x

Hope your enjoying the time at home.  Nothing like your own surroundings and bed.

Sending you hugs and healing for your hand, will think of you and hope it improves.  Did you get the pup and go out?

When i had my wrist operated on, I thought I could smell it, when they looked it was clean as anything, so maybe just the smell there.

Sorry the rescue hasn't been in touch, like you say they could have at least sent you a card.  Makes you wonder why they're ingonring you.

Thanks,the arm and leg have been redressed today at the surgery but she wouldn't touch the hand.
We have the puppy(ies) Denzel and Deliah.I knew Steve would have a new puppy(his other boy is nearly 5).But this will be our breeders last litter,Grand dad is a great example of the breed and from the earlier lines,good bone!!!!!So HE has lots of hard work to do.

sounds exciting.  I love training naughty little pups (lol), it does bring a smile or two.  Something to take your mind off things.

Well waiting for a phone call from the hospital.Went to Trelise on Tuesday to see the consultant.He needs to take a nerve from higher up my arm and graft it on to the radial nerve that was severed.Apparently quite a big job.He said that he will put me on his list for next Thursday(will take all afternoon).THURSDAY NEXT WEEK!!!!Then what made me really cross was that the other cosultant that was having a bit of a poke in my hand said that his patient who was booked in for surgery this Thursday may not infact turn up as he is too busy.WTH!!!!No wonder the health service is in such a bad state with the irresponsibility of some patients.So if he isn't at Treliske by 11am they will ring me,so I have been nil by mouth just in case.
Also the H.C.A who dressed my hands didn't have a clue how to dress my wounds.Lovely lady,but very busy and I don't think this was her normal clinic.So I have had Exudate and gunge running down my arms and leg for the past 24 hours and could not get a appointment with the practice nurse.Was told to go to A & E.Another waste of resoures.Think I am turning into a grumpy old woman.

Just read your thread cornishmals. Do hope you  are beginning to feel better what an awful story. Shame the rescue concerned couldn't at least have given you a card, how strange people can be. No I dont think you are turning into a grump old women the Nhs is enough to finish anyone off never mind if you  are ill.
Hope things improve soon

Just read your thread cornishmals. Do hope you  are beginning to feel better what an awful story. Shame the rescue concerned couldn't at least have given you a card, how strange people can be. No I dont think you are turning into a grump old women the Nhs is enough to finish anyone off never mind if you  are ill.
Hope things improve soon

I have now had some flowers and a card from rescue and the breed club,and a lovely mention in todays breed notes in Dog world.So today I am feeling happier and everyone was so nice at the doctors surgery today.

That is so good , pleased you are feeling happier

Well its back to see the consultant today at Treliske Hospital and hopefull have my nerve graft this week and closure of my other wounds which also need to be done in surgery.The consultant ownns an Akita so we talked dog last week.
I will be so so glad whe I can drive again.I caught a bus last week the first time in 31 years.Funny to think that last time I was on a bus there was smoking and non smoking and I only paid 1/2 fare.

I wish you well with your appointment, hope it goes well and you can be mended.
The bus thing can be fun, if it doesn't go on too long.
It is miserable to be out of proper action, I had a year of it last year ( the other end).

Karen :)

hope everything goes well...good luck :)

Well home again.Apparently the nerves and muscles etc are too mangled at the moment,so on Thursday I am having an op to close the wound on my arm,and then they are going to make a pouch/flappy thing to cover the wound in my hand.The nerve graft will be in about 2 months when it all heals.
When the nurse left the room I tried to pick some of the scabs off but they were blooming sore and firmly attached.She came back and asked me if I knew they were stitches lol!!!