Posted on 07/17/2009 1:24:58 AM PDT by iowamark
LOL!
And I thought I was the only one who could have a broken bone and not know it. I had never broken anything in my life, nor had my kids, so I didn't recognize the severity of the situation. I'm glad to know I'm not alone. :-)
I walked into the hospital, around the construction stuff, down the long darkened, dusty hall to the temporary waiting area....... then a wheelchair to the treatment room
On vacation at a gas station in Cheyenne Wyoming, May 2007
Sotomayor, Hillary, Pope.....things come in 3’s, right?
Is it just me, or do others think the Bamster might have stuck a banana peel to his shoe?
Praying for an uneventful recovery for the good Father, (not a Catholic, hopes it is ok to refer to him as such!), and kudos, for a great tagline :)
Tatt
huh?
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/International/Story?id=8108346&page=1
“”Pope Operated On for Wrist Fracture
Pope Benedict XVI Operated on After Falling Down and Fracturing His Wrist
Pope Benedict the XVI was operated on this morning to insert a couple of rods into his right wrist after the pope fell in his room early today and fractured the wrist, Vatican and hospital sources said.
The accident occurred while the 82-year-old pontiff was on vacation in the Alps according to Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi.
Despite the pain, Pope Benedict said mass as he does every morning and had breakfast before going a hospital in Aosta, Italy, said Lombardi.
The spokesman of the Parini public hospital in Aosta, Tiziano Trevisan, told ABC News that the Pope arrived at the hospital at 9:45 a.m. local time in his own car and went to the emergency room where his right wrist was x-rayed and he was given a full check up “which is standard procedure.” An x-ray to his right wrist revealed a slight fracture.
An Italian news agency, quoting hospital sources, said the pope asked to be treated like other patients – so he duly waited for his x-ray and for his turn in the operating room.
The pope was operated on to repair the fracture, Trevisan said. He said they were giving him “light sedation,” though heavier anesthesia may be given as the surgery progresses. According to hospital sources, doctors inserted two rods in the pope’s wrist and put it into traction.
“The pope is undergoing a reduction of the fracture, that will be done following normal procedure, since the pope is in good general health,” Trevisan told ABC News. He also said that hospital authorities hope to send the Pope home by this evening, so he can return to his summer chalet.
Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, told ABC News that the consequences of the pope’s fall “absolutely do not seem to be anything serious,” and that do not pose particular concerns for his health. Lombardi told Italy’s ANSA news agency that he believes the pope will continue his vacation....””
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gp8M6dmt8Ho2DRK_eqR7dl7QsMXAD99G7CSO4
“AOSTA, Italy — Hospital director says pope’s wrist will stay in a cast for a month.”
Pope has surgery after breaking wrist in a fall
AOSTA, Italy -- Pope Benedict XVI broke his right wrist in a fall in his chalet while vacationing in the Italian Alps and underwent successful surgery Friday, hospital officials and the Vatican said.
The operation was performed under local anesthesia and went well, said Tiziano Trevisan, a spokesman at the Umberto Parini hospital in Aosta. Surgeons operated on the wrist to reduce the fracture, a procedure to realign the broken bone fragments, he said.
A Vatican statement said the 82-year-old pope fell in his room in a nearby chalet overnight and despite the accident, celebrated Mass and had breakfast before going to the hospital.
Doctors took an X-ray of the pope's right wrist and found a fracture, Trevisan said.
Read more at link ...
Wow! I didn't realize that the part about the construction was the same. I'm in New Hampshire and I think it was November, 2005.
Since he’s 82 now, if he were covered under Obama Care, they would be sending him to the End of Life Hospice. He’s too old to fix.
Post of the day!
POPE SUCCESSFULLY OPERATED FOR WRIST FRACTURE
VATICAN CITY, 17 JUL 2009 (VIS) - This morning Benedict XVI underwent surgery at the Umberto Parini hospital in the Italian town of Aosta for a fracture to his right wrist. He had suffered a fall last night in his chalet at Les Combes in Valle d'Aosta where he is spending a brief holiday.
The Holy Father arrived at the hospital at 9:45 a.m. this morning. "Even so", declared Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi, "he celebrated Mass and had breakfast early this morning".
Later the Pope "underwent an operation to realign the fractured fragments and fasten them through osteosynthesis, using a local anaesthetic then applying a cast. The Holy Father's general condition is good" added the Pope's doctor Patrizio Polisca, specifying that "the Pope will return shortly to his residence".
OP/FALL HOLY FATHER/LOMBARDI VIS 090717 (120)
He’s human — accidents like this happen. Your sarcasm is not appreciated.
Prayers up for our dear Holy Father!
Prayers for the Holy Father
We will be praying for him Norman Bates.He has to take it easy and listen to the Doctor’s.
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