[Magdalen] Prayers for my knee

[Christopher Hart]

When I tore my meniscus quite a while back I had the opposite problem. It
was what they call a bucket handle tear, in which the torn portion of the
meniscus flips over into the interchonduler (sp?) notch, and I
couldn't straighten my leg without excruciating pain.

On Tuesday, October 14, 2014, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Praying, Chad for you and your knee.
> Judy
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <ichthys89 at comcast.net
> <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > prayers for a quick and complete recovery Chad!
> > Lynn
> >
> > website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
> >
> > When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
> not
> > a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
> me."
> > attributed to Erma Bombeck
> >
> > Thomas Merton writes, “People may spend their whole lives climbing the
> > ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder
> is
> > leaning against the wrong wall.”
> >
> > "What you seek is seeking you." - Rumi
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Charles Wohlers" <charles.wohlers at verizon.net <javascript:;>>
> > Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2014 6:36 PM
> > To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>>
> > Subject: [Magdalen] Prayers for my knee
> >
> >
> >  Went hiking yesterday, up nearby Elmore Mt. It’s getting towards the end
> >> of foliage season, and Elmore has an old fire tower at the top from
> which
> >> one can get great views. It’s a fairly short (1.2 mi) and popular hike.
> >>
> >> Got up to the top with no particular difficulty, climbed the fire tower,
> >> and took pictures. Was on my way down, maybe 0.2 miles travelled, when I
> >> slipped in some mud and heard a little “crack” in my knee. There was
> pain,
> >> but it went away fairly quickly, but I couldn’t straighten my right leg
> >> out. I did finally get up to my feet but quickly discovered that if I
> bent
> >> my right leg at all, I couldn’t put any weight on it, or down I went. It
> >> was fine as long as it was perfectly straight, but any bending – forget
> it.
> >> I had a hiking pole, so figured I could go down OK as long as I kept my
> leg
> >> perfectly straight. Easier said than done, and I fell a number of times.
> >> Finally a member of a Barre school group which was going down at the
> same
> >> time offered to call the Rangers (this is a state park), and I said
> fine. I
> >> continued to go down slowly, falling often, for about 1/2 mile, until I
> saw
> >> the two rangers coming up. They started to accompany me down, but after
> I
> >> fell two more times, one of the rangers said she thought she should call
> >> the fire dept. to get a litter for me, which she did. We sat & talked
> for
> >> 20-30 minutes until they came, along with an EMT, who put a simple
> splint
> >> on my leg. They eventually got me in the litter (which had a single huge
> >> tire for support, and down the mountain we went. Lying in the litter, I
> had
> >> a wonderful view of the colorful leaves above me. At this point there
> were
> >> 10 people helping little ol’ me, all of them volunteers except the
> rangers.
> >> It was only ~1/4 mile to a point where the ambulances (there were 2)
> could
> >> be brought. They put me in to the Morrisville ambulance, which was
> better
> >> equipped, and away we went to Copley Hospital in Morrisville, which was
> >> only ~5 miles away.
> >>
> >> Once at Copley I was seen almost immediately – in fact, I don’t think I
> >> was ever left alone for more than 5 minutes before somebody came in to
> do
> >> something, ask questions, whatever. I quickly got x-rays, and very soon
> >> after that the doctor told me I had a torn quadriceps tendon. This is
> what
> >> connects the top muscle in your thigh to the knee. Which is why I
> couldn’t
> >> lift my leg or walk on it unless it was perfectly straight - the muscle
> >> wasn’t connected any more. If the tear was at the muscle end of the
> tendon,
> >> I’d just have rehab and it would be better in ~10 weeks. OTOH, if the
> tear
> >> was at the bone end, that means surgery, and a faster recovery. They
> got me
> >> a fancy splint and crutches, and I was discharged after only an hour or
> two
> >> there. I have an appt. on Thursday with an orthopedic practice to see
> what
> >> happens next.
> >>
> >> Now Copley Hospital is just a wee little community hospital, but the one
> >> thing they do often and well is orthopedics. This is because they are
> the
> >> local hospital for Stowe and its ski resorts.
> >>
> >> So now I’m at home with the splint, which has been great to have – I
> >> haven’t fallen once since I had it and can walk around (although
> slowly),
> >> go up & down stairs (also slowly), etc. There’s no pain and I find I
> don’t
> >> really need the crutches, altho they can be helpful. However, since it
> >> keeps my leg perfectly straight, I can’t put a sock or shoe on my right
> >> foot – Lee gets to do that. And I can’t drive or even sit in the front
> >> passenger seat, and it’s “interesting when I sit down or get up. Also,
> >> obviously no more hiking this year (not good), can’t do much in the
> garden
> >> (also not good), and I don’t get to stack the firewood we got delivered
> >> Thursday (good). So I sit around a lot, work on the computer, read, etc.
> >>
> >> So (after all that – has anyone read this far?) prayers requested that
> my
> >> knee hears quickly, I don’t injure it more, and I survive being cooped
> up
> >> for the next several weeks.
> >>
> >> Chad Wohlers
> >> Woodbury, VT USA
> >> chadwohl at satucket.com <javascript:;>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Judy Fleener, ObJN
> Western Michigan
>


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