| Re: 240
I had an experience like Al. I fractured my hand really bad, basically folded in on itself. I knew it was broken, since it was folded in half...
Went to the emergency room (it was 11pm), Saw the doc, got xrays, they said yup it's broken, told me that I needed to see an orthopedic surgeon. I assumed that the emergency room would set the hand or soemthing, all they did was x ray me, put a splint on my hand gave me a bottle of codine and a phone number for the orthopedic specialist.
I call the orthopedic specialist in the morning and explain I have a broken hand and the hospital told me that you guys would fix me up. They tell me earliest we can see you is Thursday (two more days). I assumed that meant it was fine to walk around with a splint and broken hand for two days since I explained to them what happened. When the doctor saw me he reamed the receptionist out for not scheduling me to come in immediately to get my hand set because of the chance of infections etc.
I could hear him down the hall yelling at her.
On a side note, there was a guy in the same room as me when I got the bones set, he threw up when he heard my bones popping when they set the bones. I can't imagine getting larger bones set in place like your femur... |