3 Days on Mt. Scopus

So 2 weeks plus a couple of days my arm looked like this. Kent was in Galilee with the new faculty, so Dr. Dave and his wife, Jan took me to my follow-up appointment. These are the same people who spent an entire day with me when I first broke my arm. Little did any of us know.

 

We came back here, just not through the emergency doors:

 

 

Here's how the day went. We arrived at 8:15 am. We checked in -- that took two stops to find the correct place. Paid some money and went to see the ortho doctor. I was about 6th in line. The doctor sent me down to get another x-ray. That involves walking to another part of the hospital, paying more money and waiting . . . .

The x-ray hurt -- that wasn't a good sign, huh?

 

We returned to the doctor's office and waited some more. The x-ray showed that, not only had the bones slipped back out of place, they were actually worse than the original break. :(



Several hours, many more shekels, and 4 tests later [around 2 pm], I left with the grand expectations of surgery.

 

Now we are on day two of the Mt. Scopus adventure. In addition to dear Dr. Dave, our new doctor and his wife took Kent and I to the hospital. I was asked to be there at noon for a probable 3:00 pm surgery. ;)

 

I went to the office to check in and pay. The "nice" secretary told me I was supposed to go directly to Day Care [what we call same-day surgery]. So, I led our merry little band in, out, and around to Day Care. Here there really was a nice lady who apologized and sent me back to the original office. She also called the office and explained why I was returning. $14,600 later we all return to Day Care.!!!

 

The docs left at that point and Kent and I sat in the waiting room for about 2 hours. The TV was on -- some kind tarot card readers or something. It was all in Hebrew so . . . . yawn! Finally they called my name and showed me to a room where I could put on my lovely hospital attire:

 

I was anxious to get on with it. The man with the shoulder bag is my surgeon. Unfortunately, there was some mix up with the anesthesiologist. The doctor said it would be a "short" wait -- maybe an hour.

 

 So, they let me recline in this comfy chair. Kent wasn't so lucky. He was sitting on a hard chair, freezing cold, and hadn't had any lunch. Sweet man!!

 

 Two hours later, someone came and took me up to surgery in a wheel chair -- he was steering with one hand and talking on his cell with the other. We got there, however. Then I waited another 30 minutes or so outside of surgery.

 

 

 Finally, they came and got me and I said goodbye to Kent. By this time it is about 5:30. While Kent was waiting for me, the Petersons brought him some pizza from the branch party that we were all missing. They stayed with him. They will, forever, be my heroes!

 

 

I was in a lot of pain when I woke up and it took several shots of morphine to kill it.

 

 By the time I was conscious [sort of] it was after 8, so I spent the night at the hospital. This is the guy wheeling me to my room. He is also talking on his cell phone. According to Kent he would hang up on one phone and a second one would ring in his other pocket -- popular guy!

 

My newest adventure ends on day three on Mt. Scopus -- I return in 2 weeks. Hopefully, there will NOT be a third adventure!!!

Turkey Day 3

Our first stop today was the Anzak beach memorial. It is also known as Galipoli. It is in honor of all those who lost their lives in WWI trying to take this beach from the Turks. I love this huge plaque - showing the words spoken by Ataturk at the dedication of this spot:

Here is the cemetery:

This is in honor of all those who died here but were never identified

I took many pictures of headstones because I was so touched by what they said on them. These are only a few and notice their ages:

I think this was my favorite part of the day. There was a sweet
feeling there.

After lunch we took a ferry across the Dardanelles to the site of Troy.

 Troy

The Trojan Horse. From left to right: Eric Huntsman, Kent, Eran Hayet, Jared Ludlow, Steve Harper

Our hotel this night was on the beach. It was called Hotel Ida Kale. The students had a grand time in the pool and on the beach as well. It was nice way to relax. :)

One day on the Mount of Olives

On Monday, August 6, 2012 I had a "new adventure"!  We were walking up a narrow, busy street on the Mount of Olives. Kent and I were at the tail end of one class of students. We were hugging the side of the road, trying to stay out of the way of the traffic. There were cars parked on both sides of the road. I came to a parked car and followed the student in front of me up onto a painted, concrete mound in front of a small cafe. Probably put there to make deliveries easier. Unlike the student in front of me, I slipped on the slick surface and fell. I instinctively tried to catch myself with my right hand and noticed,as I hit the ground, that my wrist bent the wrong way. :)
I, of course, did not get up immediately.  i was holding my arm and trying to breathe.What I didn't realize was that the "parked" car was actually trying to pull out into the road. When Kent saw me go down he thought I had been hit by the car. When he reached me my right foot was up against the back tire of this moving car. Kent grabbed my legs and pulled them away from the car and the student in front of me told the driver to stop.

There was a Dutch family taking a break at the cafe. The wife ran over to me, brought me into the cafe, got me into a chair and asked the owner for a frozen bottle of water. Then she got a scarf - also from the owner, and filled it with little ice cubes and wrapped it around my wrist. What a blessing that was! She kept checking on me until the doctor arrived. Our resident doctor and his wife [Dave and Jan Peterson] were with the other class, so Kent called him to come and look at my wrist. They both came. The doctor called the Center to have a van come and take us to the hospital.

Here I am, with the doc's wife, Jan, waiting for the van to pick us up. The reason she is holding a cloth to her nose? --  As she was trying to get to me she tripped over the step you can see in the lower right of the picture. It looks just like the floor.  What a pair we make!!

 Kent and I were so grateful to have the Petersons there with us the entire time. They had spent time at the emergency room before, with one of the students, so they knew the drill.

As in all hospitals, most of the time was spent waiting. Here, I've been checked in and am waiting for someone to take me to x-ray. 

 This man was so very gentle as he wrapped my arm up. He placed a piece of cardboard against my arm and then covered it all with soft gauze.

Getting instructions before going to x-ray:

 My hand before they set it:

Here is the x-ray. I broke the radius bone and jammed it up behind the other bone:

Before the shots. The WORST shots I have ever had!! Kent couldn't stand to watch so there are no pictures, but he said the syringes were huge and they used 2 of them:

After the shots:

 Setting the bone:

 Plaster casting:

 After they finished with the cast, I had to wait for about 10 minutes, go have another x-ray taken, then go back to the emergency area so they could adjust the cast if needed. Another hour. Happily, when they checked the x-ray everything was lined up. Doctor Peterson said that it was the best alignment he had ever seen! The last step - saw [as in cut] a long strip out of the top of the cast to allow for swelling and cover the cast with an ace bandage.

We arrived back at the Center just in time for our group photo in this semester's t-shirts. Kent just tucked mine up under my cast. I don't have a copy of that one yet, so I'll  post it later.

This is a day I will NEVER forget -- and hope I NEVER repeat!!

JC Harry Potter

Think "English accent" as you read this: in honor of Harry Potter's birthday, the JC students have turned the Center and its occupants into Harry Potter-ites. Here is a sample:

This hangs on the door leading into the faculty apartments. :)

In case you can't read it clearly, it says "Hospital wing". This hangs on the door leading to the hall where the doctor's office is:

This is on the door leading into the main office and our own Minister of Magic - Eran Hayet. :)

Hanging on one of the classrooms:

This is my assigned role. ????? {I must look like I can ride a broom!}  ;)

On the 4th floor common area. Each hall has it's own "house" assignment:

My personal favorite - Kent's assigned role:

Anyway, you get the idea. We are SO going to miss these students when they leave. In fact all of the faculty and the doctor leave too!! WAAAAH!