Yesterday the Plastic Surgeon told me i can get off the crutches and return the VAC unit. (best news in the six weeks since the accident.) I was so very tired of hopping on my one good leg and bruising my hips and knees bouncing off everything down below on the boat. For the past week i was told to 'keep all weight off the right leg' while the new skin (my old hip skin) grew onto my shin bone. So i have been hopping around and using crutches on the boat. Not easy, even for an old salt. My one good leg got so tired and sore i was using the crutches 100% of the time for fear of any injury to my one good leg.
You can't know the relief i felt to be able to walk again. I can get around the boat. I can walk to the marina without calling the office for help and a wheelchair. (the Office here has been really bending over backward to help me! Thanks Sunset Bay Marina)
I gave my crutches to the Marina in case somebody else needs to use them. I sent my VAC back via ups. Lastly i took all my spare VAC supplies to the wound care center.
I had a couple of boxes of stuff. But the Wound Care said, "we can't accept them. We can't use any donated supplies." Then one of the nurses said she would get them to the Turtle Hospital. It seems they CAN accept donated VAC supplies to save the life of local turtles. So my leg injury is now saving turtles... aint life grand!
A turtle wearing a VAC.
I'm confused? Turtles don't have legs....
how can they use a VAC?
- Peg Leg Skip
