How Quick??!!

That is a National Health Service!

Well, having only written about my daughters operation a couple of weeks ago, I have to write now that she had the operation on Wednesday 18th February.
I also know the operation - a Derotational Osteotomy.
Basically Chloe had her leg broken at the top of her fema, and then a metal plate inserted with 6 screws holding it in place. All this for an 8 year old! She was OK, but as soon as I saw her lying in the recovery room, I was blubbing.

She was however, not in a cast. But after the pain killers wore off that night (my wife stayed with her, and only got two hours kip) they put a hip-spike cast on her.
The hip-spike cast has however totally restricted her movement. She left hospital via ambulance for home on Saturday, without the Physio and the Occupational Health visitor knowing. So they arranged transport for her to go to hospital today, and I went to collect the reclining wheelchair, camode and ramp. When I got there they told me the Physio etc were going to my wifes house to take the wheelchair etc to hers and Chloe's appointment had been changed to tommorrow. BAD mark for NHS.

True to their word they turned up bang on time with all the bits and pieces and let us know everything we had to do and how to do them. GOOD mark for NHS.

I feel a lot happier now, knowing that Chloe is on the mend, even though she can't go to school for 4 weeks at least, I know she is at least able to get about instead of lying about for ages.