[Sundaycommunity] Going home ...

[Tina Neves]

Very sorry about all that, Patricia
I pray for you
Healing blessings
Tina

On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 5:52 PM Patricia Smiley via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> Hi, all,
>
> I have been at St. Joseph's hospital in Hamilton since March 24.  That day
> I had a fall in my kitchen and succeeded in breaking the femur in my right
> leg, which is the leg where I had an amputation in 2019.  Rehab has taken a
> long time and I am not happy about that.  I am quite angry about the way my
> case has been handled and believe that this would have taken much less time
> if I had had proper physiotherapy (which to me is an hour a day, in a
> physio gym).  I was told that the belief here is that patients aren't ready
> for that until a long period of healing has lapsed.  So, it was a serious
> fracture which required a good deal of healing.  Unfortunately, I can't
> help comparing this experience with that of rehab at West Park, the routine
> there being similar to the one at St. John's, the other rehab hospital in
> Toronto.  I will leave that for later.  Without specifying more complaints
> about the hospital here and the care I've been given, I am just going to
> say that I am finding the other aspects of hospital life hard to take - the
> food, the lack of personal privacy, the noise . . .(And to be frank, I am
> much better  at handling Type 1 diabetes on my own in just about every
> way.)  I can be patient - up to a point.  I am at the end of my ability to
> deal with this patiently.
>
> I really missed seeing everybody on my computer screen last week.  Because
> she is busy, my daughter will be coming for her weekend visit tomorrow
> morning.  This is most necessary as I am badly in need of some of the
> personal items she is bringing and I am hoping her partner, Leo, will come
> with her so that we can talk about some of the issues about the house that
> I live in (and they own).  In other words, I may not be joining you
> tomorrow.
>
> So, keep me in your prayers.
>
> Much love and peace, Pat
>
>
>
> *Patricia Smiley*
>
> *email:  smileypatricia76 at gmail.com <smileypatricia76 at gmail.com>*
>
> *mobile:  647-517-1599*
>
>
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