Dreams and Dramas

A 19-year old cheerleader from one of the biggest universities here in the country landed on the pavement instead of in her catching team’s human net during cheerleading practice. She managed to prevent her head from smashing on the pavement by sticking out her left lower limb. However, she twisted her left ankle badly and bruised it prominently. 

As it turned out, she had a fractured ankle - particularly a Lateral Malleolar Fracture.

A contoured 1/3 mini  tubular mini plate was screwed onto the fractured fragments in order to firmly keep them locked together.

She can be a cheerleader again after three months with only a month of physical therapy and continuous pain medications. 

The X-ray result a week after the surgery. It turned out that the surgery was a success. The screws are intact and the incision site shows no sign/s of infection.

This is what I have been doing for the past month - working as a nurse trainee and an orthopedic operating room nurse of two of the greatest surgeons in the country. This is also the reason why I haven’t been posting lately. Sorry though for this gross-but-educational comeback post.