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4/14/2016

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Today we went to the doctor to get orders to fix my wheelchair, orders for X-rays on my hip and knee, get the paperwork done for a driving evaluation done and then go to therapy. Hoping that my hip was just out of the socket so it would be an easy fix of simply popping it back in place.
The therapist noticed how odd it sits while I'm on the mat, and that there's limited range of motion in it. So before I can stand or get hurt any worse they suggested that I get X-ray and MRI on both my left hip and left knee. The ligaments in my left knee are very loose due to not muscle tone.
We get my X-rays done and I could hear the techs behind the wall whispering about my hip so I knew it couldn't be good. So they put me back in my chair and go back out to the waiting room so we can wait for the doctor to look at them. Of course the techs aren't supposed to tell us what's going on but the doctor just said to go home and he'd call the orthopedic surgeon to schedule an appointment. So obviously something was wrong but he couldn't say. One of the techs knew Jessica and so she asked him to look at the X-ray and tell us something. He said that my hip is broken and shoved up into the socket.
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I cried the entire way home because it's not good to have a broken hip at such a young age plus there was no reason for it to be broken. I have not had any falls or accidents to cause such an injury. That's all I need is one more thing to go wrong with my recovery. I feel like iI'm taking one step forward and two steps backwards. So while we waited for the doctor to call us back to explain exactly what is going on I ate lunch and cried more.
Finally the doctor called us back and said that my hip does have a hairline fracture that's an old injury. It's nothing bad enough to need emergency surgery or anything. It's also stuck up into the socket and that's why it pops and won't open all the way. We don't know if I will need surgery to correct the problem but we will know more next Friday. I hope that it's an easy fix without needing surgery but I don't know for sure.
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    Paralyzed from the neck down after an ATV rollover at 14, April Otwell is beating the odds the doctors gave her. She's a blogger, fantasy writer, college student, sugar glider guardian and spinal cord injury survivor.  She's even writing her first fiction novel!

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