Bad news

Well she's been x-rayed and scanned and operated on. There were bits chipped off the end of the radius so it was likely to fuse to the wrist bones anyway, and some other minor damage to the wrist bones so the surgeon has sorted the broken ulna and realigned it, removed all the small bone chips and fragments from the joint, and fixed the whole thing with external pins and frame! The bones will grow together to give a fixed joint. The broken bone had come through the skin so there is a high risk of infection and having the external pins will be a safer option and help reduce the infection risk. Honey is not out of the woods yet and they are keeping her until Friday to check for signs of infection and let her get used to her 'wired' leg before she comes home. I know it will stabilise the leg and stop pain but I am a little daunted at what's ahead. Honey is my shadow and goes everywhere with me when I am at home, even the loo! She will not be able to go up and down stairs for a long time and she will go nuts when I go upstairs and she can't. But she should be able to move around at home ok and manage walks on a lead. Her wrist will be fixed and rigid once it all heals up so she will not be able to run around again like she loved to do until now.  The frame will have to stay on for months! But removal of it is a simple job  when all is healed up. It's going to be hard work for me - maybe that's a good thing. She adapted to the plaster cast and dressing she had on overnight very quickly and managed to totter out into the garden to toilet in the night. 3 am wee, back to bed and sleep, 3.45 am poo :( back to the sofa and sleep again. She woke me several times during the night with her whining and wimpering but she managed to sleep in between too.
I spent the first 2 hours on the recliner chair but I prefer sleeping on my side so I moved to the sofa. Jen was amazed at how thin my duvet was. It's a 4 tog! I have topped it with a thin throw during the coldest nights of the freeze but I have no heating in my bedroom and I woke at times feeling hot and throwing off the throw! Summer time its just a sheet or nothing at all.
I do hope Honey copes with separation over the next 2 days. She is a real Mummy's girl. She will not leave my side when she gets home and I will get the full, big, brown eyed treatment if I dare to stop cuddling her.
Bless you Honey and may you sleep well without me. I will enjoy my bed tonight!
xx