Johnathan was able to have a more normal day today: he was able to wake up and get ready (with increased time), go to work and go to class! A lot of people are not realizing what an external fixator looks like or the seriousness of the surgery. When he went into work, his boss gave him this week's work tasks and allowed him to go home. He showed her the fixator, and I think she was scared. He was able to finish his work this afternoon, and is currently enjoying Monday Night Football (rooting for the cowboys).
His surgery helped me out in a long, round-about way today. Today at work, I was in charge of PT orders and new evaluations on random units (APU, ASU, CEU and 1-south). I had an erroneous non-acute PT order for a post-surgery patient (fresh out of the recovery unit and being sent home soon). We cannot just cancel orders, so I went to the unit to ask the nurse what was going on with the patient. She was rude and not helpful. The receptionist did not know the patient, but recommended paging the doctor. I glanced at my paper, and the physician order was from Dr. Duke. He is the only physician I know by face, and I happened to see him in the hall five minutes later on the way back to my station. The issue was resolved immediately (normally we would have to page the doctor, wait, and the issue probably wouldn't be resolved until an hour or so later).
So yay, thanks Johnathan!
Hope everyone is doing well.
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