hsmel
New Member
This is just a little cautionary tale really and in the light of Charis' recent trials I thought I would tell the story as a warning really - and possibly prevent someone else doing the same as me.
My daughter had a knee arthroscopy some three months ago. Since then she has got back to normal and was once again riding her horses and competing. The other day I had a phone call to say she had been thrown on the road (well, some dogs chased her horse and the horse slipped and trapped her underneath). As the road was slippery every time the horse tried to scramble up it fell back on top of her. Needless to say she had been taken to hospital as it was her bad knee it had landed on.
I rushed to A and E where she had been Xrayed and MRI scanned to make sure all was still ok. Everything intact we were sent home saying ice packs and rest. Her knee and arm were very badly grazed - her knee almost down to the bone. However as they were more worried about injury to the actual op site they told her to soak in a bath to get the grit out and put antiseptic cream on and wear loose clothes.
She had seemed fine for five days afterwards and had even gone back to work. This weekend however she was sick on Friday night and said she felt shivery/fluey. She had a stiff neck and just felt unwell. On Saturday she said she felt a little better but by the afternoon had been sick again three times and her head was banging. She still had a stiff neck. She did not however have any problem with strong light so we all assumed she either had a 'bug', or it was a migraine (she has had a couple previously).
By Sunday she had been sick again although had not eaten anything at all, felt dizzy every time she stood up and was going round holding her head like it may fall off.
As she sat on a kitchen stool in her nightee I noticed her bad knee. The whole of her leg had a horrid raised rash with huge purple whorls around the main injury and what looked like every hair in her leg had an ingrow problem - and she was scratching it. Each hair follicle looked raised and septic. Something definitely not right.
I rang our local out of hours service and took her to the doctors. She had the beginning of septicaemia and the infection from her knee had spread to the whole of her leg - in fact by the time the doctor saw her she had similar spots appearing on her torso. She was given iv antibiotics and sent home with 500mg high dose 4 times a day for 10 days. I was told if I had left it just 12 hours longer it could have been fatal.
Luckily she is now well on the mend. We are not a good family for running to the doctors (horses and injuries seem to go hand in hand and someone would always be there!) However I think the moral of this story is please everyone if there is any possibility of an infection please see the doctor. I think we were quite lucky that I noticed her leg as she sat in the kitchen. I am just pleased she was not wearing pj's instead!
My daughter had a knee arthroscopy some three months ago. Since then she has got back to normal and was once again riding her horses and competing. The other day I had a phone call to say she had been thrown on the road (well, some dogs chased her horse and the horse slipped and trapped her underneath). As the road was slippery every time the horse tried to scramble up it fell back on top of her. Needless to say she had been taken to hospital as it was her bad knee it had landed on.
I rushed to A and E where she had been Xrayed and MRI scanned to make sure all was still ok. Everything intact we were sent home saying ice packs and rest. Her knee and arm were very badly grazed - her knee almost down to the bone. However as they were more worried about injury to the actual op site they told her to soak in a bath to get the grit out and put antiseptic cream on and wear loose clothes.
She had seemed fine for five days afterwards and had even gone back to work. This weekend however she was sick on Friday night and said she felt shivery/fluey. She had a stiff neck and just felt unwell. On Saturday she said she felt a little better but by the afternoon had been sick again three times and her head was banging. She still had a stiff neck. She did not however have any problem with strong light so we all assumed she either had a 'bug', or it was a migraine (she has had a couple previously).
By Sunday she had been sick again although had not eaten anything at all, felt dizzy every time she stood up and was going round holding her head like it may fall off.
As she sat on a kitchen stool in her nightee I noticed her bad knee. The whole of her leg had a horrid raised rash with huge purple whorls around the main injury and what looked like every hair in her leg had an ingrow problem - and she was scratching it. Each hair follicle looked raised and septic. Something definitely not right.
I rang our local out of hours service and took her to the doctors. She had the beginning of septicaemia and the infection from her knee had spread to the whole of her leg - in fact by the time the doctor saw her she had similar spots appearing on her torso. She was given iv antibiotics and sent home with 500mg high dose 4 times a day for 10 days. I was told if I had left it just 12 hours longer it could have been fatal.
Luckily she is now well on the mend. We are not a good family for running to the doctors (horses and injuries seem to go hand in hand and someone would always be there!) However I think the moral of this story is please everyone if there is any possibility of an infection please see the doctor. I think we were quite lucky that I noticed her leg as she sat in the kitchen. I am just pleased she was not wearing pj's instead!
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