For those that haven’t heard yet, Holly had an incident with her elbow in February of this year (2009). Before now, I had shared these posts privately amongst close family/friends. But now that we know that everything turned out fine, Holly is OK to make them more public.
Check out the Holly Elbow09 section of this site. It’s probably best to start at the first post and work your way backwards.
I haven’t posted any updates lately because there haven’t been any except for one: Holly’s back on the horse. She’s been working with Moose to get her balance back by walking Moose around the field. Life seems to be getting more normal with each day.
Yay, Holly!
We went to see the doctor this morning. At 7 weeks after surgery, the doctor was VERY impressed with Holly’s progress. She can extend her arm to about 4 degrees and flex her arm to about 130 (137 in therapy yesterday). In fact, Dr. E. said that while he can’t directly compare her injury with identical patients, she is far ahead in recovery than most elbow patients (with injuries fairly similar to hers). He said that she should be cautious though and not let her progress blind her to possible problems.
At this point, she still can’t bear weight but she can reasonably do anything else. She’s been driving for about a week now and has been going to work too. She’s still a couple weeks away from riding and she’s going to start out slow. And she promises to be careful!
We go back to see the doctor in six weeks and if things continue the way they have, he’ll discharge her.
Now to remind her how to do laundry! :)
Nice angle of the screw and plates. Not for the squeamish.
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We visited with the doctor this morning and everyone that saw Holly was very, very pleased with her progress (as am I). She’s now allowed full extension and flexion and is allowed to achieve that with some help. That means she can start to give her stretches a little push to get more extension/flexion.
The X-Rays look awesome and her bones are healing nicely. I will see if I can convert them and post them later tonight along with an updated picture of her scar. All of the doctors called her a fast healer. I’m so proud.
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