July 3, 2010

From Great Falls, MT, ID N47°29.386’ W111°19.942’

Day 30, Caravan Day -2

Today started good. We got our caravan instructions, the Milepost Alaska Travel Planner, our Trip Log Book, pins and sweatshirts

In the afternoon Gerri and I went to WalMart and Sam’s Club for more supplies for our trip.

We got back to the coach about 4:40 and found Glenna on the floor, she had fallen and couldn’t get up. She said she had been there for about half an hour. We called an ambulance. They and the requisite FD paramedics showed up very quickly. She had a lot of pain in her left hip.

After several hours at the local emergency room it was determined that the prosthesis in her left hip had been pushed further into the bone and fractured it. The fix basically is to replace the hip replacement prosthesis with another one with a longer shaft and cement it in. Glenna was finally transferred to a room just before midnight.

In talking to the orthopedic doctor it will be about the same recovery as the original operation. A week or so after the operation for recovery and then two- three weeks of inpatient therapy, so it looks like we won’t be going on the planned caravan. Instead we will be here at Dick’s RV Park for the duration or at least until Glenna can progress to the point of being able to travel by RV.

Keep Glenna in your prayers for a speedy and complete recovery.