Day 45: Davin Gets Screwed! (8/26/2010)

**WARNING**: Some Pictures Contain Images of Blood. Not Suitable For Those With Weak Constitutions!!


Davin went to the doctor today and got screwed... literally. We had to be at the doctor’s office at 11:30am to go over paperwork. Baerbel and I went with Davin, I wanted to provide moral support, and she was our needed translator.


First we saw a guy who went over the procedure with Davin and made sure he didn’t have any allergies. Then Davin had to sign off consent to undergo the procedure. After that, we were sent upstairs to talk to the Anaesthetician. There she went over her role in the procedure. She told us that surgery for a coller bone break is the norm in Germany, and disdainfully referred to American ‘conservative’ methods. Then, Davin was taken away to change and to move on to the operating area where Baerbel and I couldn’t follow.


The two of us left Davin to his fate, and went in search of food. We were both starving at this point, but we hadn’t wanted to say anything while we were with Davin because he hadn’t been able to eat all day! We ate at Pizza Ria which was located right next to the Med Center. I ate a delicious Diavolo pizza, it had salami and jalapenos on it!

On the way home we stopped at ReWe, the neighborhood grocery store, so that Baerbel could buy some supplies. I bought a mohn schnecke from the bakery to eat with my afternoon tea.

Back at the house, I had my tea and cake. It wasn’t long before Dad and I had to return to the Med Center to pick up Davin. They called to hurry us down there because the doctors were going home and no one remained to translate for Davin. Yet, when we got there they just had us wait for 30-40 minutes while Davin recovered from the anaesthesia. Davin didn’t have such a horrible experience with the anaesthesia this time as when he had his wisdom teeth removed. He was happy about that, but he wasn’t thrilled with the pain he was in. He described it as an intense burning pain, as if you bent to touch your toes until the muscles on the back of your knees began to burn, and then at the point where it became too uncomfortable to hold the position, you were NOT allowed to stand back up again. So he felt like he was stuck in a perpetual muscle stretching position. We were allowed to take him home once he could stand on his own, but we were told to come back tomorrow morning to have his blood catching bottle removed. There is a drain tube hooked into his shoulder to catch the excess blood around the wound.


We returned home with Davin and set him up on the sofa. He felt hot so I put a fan blowing on him. Dad put some pasta on the stove so that we could get some food into Davin as soon as possible. He hadn’t eaten since midnight yesterday, and needed to eat before he could take his pain medication. I brought my laptop upstairs to work on the blog and keep Davin company. Baerbel made a comment about how nice it is we were finally be sociable. It only took Davin having surgery and being trapped upstairs laid out on the sofa!! I also called my mom and let her know that they surgery went fine and that Davin was recovering. While working on the blog, Davin suggested that I create a RIP entry for him for today. I vetoed the idea, out of concern someone might take it seriously!!



When the noodles were ready, we all ate spaghetti and my leftover pizza for dinner. Then we kids moved downstairs. Davin continued to complain about the pain. He even complained to my mother via text, which caused her to text me and say that Davin should be brought back to the hospital in the middle of the night! He wasn’t in that much agony though, and thought mom was overreacting as usual.

Davin discovered he was able to play Borderlands and Mass Effect with one good arm. That distracted him from the pain and kept him busy. I work on my blog and then deleted as many extra Facebook friends as I could, just for fun. Around 11pm, I made Davin a frozen pizza because he needed more food. Then I went to bed a little after midnight.