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PrincessInOz
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Oh no!
I hope Fran is okay!!! And give her a hug from me.
Good luck with the Doctor. I have everything crossed for you.
Flossbolna
Sea days are just so relaxing!
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Oh no! Poor Fran, I hope she is ok and will soon feel better! I you don't have to wait for ages until the doctor can see you!
dvc at last !
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Loving what I have read so far (not all) will finish reading later today.
Your title got me !
Your title got me !
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Alison....
Oh my goodness, prayers for Fran.
Please let us know soon as you can.
Hugs my friend.
dvc at last !
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Sending good thoughts and Pixie Dust to Fran !
rentayenta
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Sending lots of healing vibes. 
franandaj
I'm so happy, I could BOUNCE!
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Hey folks! Thanks for all the support and well wishes. I'll be back to comment individually later, but I'll give you the gist of where things stand. Shortly after I made my post about what happened last night, I went up to the hospital. It was over an hour after the Ambulance guys loaded Fran into the van, but the check in desk still didn't have her bed # in the system. I texted this to her and she let me know the number so I went back up to the check in desk and this time they found her and sent me to security to escort me back there. What did we do before technology? I remember waiting for hours before being let in to an ER exam room!
By this time it was 12:22 because the first thing she did was make me give her a pain pill (I keep a small "pharmacy" in my purse for all her ailments), and she told me to start a log, in case the hospital asked about it. A Practical Nurse came by to examine her and said that they would do some X-rays, etc. Then a Registered Nurse came by to say he would be taking care of her "needs". Unfortunately the first thing he did was catch his stethoscope on the foot of her injured ankle and she let out a HUGE scream that cause the entire ER to stop what they were doing and look at her. Turns out it was the scream "heard round the ER".
The X-ray technicians were efficient and they had a portable X-ray machine that they brought to her little "bed" and took 3 X-rays of her foot. I looked over their shoulders as they took them and saw the images as they were captured, and I didn't see anything, but I'm not a doctor. Boy things have come a long way, I remember when they had to "wheel you off to X-ray", now they come to you. Around 1:50ish the PN came back telling us that there was a hairline fracture in the ankle and that they would be splinting her and having her Primary Doctor refer her to a Orthopedic Surgeon, and they were going to do some more X-rays a little higher, just to rule out any other fractures. By the time they were done explaining everything, DVC Member Services were open for another 20 minutes and I called to see if I could still cancel and get the points back.
They told me yesterday was the day. So now if I cancel, the points go into holding. Basically for those who aren't DVC Wizards, that means this. I can only use these points to book a vacation that takes place four months or less from the day I book, AND the points expire at the end of the current Use Year, August 31, 2015. So now I know where I stand with DVC. To cover my bases, I shot off an email to David's Vacation Rentals asking if they deal with "holding points". There is no way I can (or would) book a vacation at WDW in August, July or late June, and it looks as though the healing process may take a while. I would think about using them in California, but the VGC books up solid at 7 months, so there's not much luck of that either. I haven't DONE anything, just gathering information. Anyone who might like a two bedroom Villa at the VWL from April 13 -20, there might be one going for relatively cheap! Or points to use at other resorts before August 31!
Then there is the cruise. I have to check with DCL tomorrow what the cancellation policy is and what cruise insurance covers. So by this point, I realize that I'm famished. That little bowl of gluten free, naturally sweetened cereal (remember the lovely doctor imposed diet from the last thread), that I had for breakfast is long gone. I head over to the cafeteria to find some tomato basil soup. Of course it has gluten, wheat, etc, but I DON'T CARE. It's soup! It's not a burger, a cheesesteak, a grilled ham and cheese, all those things I used to love to eat and were taken away from me. I make a small salad from the salad bar, and my lunch is $3.07. That's one thing I liked about this hospital when Fran was having all her joints replaced there. You could get a really cheap meal at the cafeteria. And it was always pretty decent. Even those things I can't eat were pretty good as I remember.
I get back just in time for the Practical Nurse to deliver the next blow. They found a something with her Fibula. Now they're going to be splinting her entire leg. I've been at the hospital for three hours, in this medical dilemma since midnight last night and everyone is starting to sound like Charlie Brown's teacher. Plus I notice the battery on my phone is getting low and so is the one on my tablet (which is basically a solitaire and kakuro player.) This is when I come to terms that unless some miracle comes through, we are rescheduling this whole trip, say to Food & Wine time.
The rest was awful. When she was discharged, we have no friends who live in Long Beach, save Naked Jim. And he was in San Diego. Everyone else lives far away, at least half an hour for the closest person. We drive an Expedition. Did I say that Fran can't put any weight on her broken leg? So she can't get in our car, we try for like 20 minutes to half an hour. So we call a cab. There are no "traditional" cabs in Long Beach. They send a Ford Escape. She can't get in that either. By this time it's after 6PM. Eventually we get a Prius and she lays in there like a dead animal with her back paws sticking up and out the open windows. Later it will be funny. But I think we are going to have to buy a car that she can get into to get through this, especially if the doctor prescribes physical therapy. We can't be paying $35 a pop for months to get her places in town, and how does she get to band? We have a concert in a week!
Once we finally get home, I get her scooter and we get her into the house. After I herd the outside cats, by this time it's after 8PM. Through the use of scooters we get her to potty and to bed. Somewhere in there I order food off Grub Hub and it gets here at 10PM. I'm not eating until 10:30 and here I am finishing this up after I ate my food. What did I get? Chicken Parmesan, nicely breaded and deep fried with gooey cheese and spaghetti! I actually only ate one bite of the spaghetti, and didn't touch the garlic bread. I was almost good, but after the day I had, I needed comfort food and I don't have a place that delivers good Mac and Cheese! I wasn't going to make it!
What I did realize during the process of trying to get her into our bedroom (we actually had to go through the dining room to the Pool patio and in through the bedroom French doors as opposed to going down the regular hallways to the bedroom, see my house thread if you're confused), is that there is no way we can go on a trip with her not being able to bear weight on the foot. Now if she gets a great Ortho who gives her a boot and she can bear weight then GREAT, we might be in business, but not with the way things are now. Plus if her bones are healing, she can't go back on the RA drugs and no one wants to do a trip with Fran not on RA drugs. She even agrees on that!
So here it is 11:30PM, I've finished my dinner (or as much as I'm going to eat), now I have to feed the cats, and who knows what adventures lie in wait tonight helping Fran get out of bed when she needs it. I guess I'm a little like Mark and Julie, I now have my own Drew that wakes up in the middle of night and needs consoling!
I will keep you all posted on the plans, but it looks like we will be rescheduling this adventure for a later date (when it is temperate at WDW and not so dang hot!)
Thanks for listening!
By this time it was 12:22 because the first thing she did was make me give her a pain pill (I keep a small "pharmacy" in my purse for all her ailments), and she told me to start a log, in case the hospital asked about it. A Practical Nurse came by to examine her and said that they would do some X-rays, etc. Then a Registered Nurse came by to say he would be taking care of her "needs". Unfortunately the first thing he did was catch his stethoscope on the foot of her injured ankle and she let out a HUGE scream that cause the entire ER to stop what they were doing and look at her. Turns out it was the scream "heard round the ER".
The X-ray technicians were efficient and they had a portable X-ray machine that they brought to her little "bed" and took 3 X-rays of her foot. I looked over their shoulders as they took them and saw the images as they were captured, and I didn't see anything, but I'm not a doctor. Boy things have come a long way, I remember when they had to "wheel you off to X-ray", now they come to you. Around 1:50ish the PN came back telling us that there was a hairline fracture in the ankle and that they would be splinting her and having her Primary Doctor refer her to a Orthopedic Surgeon, and they were going to do some more X-rays a little higher, just to rule out any other fractures. By the time they were done explaining everything, DVC Member Services were open for another 20 minutes and I called to see if I could still cancel and get the points back.
They told me yesterday was the day. So now if I cancel, the points go into holding. Basically for those who aren't DVC Wizards, that means this. I can only use these points to book a vacation that takes place four months or less from the day I book, AND the points expire at the end of the current Use Year, August 31, 2015. So now I know where I stand with DVC. To cover my bases, I shot off an email to David's Vacation Rentals asking if they deal with "holding points". There is no way I can (or would) book a vacation at WDW in August, July or late June, and it looks as though the healing process may take a while. I would think about using them in California, but the VGC books up solid at 7 months, so there's not much luck of that either. I haven't DONE anything, just gathering information. Anyone who might like a two bedroom Villa at the VWL from April 13 -20, there might be one going for relatively cheap! Or points to use at other resorts before August 31!
Then there is the cruise. I have to check with DCL tomorrow what the cancellation policy is and what cruise insurance covers. So by this point, I realize that I'm famished. That little bowl of gluten free, naturally sweetened cereal (remember the lovely doctor imposed diet from the last thread), that I had for breakfast is long gone. I head over to the cafeteria to find some tomato basil soup. Of course it has gluten, wheat, etc, but I DON'T CARE. It's soup! It's not a burger, a cheesesteak, a grilled ham and cheese, all those things I used to love to eat and were taken away from me. I make a small salad from the salad bar, and my lunch is $3.07. That's one thing I liked about this hospital when Fran was having all her joints replaced there. You could get a really cheap meal at the cafeteria. And it was always pretty decent. Even those things I can't eat were pretty good as I remember.
I get back just in time for the Practical Nurse to deliver the next blow. They found a something with her Fibula. Now they're going to be splinting her entire leg. I've been at the hospital for three hours, in this medical dilemma since midnight last night and everyone is starting to sound like Charlie Brown's teacher. Plus I notice the battery on my phone is getting low and so is the one on my tablet (which is basically a solitaire and kakuro player.) This is when I come to terms that unless some miracle comes through, we are rescheduling this whole trip, say to Food & Wine time.
The rest was awful. When she was discharged, we have no friends who live in Long Beach, save Naked Jim. And he was in San Diego. Everyone else lives far away, at least half an hour for the closest person. We drive an Expedition. Did I say that Fran can't put any weight on her broken leg? So she can't get in our car, we try for like 20 minutes to half an hour. So we call a cab. There are no "traditional" cabs in Long Beach. They send a Ford Escape. She can't get in that either. By this time it's after 6PM. Eventually we get a Prius and she lays in there like a dead animal with her back paws sticking up and out the open windows. Later it will be funny. But I think we are going to have to buy a car that she can get into to get through this, especially if the doctor prescribes physical therapy. We can't be paying $35 a pop for months to get her places in town, and how does she get to band? We have a concert in a week!
Once we finally get home, I get her scooter and we get her into the house. After I herd the outside cats, by this time it's after 8PM. Through the use of scooters we get her to potty and to bed. Somewhere in there I order food off Grub Hub and it gets here at 10PM. I'm not eating until 10:30 and here I am finishing this up after I ate my food. What did I get? Chicken Parmesan, nicely breaded and deep fried with gooey cheese and spaghetti! I actually only ate one bite of the spaghetti, and didn't touch the garlic bread. I was almost good, but after the day I had, I needed comfort food and I don't have a place that delivers good Mac and Cheese! I wasn't going to make it!
What I did realize during the process of trying to get her into our bedroom (we actually had to go through the dining room to the Pool patio and in through the bedroom French doors as opposed to going down the regular hallways to the bedroom, see my house thread if you're confused), is that there is no way we can go on a trip with her not being able to bear weight on the foot. Now if she gets a great Ortho who gives her a boot and she can bear weight then GREAT, we might be in business, but not with the way things are now. Plus if her bones are healing, she can't go back on the RA drugs and no one wants to do a trip with Fran not on RA drugs. She even agrees on that!
So here it is 11:30PM, I've finished my dinner (or as much as I'm going to eat), now I have to feed the cats, and who knows what adventures lie in wait tonight helping Fran get out of bed when she needs it. I guess I'm a little like Mark and Julie, I now have my own Drew that wakes up in the middle of night and needs consoling!
I will keep you all posted on the plans, but it looks like we will be rescheduling this adventure for a later date (when it is temperate at WDW and not so dang hot!)
Thanks for listening!
Flossbolna
Sea days are just so relaxing!
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Alison, what a nightmare of a day!!! I guess the good news is that it is not a fracture that requires surgery. But with all the bad news you got that is really a very small thing to be happy about.
I am amazed that after that hellish day you still were able to sit down and write a long post for us here on the DIS. I hope it was at least a little therapeutic!
What a horrible timing as well - points in holding really is no fun at all! I hope you can come out with a solution that lets you at least recover some of the cost of these points. It might be worth it to look into offering the reservation on the Rent/Trade forum here on the DIS. I know that usually renting out reservations is not allowed, but there is an exception for reservations that are closer than 30 days (I guess in order to help out people like you who would have to face holding points if they need to cancel).
Can you use holding points at the Disney Collection? Most likely not, I guess. But otherwise you could always look into blowing points by staying at the hotels at Disneyland. But then if Fran is not allowed to put weight on the foot that would not be a lot of fun either...
I hope both of you are getting some sleep tonight! And I think you did extremely well with sticking somewhat to your eating plan despite all the stress!!
I am amazed that after that hellish day you still were able to sit down and write a long post for us here on the DIS. I hope it was at least a little therapeutic!
What a horrible timing as well - points in holding really is no fun at all! I hope you can come out with a solution that lets you at least recover some of the cost of these points. It might be worth it to look into offering the reservation on the Rent/Trade forum here on the DIS. I know that usually renting out reservations is not allowed, but there is an exception for reservations that are closer than 30 days (I guess in order to help out people like you who would have to face holding points if they need to cancel).
Can you use holding points at the Disney Collection? Most likely not, I guess. But otherwise you could always look into blowing points by staying at the hotels at Disneyland. But then if Fran is not allowed to put weight on the foot that would not be a lot of fun either...
I hope both of you are getting some sleep tonight! And I think you did extremely well with sticking somewhat to your eating plan despite all the stress!!
kaoden39
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My thoughts and prayers are with Fran and you.
*Yikes! Poor Fran! Poor you! I hope her pain is better today and that you managed to get some rest.
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rentayenta
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Oh my gosh Alison, I hope youre both doing ok. Wish we were closer to help you.
Have you thought about putting your DVC reservation on Facebook? I think you are part of a few different groups; might have some luck that way. I'm sorry you have to deal with that headache along with Fran's injuries. Can points in holding go towards rooms at the DLH or PPH? Just a thought. I know the GCV are impossible to get at 4 months but the hotels aren't. It's not the best bang for your buck but it's better than losing the points.
You're in surprisingly high spirits considering that craptastic day you had my friend. Between you and me I'd have been drowning myself in a large pizza and beer. All things considered you did amazingly wel with your food choices.
Have you thought about putting your DVC reservation on Facebook? I think you are part of a few different groups; might have some luck that way. I'm sorry you have to deal with that headache along with Fran's injuries. Can points in holding go towards rooms at the DLH or PPH? Just a thought. I know the GCV are impossible to get at 4 months but the hotels aren't. It's not the best bang for your buck but it's better than losing the points.
You're in surprisingly high spirits considering that craptastic day you had my friend. Between you and me I'd have been drowning myself in a large pizza and beer. All things considered you did amazingly wel with your food choices.
dvc at last !
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Sorry to read about all that has happened. Hope all is well after the Orthopedic visit.
Wish I could use your April vaca points, but it is the week after my Spring Break.
(Still paying for my week from my Presidents Week in WDW!)
Keep us posted after the Doctor appointment.
Good thoughts and prayers sent to the both of you.
Wish I could use your April vaca points, but it is the week after my Spring Break.
(Still paying for my week from my Presidents Week in WDW!)
Keep us posted after the Doctor appointment.
Good thoughts and prayers sent to the both of you.
PrincessInOz
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Alison!!!
Firstly, hugs. And lots of it!!
Secondly. OMG. I was getting more and more horrified as I read about the whole hospital experience. I am so sorry that Fran has fractured her ankle. That is just awful! Please tell her I wish her well and am thinking about the both of you.
Such a pity that you've had to cancel your F&W trip and reschedule for a later date. But given the circumstances, it is the right thing to do. I sure hope you manage to get something back for those points.
Above all else, make sure you take care of yourself as well as Fran. If it means eating the occasional comfort food, don't feel guilty about it.
I really wish I were closer as well to help you out.
Take care!
Firstly, hugs. And lots of it!!
Secondly. OMG. I was getting more and more horrified as I read about the whole hospital experience. I am so sorry that Fran has fractured her ankle. That is just awful! Please tell her I wish her well and am thinking about the both of you.
Such a pity that you've had to cancel your F&W trip and reschedule for a later date. But given the circumstances, it is the right thing to do. I sure hope you manage to get something back for those points.
Above all else, make sure you take care of yourself as well as Fran. If it means eating the occasional comfort food, don't feel guilty about it.
I really wish I were closer as well to help you out.
Take care!
franandaj
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Well, so now we know it's a fracture and not a strain. She can't bear any weight on it, but we're waiting now to go see an Ortho and see what they say about healing time and such.
I hope Fran's ok
Well OK is a relative term....
Well, it could have been worse, she could require surgery, let's hope that's not the case.
Thanks!
Well if I complained about her for the diet plan and her scare tactics, these are the situations where she really earns her salary. She has been totally on top of our situation since we called her yesterday morning. The Orthopedic Doctor, well that remains to be seen.
The way it's looking, we may be postponing this trip for a while. We'll know after we see the Ortho.
franandaj
I'm so happy, I could BOUNCE!
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I'll keep you folks updated. It's my only little place of sanity right now.
Thank you
Sending lots of healing vibes.
We could use them
Thanks, she's miserable, but comfortably miserable.
That's the reason I did it. I finally got Fran into bed and could sit down with my delivery dinner and have a glass of wine and just take it all in. Writing about it helped me to get it out of my system and process it mentally. It also helped me to come to terms that postponing the trip is probably going to be the most sane thing to do. We have our Wonder B2B in May and hopefully by then, she will be able to bear weight on the foot and might really appreciate getting away.
You can use the holding points at the Disney collection, the last time I had holding points that's what ended up happening with them. But we already have a stay in May booked and another one in July for the 60th. Besides it's 350 points and that's a lot of days out at Disney! David's has already gotten back to me and they feel that they can probably help me rent the points to a last minute traveler. If they can, that will be a nice chunk of change in my pockets!
I woke up at 9AM and was absolutely comatose. After a little squabbling, we went back to sleep for another two hours and that made all the difference in the world.
Thanks! Her pain isn't much better but at least she is in her own bed with the kitties and we are somewhat managing the situation.
Oh my gosh Alison, I hope youre both doing ok. Wish we were closer to help you.
Have you thought about putting your DVC reservation on Facebook? I think you are part of a few different groups; might have some luck that way. I'm sorry you have to deal with that headache along with Fran's injuries. Can points in holding go towards rooms at the DLH or PPH? Just a thought. I know the GCV are impossible to get at 4 months but the hotels aren't. It's not the best bang for your buck but it's better than losing the points.
Next year you can help us!
As I said above, we already have a couple stays out there. The points expire at the end of August. I hope that David's can help us out.Hey, when life gives you lemons....If I didn't have that attitude, I never would have made it this far.
Thanks! I will keep everyone here informed. it's weird, people here seem to be more interested in me than many of my 3D friends, and many here ARE 3D friends!
Alison!!!
Firstly, hugs. And lots of it!!
Secondly. OMG. I was getting more and more horrified as I read about the whole hospital experience. I am so sorry that Fran has fractured her ankle. That is just awful! Please tell her I wish her well and am thinking about the both of you.
Such a pity that you've had to cancel your F&W trip and reschedule for a later date. But given the circumstances, it is the right thing to do. I sure hope you manage to get something back for those points.
Thank you. After all those other canceled trips at least I know what to do and how it works. I will send her your best.
The biggest thing for me is remembering to eat. When things get like this I usually forget to eat anything and then I have a worse problem.
dvc at last !
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