Dad’s still in the hospital, and probably won’t get out for a while. He was complaining of pain in his hip so on Friday night he underwent another X-ray and CAT scan. We got the results on Saturday morning, and it seems worse than expected. It seems that Dad has had an undiagnosed mild form of spina bifida since birth, a condition that has caused his joints to be slightly abnormal. During the crash, Dad impacted his hip and now has a small fracture there. As his joints aren’t normal, recovery from this injury is probably going to take much longer than his elbow, which is projected to take over a year. Now it seems Dad is set to go into a rehabilitative care institution so they can help him get back the use of his elbow and his hip.
Oh dear.
