| Top row: | Pain & limited range. Bruise forms 2 days later. Distal tendon
con- nects bicep to forearm just below elbow. Provides lifting power. |
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| Row 2: | Surgical procedure to reattach tendon below elbow (very graphic!) | |
| Row 3: | Post operative splint has range-limiting feature |
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| Row 4: | X-ray shows metal anchor in forearm to hold reattached tendon. | |
| Bottom: | Observe my recovery! Photos by my daughter, Janet. She is 7˝. |
| My bruise looked like this, but was below the elbow joint. | Ouch!! My tendon broke clean away from forearm bone | |||||||
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Surgical procedure to reattach tendon. My 'S' shape incision was only 2". Just over half of this patient.
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Post op splint limits range. Each week, a "cast technician" dials a larger degree of freedom. But in my case, it was not set properly. I had almost full freedom of extension from the start! |
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Xray of titanium anchor just below elbow. Center: overhead view - looking down Final results at right (bicep belongs to Charles Atlas) |
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Now, it's Jančt's turn to tell you about Daddy. She
took these photos --even the middle one. |
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LEFT: Last Friday, Daddy came home from the hospital like this... |
MIDDLE: 10 days later, Dad gets this mechanical thingy. It has dials, knobs, buttons & gauges. I love it! |
RIGHT: Kitty, is not certain this is really Dad. I told her to use her nose - not her eyes. "It smells like Daddy!" |
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