Hanga Roa Hospital II

We arrived just in time, 08:02hrs, and met up with the Anaesthetist and the options were explained, then the Orthopaedic Consultant arrived and explained the haematoma was actually underneath the tendon and nerves and to release the pressure we were looking at Carpel Tunnel, so the agenda changed a little and the procedure is now going to be undertaken GA.

Once we chatted about it all was well, Lainey knows I’ve had both my wrists done and had no problems at all so she has signed everything, a little apprehensively as she doesn’t like GA or needles, and she’s now in theatre, went in about 08:55hrs, and they expect to be finished in a couple of hours! Happily the hospital coffee is quite palatable!!

All is good, the operation went very well and surgeon was pleased with outcome. Went to see Lainey and, a little tearful, but good, some slight sensation and still painful but the swelling has gone so that’s excellent.

I’m now back at the hotel looking to see if we can get earlier flight back to the UK, as I think this will be too much to carry on the remainder of the holiday…we’ll at least see if it’s possible anyway!

I returned to collect Lainey from the hospital at 14:30hrs, so a quiet evening I think, then a final checkup, which will probably be tomorrow afternoon as, having spoken to Sharon our Travel Agent, we fly out to Santiago on Friday morningRead more