A 911 Call for Gloria

Yesterday was a bit of a downer. We were at the passenger terminal at the Kanaohe Bay Marine Corp (KBMC) Base checking on a Space-A flight home to TX. Gloria tripped and fell on the asphalt outside the terminal and dislocated her right shoulder. She was in intense pain...much worse than childbirth, said she. The shoulder was bulging in all the wrong places. The terminal staff called an ambulance, and they took her to Castle Medical Center in the City of Kaneohe. The orthopedist, after checking the x-rays, put the shoulder back in the socket and applied a sling-like splint, which will need to be worn for a few weeks. It can be removed for bathing but must be worn at night so that Gloria cannot dislocate the shoulder again, as the ligaments are stretched. There is some good news: There was no fracture, as we had feared. Also, Gloria is left handed.

After a couple of hours, she was released. We then had to drive to Tripler Army Medical Center, the huge pink edifice that sits high on a hill overlooking Honolulu, to fill a perscription. We were familiar with Tripler, as Gloria had been there with a severe case of hives after we had visited the Big Island a couple of weeks ago.

We then checked into our lovely new quarters at the Navy Lodge on Ford Island at Pearl Harbor. We have a picturesque view of the city of Honolulu. Goria spent the afternoon dozing off and on but experienced little pain except when she made sudden moves. She had an upset stomach and could not keep any food down. It was a Gatoraid night.