by Jim McIntosh | Jul 12, 2011 | Status |
I have received what we Franciscans call my obedience. It is a letter with my new assignment, and it assigns me to St. Anthony Shrine on Arch Street in Boston. I have been living at our retirement house in Boston while recovering from my knee surgery. The retirement...
by Jim McIntosh | May 27, 2011 | Observations, Status |
The full-leg fiberglass cast is off! For four weeks now, ever since the surgery, I have been wearing a long-leg cast. It was difficult walking since one leg was longer than the other and the knee and ankle were fixed in position. Now I have a leg brace similar to the...
by Jim McIntosh | Apr 29, 2011 | Status |
They say that if you want to hear God laugh, tell Her your plans. Well, my plans have changed. I am not being sent to St. Petersburg, but rather to Boston, Mass. Our retirement house there has a higher level of care. (This full-leg fiberglass cast that I have to wear...
by Jim McIntosh | Apr 27, 2011 | Status |
Monday morning, I went over to Georgetown University Hospital for the operation on my knee. The operation took about an hour and a half and was a success. (Although one of the residents later told me that I was a “fighter” and the anesthesiologists kept...
by Jim McIntosh | Apr 21, 2011 | Status |
I met with the orthopedic surgeon this afternoon. He told me that the patellar tendon in my knee had been torn. I’ve been learning a lot of physiology. The knee has muscles, bone and cartilage. There are also ligaments, which connect bones to bones, and tendons,...
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