Vicky Durandʻa Adventure Blog #103

Welcome to Vicky Durandʻs Adventure Blog #103

June 15, 2025

Well, this has been a very unusual past few weeks-days I do not want to repeat.

The long Memorial Day weekend was wonderful! We got two new varieties of Hawaiian coconuts planted along with 8 new trees. More hau clearing took place up on the hill. Slapei made me a new banana garden. And, we got lots of odds and ends accomplished to make a successful weekend.

We decided to take an early plane back to Honolulu on Tuesday morning. I was going to have my six week check on my knee replacement and be back home on Maui six hours later.

The best laid plans somehow occasionally go wrong ………And, it took 16 days to get back home.

Right after landing I went into the womenʻs room and before I knew it I got side swiped by a teetering woman next to me. I didn’t even see her coming at me and I just fell smack to the hard floor on my left side and broke my left hip. Luckily there was a caring nurse in the bathroom who along with her friend scooped me up. I should have called the ambulance right there, but I muscled it down to Jitʻs truck and got myself in. We went right to where I was headed anyway, but to the ER at Straub. ER said it would be two hours before I saw a doctor. I knew I had an appointment so I unchecked myself and headed up stairs in a wheel chair. It is a long painful saga, but after a two day wait I finally got my surgery on Thursday morning to pin my hip. I stayed in the hospital until Sunday JUNE 1st when I took a transport to Rebab of The Pacific .

I STAYED there rehabbing for twelve days before getting back home this last Thursday June 12th.. My daughter Rennie was coming for vacation, but came a few days early to take me back to Hana.

ROTP had three hours of pt everyday and was a great place for beginning recovery, . The aids, nurses and doctors were the absolute BEST. But the food and coffee was just the worst The dinner trays would arrive as early as 4:15 which is a horror for someone who dines at 8. Some old friends came by to help me and bring food and that was great. Being as I did not plan a stay I had no clothes. A HUGE help was Karen who was on her way to the Goodwill and had some cast off clothes. Both she and Josephina went out and bought more clothes and pjs. and now I am home to continue the work. Getting home was a tad challenging.

I am really so lucky I didnʻt hit my head, break my left arm and or damage my knee replacement. IT WAS also fortunate to get a lady to stay here ad feed the cats. It was all on the same side so that has slowed my knee bending down a tad.

I am looking forward to getting strong again and baking to my regular life. Yesterday a few Hana friends came by and today My dear friend Cheryl came with her beautiful flowers.