question is : translate all of the bold faced medical terms intosimple language as if you are explaining it to a patient or tosomeone who may not understand medical terminology and incorporatethese simple translations into your story.
Laura had just recently recovered from an automobile accident inwhich she incurred numerous injuries including greenstickfractures of her left femur, a slipped femoralcapital epiphysis, subluxation of the pubic symphysis,chondromalacia patellae, and compound fractures of thetibia, fibula and calcaneus.
Fortunately for her, there was no tendinopathy orligamentous sprain of the upperappendicular skeleton and she had excellentstrength in shoulder adduction bilaterally. Thishelped her ambulate with her crutches.
Jim was anxious to meet Laura at the gym. They had shared manyhours of rehabilitation and encouragement betweenthem. Jim had been diagnosed with ankylosingspondylitis and he was determined not to havekyphoscoliosis like his father. Jim was also anaspiring body builder who longed for hypertrophic skeletaluscles. Of course, this level of desire compounded withhis exercise regimen and previous medical history producedosteoarthritic changes in the vertebralcolumn with the development of exostosesthat increased his kyphosis.
He was afraid of scoliosis occurring. There was noapparent exaggerated lordosis overall but therewere signs of intervertebral disk herniationsforming. While driving to the gym, Laura witnessed an automobileaccident between an ambulance and a delivery truck. During theaccident Laura experienced tachycardia. She couldfeel her own symptoms exacerbating and hoped thatthere was no possibility of a thrombus dislodgingfrom her injuries caused by a deep vein thrombosiswith the already critical situation. Laura hadrecently learned that she was anemic andhypovolemic and had been taking medications tohelp offset this condition.
Right now she was the “best†person to take charge and she had todetermine what to do.
The driver of the ambulance was wearing a Medical Alert braceletthat read “anti-coagulantsâ€. He wasexsanguinating and yelled out to Laura that thebox in the back of the rig contained a cardiacdonor organ that was urgently needed across town at MercyHospital.
Laura, called Jim who had been expecting her and asked him if hecould help her. Jim and Laura escorted the donor organ to MercyHospital. Actually it was a great idea to call Jim, since Laura wasnot ambulating well yet and Jim had great speed.When Jim met Laura, she was tachypneic and reallyneeded assistance herself.
Her gait was virtually ataxic at this point dueto weakness. Another ambulance came to rescue the injuredparties.
Jim gave the donor organ to the cardiologist fortyping and cross matching the tissue to offset the possibility ofhemolysis and subsequent organrejection and/or organ failure.
It was going to be given to a young father who following cardiaccatheterization was diagnosed with 90% blockage in the right maincoronary artery. His subsequent cerebrovascularangiogram was not just a screening tool.
He was experiencing amaurosis fugax and it wasthought he may be showering emboli from hiscardiac valves, possibly the mitral valve.Although neither Laura nor Jim actually ever made it to the gym towork out, they both felt that the day they themselves had alreadyhad an intense workout.
