Tagged: broken arm

Sign reading YES made with yen, euro and dollar signs - TST, Hong Kong.

Fit to Fly?

It’s an indulgent buckshee week in Hong Kong. Zac and dad head to the movies, to the arcades, barely surfacing from the air-conditioned tunnels and...

No Stress

Zac emerges from his anaesthetic quite comically belligerent, a state that isn’t helped by Helen, the anaesthetist, and Doctor Wong, who are standing beside him...

Zac being prepared for surgery in Hong Kong.

Good to Go!

There’s a bustle in the room when I snap awake, an orderly cluster of pastel-dressed nurses, neat in pink, apricot, mauve and chocolate, emitting the...

Detail of MRI scan output.

The Longest Night

After Zac’s epic and terrifying reaction to Stemetil, I am now quietly confident that everything that could go wrong already has. After a refreshing cigarette...

Zac in MRI Scanner

What Else Could Possibly Go Wrong?

The Union hospital stands tower-high among the green hills of the Sha Tin district in Hong Kong’s New Territories. Jungle winds between luxury condos, car...

X-Ray of Zac's broken arm, showing displaced fracture of humerus.

Pizza, X-Rays and the Waiting Game

The ambulance driver indicates I should buckle my seatbelt, which seems a little conservative of him until he hits the road. More than half the...

Zac on the helicopter over Mongolia.

Helicopter Evac – Way to Go!

Morning dawns and both Zac and I are quite childishly excited about the prospect of a helicopter evac. You see, neither of us have actually...