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Fractured… and in hospital

Fractured… and in hospital

Making art out of a broken leg and a lengthy recovery

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Athena Cooper
Mar 28, 2024
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“I really think you have a fracture.”

I stare incredulously at Stefan. He has just helped me from the toilet painfully back into the wheelchair and is now standing in the empty bathtub across from me. We don’t have a proper wheelchair accessible bathroom in our rental apartment, so there’s very little room for him to maneuver around me and chair in our l…

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