So this was an interesting few days. We got a call from Lloyd Tuesday morning that he was in the hospital with a broken arm. He was running and fell the night before and he broke his arm in two places. He went to a hospital and they took X-Rays and then sent him to a hospital by the mission home that has US trained doctors. They decided that they needed to do surgery to insert a plate and screws.
So Tuesday afternoon Elder Berg went under the knife. The surgery was successful and they were able to insert the plate and screws and get everything patched up. He will have a sling for 4-6 weeks and have some physical therapy to do, but he'll be good. He is being discharged from the hospital today (Thursday) and will go back to his area with his companion. So he's in good shape. But he will definitely have a story to tell.
The plate will stay in for 18 months and he can choose whether or not to leave it in or to have another surgery to remove it.
We talked to him after the surgery and he was in good spirits and feeling good. The mission has a nurse couple that is there to make sure the missionaries are well taken care of and get good care and I talked to him a couple of times. Everything went well and he's on his way to recovering.
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