Lee and Karen Duquette's injuries
in Providence, RI 02903
Saturday, July 13, 2024
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Leaving Roger Williams National Memorial and walking back to their car,
Lee Duquette tripped just as he stepped up onto a sidewalk. He was holding
Karen Duquette's hand, so she fell down too. Ilse Blahak was behind
Lee, so she did not realize that her sister Karen had also fallen. Once
Lee got to his feet, which took awhile, Ilse noticed that Lee's face
was swollen and black and blue. Plus he was bleeding and his forehead
was in very bad condition and his eye was a bit swollen. Naturally,
Ilse was really worried about him.
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Below: In the meantime, Karen
Duquette was laying flat on her back, and two strangers came by and
each person grabbed one of her arms and pulled her up, even though Karen
protested. By then Lee was on his feet and noticed that Karen had lost
one of her shoes, and brought it to her. That is when Karen also became
concerned about Lee so she did not say anything about her injuries.
Back in the hotel room Karen showed Lee and Ilse that her elbow was
slightly swollen, bruised and bleeding. |
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Below: Karen Duquette's other
arm was also really swollen and the inside of that arm was also bruised.
BOTH of Karen's thighs were also very black and blue as was her butt.
So nobody is sure how she actually landed on the sidewalk, since so
many body parts on both sides of her were bruised. |
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The next day,
Karen admitted to Lee and Ilse that her right arm might be broken because
it really hurt and she has been unable to use it. So Lee immediately
took her to the emergency room at Kent Hospital in Warwick, Rhode Island.
Lee still refused to let a doctor look at him, even though his face
was not completely healed. After several hours, it was determined that
Karen's right arm was fractured in two places, the wrist and the elbow.
The doctor wrapped up her arm, gave her a sling, and told her to get
to her own doctor within a few days, which of course was impossible,
because they were in Rhode Island.
Then Karen had no choice except to tell Ilse she had
to change her air flight and go back to California so she could get
back home to her own doctors. That took time to arrange, so the three
of them still did their tourist things in the area for the next two
days. Ilse got a flight home on June 16th.
NOTE: Karen has actually broken her LEFT arm twice in
her life. Once when she was about 12 years old, and again many years
later in 1998 while roller skating. But this time it was her right arm
and although they labeled it fractured, it took longer for it to heal
because it was badly fractured in two places. Three times is enough
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February 18,
2025 - Karen Duquette had surgery on her right shoulder (which was also
from the fall she took in Rhode Island July 13, 2024 as shown above.
The doctors in Rhode Island did not diagnose her shoulder injury. the
first photo below is the flowers and balloon from Karen's daughter,
Renee. |
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Below: Her entire arm was
put in a sling so she would not be able to move the shoulder area that
the surgery was performed on. The sling will stay on for at least a
month. But the entire shoulder surgery will take about 6 months to heal,
with 2 weekly visits to PhysicalTherapy. Karen is right handed, so this
is a BIG problem. |
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