[TheForge] Fall <grin> winter project.

[Jerry Frost]

Two tuesdays ago I was loading an excavator on a tilt 
top trailer at work and somehow fell off it, pile 
driving my left arm into the ground. I shattered my 
humurus into nine useable pieces and got to spend 8 
days in the hospital, returning home last wed.

There were two surgeries, the first, the day of my 
injury to stabalize things, stop bleeding and repair or 
mitigate damage. I was equipped with a metal tinkertoy 
looking thing called an external fixator and 4-5, 6"+ 
long bone screws to act as a splint. Being an open 
fracture there was a serious risk of infection, 
compounded by my diabetes so they had to leave it 
accessible to drain, monitor and treat.

The second surgery was a week later after the 
antibiotic round, swelling and bruising had gone down 
and the reconstructive surgeon git back to town. <grin> 
This surgery lasted around 6 1/2 hrs. and according to 
the doc went well. His biggest priority was to make the 
two piece joint as good as possible. He says it went 
together easily leaving a smooth contact surface and is 
well aligned. The rest of the bone went together well, 
though he had to move a nerve to avoid damage.

It'll be a few weeks before I'll be worth much as 
anything except to keep an easy chair from blowing 
away. Even typing is a PITA, I'm used to writing around 
50wpm and am now in one hand hunt and peck. I'll be 
mostly lurking because typing is such a pain so please 
don't think I'm snubbing anybody, I'm only up to a 
little if this at a time.

Be careful out there will ya?

Frosty
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it ain't real.
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Meadow Lakes, AK.

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