[TheForge] Fall <grin> winter project.

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Jer,

Doesn't sound too humurus to me. ha.

Anyway I'm glad it wasn't any worse than it was and hope that you will 
heal
fast and straight. Maybe I'll catch you on gizmo one of these days.

all the best.

Bob
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On Sep 24, 2006, at 3:40 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:

> 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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