[TheForge] Fall <grin> winter project.

[Tod Estes]

Hi Frosty, Please dont bother to reply
Good to hear that surg. went Ok. and that you are pieced together once again.
Thats a hell of a break to have Ya never think about how you use both hands
till one arm is out of commision. I sure hope that all heals well and that you
are still out there kickin.
Heal up well.
Tod
Quoting Jerry Frost <frosty at customcpu.com>:

> 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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Tod Estes

People do not care about how much you know
until they know about how much you care.