[TheForge] Fall <grin> winter project.

[Steve Smith]

Jerry, you ought to fire that doctor, calling your nine pieces of 
humerous usable! I'm glad you're on the mend, sorry to hear of the 
cause. Please take care and get better.

Steve

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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