Recruiting Positive Thoughts!

Hello!

DH wrecked in a crit race on Saturday. It was raining, there was a less than 90 degree angle turn, a guy crashed in front of him, and he swerved to miss the crash. Unfortunately, there was a large tree on the side of the road (as in growing onto the road), that DH crashed into. He broke his collarbone, and broke his shoulderblade into a number of pieces. He was taken away from the race in an ambulance (it broke his beautiful carbon Scott in half, literally) to the hospital. They put him in a sling, gave him some pain meds, and sent him on his way.

We saw an orthopedist on Monday, who did more extensive x-rays, and CT scans. The collar bone is not a huge deal (not to underestimate the pain, suffering, and recovery time in a broken collarbone). However, his shoulder is really a disaster, and his actual shoulder has collapsed into his body without a collarbone and shoulder blade to keep it in place. I trust the surgeon, and with some recovery and a whole lot of physical therapy, I really believe that george will be back on his bike (though we have both agreed that crits in the rain are probably not worth the risk!).

All of this leads to surgery tomorrow. It going to take about 4 hours, and though I am trying to stay positive, it is pretty terrifiying. Please send your thoughts towards Atlanta :)

Oh, Scott is going to give us a nice discount on the new frame. It will be some time until he can ride it on the road, but the Dr. said that he can ride it on the trainer whenever he feels like it (as long as he is sitting up!).

Thanks everyone!

Sending good thoughts your way.

Hope the surgery and recovery go as well as possible.

You got it! HEAL BODY HEAL GOOD!

-- gnat!

Happy healing thoughts to George and good luck with the surgery.

Best of luck to you both - heal well, heal strong, be patient!

Positive energies heading your way! Please let us know how it goes.

Healing vibes on their way.

Owwww! Thinking healing thoughts your way.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Karen

Sending lots of healing karma your DH's way.

Owiweeeeeeeee :( Just..owieeeee

I hope your hubby recovers soon & is able to bike outside this summer. Do you know how long the recovery time will be???

Best wishes!

He came through the surgury well. The Dr. said that everything is back where it should be, but he is really in a great deal of pain. We will be at the hospital for a few days now I am sure. 4 months is the recovery....I think that late summer would be hopeful for him to ride outside, but we can hope!

Keep those healing thoughts coming this way! Thanks everyone!

Sending healing energy for a speedy recovery!
Cheers,
Pata

Oh, poor guy! I hope he gets well soon.

Best wishes to George for a speedy recovery and to you for all you will be doing to aid in that recovery. It will be slow and tedious for him but ....this too shall pass. Sending good karma....

Sending positive vibes to DH and YOU. Sometimes being the caretaker can be as hard. When DH has been seriously ill I have always gotten sick because I worry so take care of him and you. I know he is in pain and racers/riders that can't ride sometimes are just a bear to live with. Best wishes! :)

He was released from the hospital yesterday :D

He is still in a lot of pain, but he has this thing that numbs his shoulder (like novicane) still attached to his neck, and tons of pain pills. Fortunately, my in-laws are wonderful, and they are helping to take care of him so I can go back to work (which I am not really excited about doing!).

4 days in the hospital was more than we were expecting, but there were not any complications. It was just that painful! The x-ray people said, "wow, I've never seen this much metal in someone's shoulder before." Great.

Hopefully the staples (all 90 or so of them) will be out next monday.

Thanks for all of the well wishes. It has certainly been rough and exhausting, but I am grateful for good doctors and their ability to help fix it!

Now the real work starts. :(

Keeping the healing thoughts coming.

Yikes! Does he have a ball to keep administering pain drugs or something? After my dad had his colon cancer surgery they sent him home with this fanny pack with a ball of liquid pain drugs. When it ran out he just removed the hairline needle himself. It was wicked cool and made post-op much more comfortable, just curious if that is what you were talking about. Glad you have help, that is a seriously injured patient!

Hey! My dad had colon cancer too!

George got that cool ball thing to take home too! They told me it was kindof like an epidural and novicane combined. Then, he also takes pain pills by mouth for the next little while. If he is feeling good, he can take that needle out of his neck tomorrow or wednsday. I think the ball thing is cool too. I think he should keep it in as long as he can!

A group I am sorry you are in with me- Dads who had cancer but mine is alright these days.

That ball thing is pretty cool though, we did kind of razz Dad because he had a "purse" for his. It was like this messenger bag thing to hold it. They also gave him some cheesey fanny pack for his chemo drugs, like they were on a mission to turn him into a goober tourist or something. :p

I would leave it in as long as possible and I don't like taking the pain pills but yowsers 90-ish staples, metal, shattered shoulders!

Yeeeouuch!

Glad to hear surgery went okay and that George is able to rest at home.

Sending healing thoughts and hope recovery & PT go smoothly.