Too far???

[luv2ride94]

I think I have everything covered and am good to go. Now I'm goin to bed to get a goodnights sleep. I'll come back tomorrow afternoon and tell you all about it! THANKS for all your help! KT

[luv2ride94]

Hey everyone,
This is Angela, Katies sister. We made about 35 miles of the ride no problems having a blast...

Some small animal ran in front of her she swerved hit a rock and lost control. Her and her bike rolled about 3 times I was right behind her and as I got to her she informed me very calmly that her arm was broken and "it feels like its down by my leg but I can see it laying right beside me" well it was not right for sure.

Her elbow was completely backwards. Called 911 lost service and about 4 tries later left her long enough to go to where I got reception. Did I know where I was?? of course not, thankfully a farmer stopped about then and did know where we were and took the phone. 2 riders behind us stopped and helped out also then about 10 minutes later 2 more stopped one was thankfully a Doctor, talk about relief.

Ambulance came, put it in a splint, put her on the gurney and started a IV as soon as we loaded. Ask her pain leval and gave her laughing gas. That didn't work so he gave her demoral? and finigrin? (sp) and she said her pain was down to about a 4 or 5.

40 minute drive to the hospital and then about 1.5 hour wait for x rays the verdict : a severaly dislocated elbow and small fracture.

Then for the fun part -- setting it 2 shots of morphine, and alot of pain later. Its done, I handled it much worse than katie. She was a trooper, never shed a tear the entire day.. The EMT ask if her dad was a military man because this kind of pain brought grown men to crying babies. She actually laughed at that one.

7 hours later we headed home and the future looks like
3-5 weeks in a armpit to finger cast and sling... Shes way bummed not only no bike riding but no swimming.. LONG DAY!!

She wanted to post herself and got about 2 words punched out and gave up. Thanks for all your encouragement to her. Shes a great kid. I'm sure you'll hear from her personally as soon as the pain subsides some more.

[Kitsune06]

I want to be the first to say, then, that Katie is one tough chica. She wins my total respect. Best wishes for a quick recovery- those weeks will fly by, I promise!
*hugs!*

[Pedal Wench]

Oh no! Katie, that's awful! I feel so bad that you got hurt on your first big adventure. Please keep us updated on how you are feeling and recovering. You'll be back on your bike in no time.

It also sounds like you've got a wonderful sister. She should be proud of how she helped out in a crisis.

[Xrayted]

Oh katie! I'm so sorry you got hurt on your ride. From what your sister says, you are one tough cookie. Breaks and dislocations hurt like heck. I'm so proud of you and thankful to your sister for sticking by you during the ride. Great job Angela!! Sounds like you did just the right thing.

As Kitsune and Pedal Wench said, the time will fly right by. Don't push it too hard and listen to your docs. Your elbow will let you know when she's ready to come out and play again.

When your feeling better, I'd still like to hear about your ride. Sounds like up until the accident, you were having a great time.

Take care of yourself and hug your sister from all of us at TE!

Cindy

[CyclChyk]

Wow - Katie you are an inspiration. You take care of that arm and come back to let us know how it was BEFORE the accident.

And welcome to TE

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Wow- you must be a very strong and brave young woman.
Please, heal well and don't push yourself. You have a whole lifetime ahead to get back into sports and biking again. Lucky girl to have such a wonderful supportive sister and family.