Ranch Life!!!

[smokem94]

I have been out of the loop on the board since last Wednesday.....my 20 year old daughter was riding one of the horses when it spooked and flipped over on her breaking her left femur above the knee!
As we live in a very rural area it was an hour for an ambulance, then an hour getting her loaded into the ambulance, then over an hour to the hospital! They did surgery that night and put a rod in her leg. We got her home Saturday but a lot of pain and a lot of rehab to go.
I'm just getting back to work today!
My wife didn't leave the hospital at all from Wednesday till Saturday morning when they let her go home. I couldn't stay because it was a semi-private room for women only but I was still there all day every day.
Any thoughts and prayers for her quick recovery would be appreciated!

 

[tedski]

Ouch! Sorry to hear about your daughter's accident Mike. Good thoughts sent for a fast and complete recovery.

 

[Headbanger]

WOW, Femur fractures are very bad. Very hard to break the largest bone in the body and a MF recovery time will be required for sure. 15 years in EMS as volunteer I have only run a couple of broken femurs. That wait, ambo ride must have been very hard on her. I understand her pain and wish your daughter a speedy recovery and wish the family peace.

 

[Jwrussell]

Dayum! Sorry Mike, best thoughts your way!

 

[smokem94]

WOW, Femur fractures are very bad. Very hard to break the largest bone in the body and a MF recovery time will be required for sure. 15 years in EMS as volunteer I have only run a couple of broken femurs. That wait, ambo ride must have been very hard on her. I understand her pain and wish your daughter a speedy recovery and wish the family peace.

Exactly! She just received her EMT and is going to school to be a flight nurse so she knew it was her femur immediately. She is also on the volunteer fire dept. so they took good care of her but the ride (especially since it is 8 miles of bumpy dirt roads before the highway) was very hard on her. The volunteer EMS was first to get there but they can't give drugs so it was another hour before and ambulance made it that could give her morphine!

 

[Poni]

Sorry to hear that Mike, my best wishes to her in a speedy recover.

A friend of mine was recently hit by a car and broke that bone.

 

[ohpus]

WOW!!!!!!! Thoughts and prays sent to you and the family!!!! We will hope for a speedy and perfect recovery!!!!

 

[CWS]

I hope all works out well and I'm with you guy.
Mostly grown daughters will do that to your life. I know mine does. Two pins in the ankle at 22.

 

[cvm4]

I'm sorry to hear about that Mike and wish you daughter a speedy recovery.

 

[Boppa-Wasch]

Best wishes and speedy recovery.

 

[Wasch_24]

Dang Mike, that blows.

I hope her recovery is incident free.

 

[MichiganM]

Terribly sorry to hear about that Mike. I wish all the best towards a full and speedy recovery!

 

[derek]

Sorry to hear about that, best wishes to your family

 

[tobby4]

wow.. sorry to hear that Mike.. Hope all improves...

 

[caudio51]

Damn Mike, sorry to hear that. I wish her the best and make sure she does that rehad, it is the most important part!

 

[tripp]

Here is hoping your daughter makes a speedy recovery.

I broke my left femur twice in 5 weeks back in '89. Once in a severe auto accident where I was hit in the driver's door by a semi while I was merging onto the highway. They put a rod in my leg and sent me home a week later.

then while on crutches I fell down a flight of stairs and got my left arm caught in the crutches breaking it. I went to the emergency room and they fixed my arm and took x-rays but said your leg has a fracture but it is from the car wreck a few weeks ago,here is a morphine shot and a bottle of tylox. Go see your doctor next week for your regular appointment.

well I went to it a horrible week later and he said...whoops. Gotta operate again. another rod in the femur and 4 pins and a plate later they let me out of that place. I did more damage in the fall and the week delay than in the car wreck.

To make a short story long ...Mike please make sure your daughter is very careful on the crutches, they are dangerous.

 

[caudio51]

Damn John! That is one hell of a story.

 

[tripp]

That is not even the worst brush with death story I have. I have one a little less horrendus and one that is "how the hell am I still here"

 

[Moglman]

Glad she's pulling through like a champ, Mike. Having lived in the boonies, I know how it is trying to get in or out in an emergency. My thoughts for a fast recovery for your daughter.

 

[jcgoldner]

Sorry to hear about that Mike. I hope it all works out in the end and your daughter has a quick recovery!