Stumble!

[guzzicat]

Arrived Dornoch firth Sat 4th Nov. for a weeks fowling with 3 buddies, went out Mon. A/M,, went over on ankle, PAIN!, helped off marsh by No1 buddy, went out for morning & evening flights all week, drove 100 miles back home Sat, MORE PAIN! hospital Mon 13Th Nov,X rays reveal 2 ankle fractures, leg in cast, also given 9 hypodermic one shot needles of Dalteparin Sodium to inject into tummy (I have that a plenty) Also lectured on folly of waiting a week before seeking treatment . ( had i gone to local doc, would have been sent to Raigmore Inverness, had leg put in cast & would have been stuck up there unable to drive home)yesterday second cast fitted,  .have ordered an outdoor cast cover from Limbo & am working on cutting down an oversize welly to lace over this.any other ideas?Looking at 6 weeks lay up but hopefully I may be able to try some inland Goose shooting before then.

[Jason_ox]

I know 6 weeks seems like a long time and there’s a lot of shooting to be done but I wouldn’t risk it. Could do more damage that will take even longer to heal up. 

[Benthejockey]

Calcium and vitamin D tablets won’t hurt. My surgeon suggested a month in the sun to aid my healing, I said what a great plan when do I bill it to you or the hospital? That’s when he suggested the vitamins. 

[wymberley]

33 minutes ago, guzzicat said:

Arrived Dornoch firth Sat 4th Nov. for a weeks fowling with 3 buddies, went out Mon. A/M,, went over on ankle, PAIN!, helped off marsh by No1 buddy, went out for morning & evening flights all week, drove 100 miles back home Sat, MORE PAIN! hospital Mon 13Th Nov,X rays reveal 2 ankle fractures, leg in cast, also given 9 hypodermic one shot needles of Dalteparin Sodium to inject into tummy (I have that a plenty) Also lectured on folly of waiting a week before seeking treatment . ( had i gone to local doc, would have been sent to Raigmore Inverness, had leg put in cast & would have been stuck up there unable to drive home)yesterday second cast fitted,  .have ordered an outdoor cast cover from Limbo & am working on cutting down an oversize welly to lace over this.any other ideas?Looking at 6 weeks lay up but hopefully I may be able to try some inland Goose shooting before then.

Son broke his ankle - shattered would be a better description - playing rugby. As mentioned on here earlier in the year, he was 'on duty' playing in Las vegas with a team made up of a couple of UK regiments. Operated on in the USA and then back to the UK. More operations here and then physio for the nerve damage. But now has a bone infection. More operations and all steel work removed. Intravenous antibiotics for a week or more and still on 12 tablets a day. It turns out that he was very lucky to keep his leg. Still on treatment and infection still not totally cured - results from latest blood test due today which includes tests for any damage to liver and kidneys. Fingers crossed!

So, one season missed or all future ones? Worth thinking about.

[ShootingEgg]

13 minutes ago, wymberley said:

Son broke his ankle - shattered would be a better description - playing rugby. As mentioned on here earlier in the year, he was 'on duty' playing in Las vegas with a team made up of a couple of UK regiments. Operated on in the USA and then back to the UK. More operations here and then physio for the nerve damage. But now has a bone infection. More operations and all steel work removed. Intravenous antibiotics for a week or more and still on 12 tablets a day. It turns out that he was very lucky to keep his leg. Still on treatment and infection still not totally cured - results from latest blood test due today which includes tests for any damage to liver and kidneys. Fingers crossed!

So, one season missed or all future ones? Worth thinking about.

Id miss the season over the rest of that post. Hope your son recovers well from what sounds like a nasty ordeal.. 

[Lord Geordie]

2 hours ago, Benthejockey said:

Calcium and vitamin D tablets won’t hurt. My surgeon suggested a month in the sun to aid my healing, I said what a great plan when do I bill it to you or the hospital? That’s when he suggested the vitamins. 

What? No holiday on the NHS? The shame of it. What is the world coming to?

[wymberley]

5 hours ago, ShootingEgg said:

Id miss the season over the rest of that post. Hope your son recovers well from what sounds like a nasty ordeal.. 

Many thanks. Hung on until I got the info'. Organs are fine but there's still some infection and the wound is not healing. They're going to give it another 4 weeks and if it doesn't sort itself out then they're going to call in a particular specialist. Non too clever by the look of it.

[Ollieollie]

I had a xray on my ankle last month, the ankle doc said when was the last time you broke your ankle??? As far as I'm aware I have never broke it I replied to which he said, you have, at least twice. MRI scan on the 18th to see just how badly its healed

[ShootingEgg]

51 minutes ago, wymberley said:

Many thanks. Hung on until I got the info'. Organs are fine but there's still some infection and the wound is not healing. They're going to give it another 4 weeks and if it doesn't sort itself out then they're going to call in a particular specialist. Non too clever by the look of it.

Sounds like a bit of a 50/50 good  and bad. But good to hear the bloods came back clear.