Friday morning, about 15 hours before Ike hits us, Steve was feeling the strong urge to go for his last bike ride before the storm and all the flooding of the trails. He was not gone for too long before I got a phone call from him telling me he had crashed on his bike. He was going pretty fast down a narrow trail and he thinks his handle bar hit a tree and it threw him over his handlebars and he landed on his head and his left shoulder. After assessed the situation for a minute, he got up and rode his bike back two miles to his truck and was driving home when he called me. We ended up in the ER that afternoon before hurricane Ike was suppose to come. Luckily they weren't too busy. He was there for only 5 hours.
He has a separated shoulder. He is in a sling, with ice packs and little bit of pain meds. His head is fine and he has a few scratches and bruises here and there. His helmet however is not. It has quite a few cracks all throughout. He says he is feeling a lot lucky and little stupid (for going too fast in that section). We are just so glad he will be ok.
He went to the Orthopedic Surgeon Monday and he has a level 3 shoulder separation. Which means he is right in between surgery or no surgery level. The X-ray looks like his shoulder is broken, but it just shows how separated it is. There is suppose to be a ligament holding it together. We just have to hope and pray it heals well during the next four weeks while he keeps it in a sling.
3 comments:
Stephen, your shoulder looks broken in the X-ray. It looks very painful. Take good care of yourself.
Thanks for the post so I can see Stephen's sling and xray. That definitely looks like a painful injury. And yes that was a gurney he was on in the ER, they don't have much padding. No wonder he got up and sat in the chair instead. Glad he's ok. Hope his shoulder heals well. Love you guys!
Sarah
Holy Crap! Talk about timing. I guess when it rains, it pours. ;)
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