More Broken Bones
Not mine this time.
After we ran the triathlon on Sunday we rented a pontoon boat on lake Chatuge. We were there for the race anyway, so what better way to relax than floating along on a nice N. Georgia lake. We made it alost the whole day without any mishaps or broken extremities. But, by 4:30 we had worked our way over to a rope swing into the lake.
Pontoon boats are mostly for cruising and drinking. I wouldn't call our outing a "booze cruise" but we had a few coolers and some of the boys and girls had a few drinks. Drinking and rope swings are a notoriously bad idea, but we seem to gravitate to bad ideas as a group. So, after a few of us had taken a couple of rides on the swing, Shannon climbed up the muddy slope for a go at the rope. As it turns out, she wasn't able to hold onto the rope long enough and went crashing down on the rocks at the bottom of the hill. LUCKILY, she did not hit her head or land on her spine. UNLUCKILY, she did not escape injury and had a compound fracture of her Radius. One of the two forearm bones. It is down near her wrist, and it was pretty darn bad. So, the rest of the evening was spent by all at the ER at Chatuge Regional Medical Center. They drugged her up and started the healing process, but had to send her here to Atlanta for the St. Joseph's experts in Orthopaedics. That's the same specialist center that I went to for my broken hand. They're nationally ranked, so she is in good hands.
She had surgery last night, and we're all thinking about her.
After we ran the triathlon on Sunday we rented a pontoon boat on lake Chatuge. We were there for the race anyway, so what better way to relax than floating along on a nice N. Georgia lake. We made it alost the whole day without any mishaps or broken extremities. But, by 4:30 we had worked our way over to a rope swing into the lake.
Pontoon boats are mostly for cruising and drinking. I wouldn't call our outing a "booze cruise" but we had a few coolers and some of the boys and girls had a few drinks. Drinking and rope swings are a notoriously bad idea, but we seem to gravitate to bad ideas as a group. So, after a few of us had taken a couple of rides on the swing, Shannon climbed up the muddy slope for a go at the rope. As it turns out, she wasn't able to hold onto the rope long enough and went crashing down on the rocks at the bottom of the hill. LUCKILY, she did not hit her head or land on her spine. UNLUCKILY, she did not escape injury and had a compound fracture of her Radius. One of the two forearm bones. It is down near her wrist, and it was pretty darn bad. So, the rest of the evening was spent by all at the ER at Chatuge Regional Medical Center. They drugged her up and started the healing process, but had to send her here to Atlanta for the St. Joseph's experts in Orthopaedics. That's the same specialist center that I went to for my broken hand. They're nationally ranked, so she is in good hands.
She had surgery last night, and we're all thinking about her.
posted by Jay at 9:12 AM
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