wirejock
Well Known Member
What a strange three months. I'm finally back in the shop working on Lucy. It was only 1 1/2 hours but still gets the hobbs meter turning again. I didn't post earlier because so many others have bigger problems. I'm just happy go get back in the shop.
So we planned a vacation to visit the kids and grandkids and left a couple days before Halloween. We had a wonderful time but spent one week working on my Tabitha (Tracker). She dropped a timing chain and it took some time for me to fix her. We got home on schedule Dec 8 and set up Christmas decorations. I was ready to start working again. Then the weird part started. Dec 11.
Going to the shed for boxes, I slipped on ice off the stairs and landed on the driveway. Both bones in the lower leg broken. I've broken bones before so I knew as soon as I hit what was wrong. Sweetie heard me yelling and brought me a shovel to use as a crutch. She got me to ER. They were so wonderful and splinted it to keep it stable.
Thankfully we have a new Orthopedic Surgeon who happened to be on duty. Later that day, he put in a titanium pin from the knee to the ankle with screws holding it at the top and bottom and sent me home the next day. The following week, he put me in a boot and told me I could start walking with crutches.
All is healing well. In fact I ditched the crutches a week early after week two. Doctor gave me a high five for my progress.
Today was the first day I felt I could walk around working and standing in the shop. It was so nice. It only lasted a short time before I had to get off the leg, but I'm going back in a little longer tomorrow.
The Hobbs is turning on Lucy again!![Big grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
So we planned a vacation to visit the kids and grandkids and left a couple days before Halloween. We had a wonderful time but spent one week working on my Tabitha (Tracker). She dropped a timing chain and it took some time for me to fix her. We got home on schedule Dec 8 and set up Christmas decorations. I was ready to start working again. Then the weird part started. Dec 11.
Going to the shed for boxes, I slipped on ice off the stairs and landed on the driveway. Both bones in the lower leg broken. I've broken bones before so I knew as soon as I hit what was wrong. Sweetie heard me yelling and brought me a shovel to use as a crutch. She got me to ER. They were so wonderful and splinted it to keep it stable.
Thankfully we have a new Orthopedic Surgeon who happened to be on duty. Later that day, he put in a titanium pin from the knee to the ankle with screws holding it at the top and bottom and sent me home the next day. The following week, he put me in a boot and told me I could start walking with crutches.
All is healing well. In fact I ditched the crutches a week early after week two. Doctor gave me a high five for my progress.
Today was the first day I felt I could walk around working and standing in the shop. It was so nice. It only lasted a short time before I had to get off the leg, but I'm going back in a little longer tomorrow.
The Hobbs is turning on Lucy again!
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