09-06-2012, 10:21 PM
As a lot of you already know, Dan had a mountain bike accident early last Saturday evening at Chicksands in Befordshire where he fell from 10ft in the air and landed on his hands. He ended up waiting around in Stevenage A&E for a number of hours where he was x-rayed, pulled about, bandaged up and told he had a shattered left elbow joint and a shattered right wrist with broken scaphoid which would need operating on.
Dans dad travelled up to Stevenage on the Saturday evening and brought Dan back to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital on sunday morning where he waited until Tuesday for his operation which started around 8pm and was finished by 2.30am on wednesday morning. The ball part of the joint on his left elbow was shattered and the socket part had 3 pieces broken off it, resulting in a dislocated elbow joint. A prosthetic socket had to be fitted to his elbow. His right wrist was shattered and a titanium plate was screwed to the bones in the wrist joint, an external brace was fitted also (this will be removed in 3-4 weeks).
Dan hours before his op:
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and some awful bruising that has come up from the op:
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Wednesday and Thursday this week were Dans most painful days as the hospital hadn't found the right mix of painkillers to maintain a steady level of pain, some of the drugs were causing him problems, not working for him and bringing up a rash. Thursday morning he was put on some new, stronger drugs and his arms have been feeling much better since. Although this morning he managed to pull a muscle in his chest whilst trying to sit up in bed, which has caused him a lot of pain and breathing problems throughout today.
The rods in his wrist the day after op:
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Even in the sorry state he is in, he's determined not to miss out on a look at your cars and a catch up with you all next weekend. He is hoping to come up to the campsite on the saturday morning and leave late saturday night. He doesn't think he'll be able to comfortably sleep in a tent with his arms the way they are and doesn't want to risk getting his arms bashed into walking around the show on sunday and he can barely carry the weight of his 5kg cast.
The Bora may still be making an appearance depending on how much it'll cost for me to get insured on it as apparently his car is cooler than mine!
His hefty elbow cast!
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What the rods looked like today when the dressing was being changed:
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(They are usually covered with a bandage so they can't get caught on anything or traumatize anyone)
Showing off his injuries:
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I'll be sure to keep you all updated on how Dan's progress but I'm sure as soon as he's a bit more active with his arms, he'll be straight back on here anyway!
Dans dad travelled up to Stevenage on the Saturday evening and brought Dan back to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital on sunday morning where he waited until Tuesday for his operation which started around 8pm and was finished by 2.30am on wednesday morning. The ball part of the joint on his left elbow was shattered and the socket part had 3 pieces broken off it, resulting in a dislocated elbow joint. A prosthetic socket had to be fitted to his elbow. His right wrist was shattered and a titanium plate was screwed to the bones in the wrist joint, an external brace was fitted also (this will be removed in 3-4 weeks).
Dan hours before his op:
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and some awful bruising that has come up from the op:
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Wednesday and Thursday this week were Dans most painful days as the hospital hadn't found the right mix of painkillers to maintain a steady level of pain, some of the drugs were causing him problems, not working for him and bringing up a rash. Thursday morning he was put on some new, stronger drugs and his arms have been feeling much better since. Although this morning he managed to pull a muscle in his chest whilst trying to sit up in bed, which has caused him a lot of pain and breathing problems throughout today.
The rods in his wrist the day after op:
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Even in the sorry state he is in, he's determined not to miss out on a look at your cars and a catch up with you all next weekend. He is hoping to come up to the campsite on the saturday morning and leave late saturday night. He doesn't think he'll be able to comfortably sleep in a tent with his arms the way they are and doesn't want to risk getting his arms bashed into walking around the show on sunday and he can barely carry the weight of his 5kg cast.
The Bora may still be making an appearance depending on how much it'll cost for me to get insured on it as apparently his car is cooler than mine!
His hefty elbow cast!
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What the rods looked like today when the dressing was being changed:
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(They are usually covered with a bandage so they can't get caught on anything or traumatize anyone)
Showing off his injuries:
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I'll be sure to keep you all updated on how Dan's progress but I'm sure as soon as he's a bit more active with his arms, he'll be straight back on here anyway!