so, for those of you that havn't heard....
I got run over by a van on sunday.
That's the short story. A little more in depth version:
We'd just finished up the MTB race weekend in Conyers, GA, and are loading up to go home. The guys from ETSU were rolling out of the parking lot to head out, and I ran over to their van to say bye (note: I was running perpendicular to the van, not head on). Then I hit the muddy spot in the gravel parking lot, and slip, fall, and wind up sliding baseball style directly under the passenger side front tire.
So the aftermath - only my right leg got run over. After 2 mg of Dilaudids and 7.5 hours in the Rockdale Medical Center it was determined I had no fractures and was given a half assed cleaning and wrapping. Road rash all up the outside of my right leg from a few inches below the knee to mid thigh, a real big, deep chunk ripped out of my knee, a couple other deep cuts on the outside of the knee. Minor scrapes and road rash on the left knee and foot.
Now I'm getting it cleaned and the dressings changed daily at the infirmary, and its gettign alot better much quicker than I expected, atleast on the exterior. It's swollen up pretty good.
Once the swelling goes down and the cuts and abrasions start getting better, they'll start checking for damage to ligaments/tendons/whatever other soft tissues that may have gotten tore up.
For having gotten run over by a 15 passenger van full of people towing a trailer full of bikes, I'm feeling pretty good. That may be the percoset talking, but regardless, I feel pretty lucky to not have any fractures.
So that really all that is new. Thus ends my '06 mountain bike season, as well as my work schedule for the next week or so.
I'll try and take pictures tomorrow when the dressings come off.
That's the short story. A little more in depth version:
We'd just finished up the MTB race weekend in Conyers, GA, and are loading up to go home. The guys from ETSU were rolling out of the parking lot to head out, and I ran over to their van to say bye (note: I was running perpendicular to the van, not head on). Then I hit the muddy spot in the gravel parking lot, and slip, fall, and wind up sliding baseball style directly under the passenger side front tire.
So the aftermath - only my right leg got run over. After 2 mg of Dilaudids and 7.5 hours in the Rockdale Medical Center it was determined I had no fractures and was given a half assed cleaning and wrapping. Road rash all up the outside of my right leg from a few inches below the knee to mid thigh, a real big, deep chunk ripped out of my knee, a couple other deep cuts on the outside of the knee. Minor scrapes and road rash on the left knee and foot.
Now I'm getting it cleaned and the dressings changed daily at the infirmary, and its gettign alot better much quicker than I expected, atleast on the exterior. It's swollen up pretty good.
Once the swelling goes down and the cuts and abrasions start getting better, they'll start checking for damage to ligaments/tendons/whatever other soft tissues that may have gotten tore up.
For having gotten run over by a 15 passenger van full of people towing a trailer full of bikes, I'm feeling pretty good. That may be the percoset talking, but regardless, I feel pretty lucky to not have any fractures.
So that really all that is new. Thus ends my '06 mountain bike season, as well as my work schedule for the next week or so.
I'll try and take pictures tomorrow when the dressings come off.