Black ice

[jim]

Watch out! PaintItRed was coming home after renting a game at a Blockbuster. In the shade, just by the house, there was a little damp spot that you would never pay attention to - especially with the temps feeling above freezing.

In a nanosecond, he fractured his arm. He went to the emergency room where they were pretty sure he dislocated his shoulder, but it turned out to be a broken bone right at the top of the arm by the shoulder. Back from the orhtopedic, the good news is it looks like it will heal on it's own.

Can't put a cast on it because of the location so close to the shoulder joint, so they give him a shoulder immobilizer. We'll see how he sleeps tonight, so far the medication has kept the pain down.

Ugh.

[Tambourine Man]

Yeesh, sorry to hear that. If he's having trouble getting to sleep, try a recliner of some sort. I fractured my elbow a few years ago, and could only sleep sitting upright. It just hurt too much to lay down. Hopefully, he'll recover quickly.

[Jocephus]

we can rebuild him...



(ouch! )

[maddash]

Yeesh, sorry to hear that. If he's having trouble getting to sleep, try a recliner of some sort. I fractured my elbow a few years ago, and could only sleep sitting upright. It just hurt too much to lay down. Hopefully, he'll recover quickly.

Ditto on the recliner idea. A friend just recovered from shoulder surgery and sleeping in a recliner was a big part of it.

[jim]

Yeesh, sorry to hear that. If he's having trouble getting to sleep, try a recliner of some sort. I fractured my elbow a few years ago, and could only sleep sitting upright. It just hurt too much to lay down. Hopefully, he'll recover quickly.

Ditto on the recliner idea. A friend just recovered from shoulder surgery and sleeping in a recliner was a big part of it.

That was recommended. We might try that.

[jim]

What a turn of events. Plan A was to take public transportation to our house to the Bulls game tomorrow night. Pick up a train and take it downtown, hop on a bus to the stadium. If we decide to go, which right now I would say is looking ok in terms of him being able to enjoy himself, I thought it would be better just drive so he wasn't getting bumped into. Now I see the forecast, 3-6" of snow from 8am to 10pm. Now I'm back to trying to figure out if we can manage with the bus.

He's really going to be bummed if we don't go but I'm not sure he could handle the bus and the jockeying around.

What to do? What to do?

[Radbird]

Sorry to hear about that, PIR. Hope you recover quickly.

jim, I would be inclined to drive, snow or not. But that's just me. I think if you take the bus, you could strategically position yourself as a buffer between the throng and his shoulder.

[jim]

Sorry to hear about that, PIR. Hope you recover quickly.

jim, I would be inclined to drive, snow or not. But that's just me. I think if you take the bus, you could strategically position yourself as a buffer between the throng and his shoulder.

Going to the game may not be so bad, but going back with everyone jamming onto the busses at once could be a problem. Unless it's just undriveable, we'll probably just leave early and try to drive it.

[Leroy]

A good friend of mine was driving his mother somewhere (he was about 30, so she was about 55ish), hit some of this stuff and wrecked. His mother was killed, and he has to live with that for the rest of his life.

[cardinalkarp]

I've wrecked a car on black ice and almost went over the edge of a bridge into a creek. One of the front wheels was over the ledge and one of the rear wheels was up in the air. It was a close call!!

As far as riding the bus, just have him take an extra painkiller and that should get him through the bumping around.