Othy down
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Othy down
Postby mikesbytes » Sun Jan 30, 2011 5:45 pm
Othy is in Wollongong hospital. He is expected to be transferred to a Sydney hospital.
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Re: Othy down
Postby CommuRider » Sun Jan 30, 2011 5:54 pm
Sending positive healing thoughts to Othy.
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Re: Othy down
Postby sogood » Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:00 pm
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: Othy down
Postby zero » Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:10 pm
best wishes for an uncomplicated and fast recovery.
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Re: Othy down
Postby foo on patrol » Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:41 pm
What damage has he received, if he is being transferred to another hospital?
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Re: Othy down
Postby sogood » Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:54 pm
Othy is not Christian. But Christian was on the same ride.alchemist wrote:Oh bugger, heal fast Christian.
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Re: Othy down
Postby Mulger bill » Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:40 am
Heal quick and well Othy.
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Re: Othy down
Postby mikesbytes » Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:34 am
Dani wrote:Surgery took 7 hours but seems to have gone well. They did both shoulders and the fractured elbow and cleaned both elbows out. No need for a blood transfusion. He spent the night in recovery and is now back in the ward but still pretty zonked out. They say he is recovering well. Fitness helps a lot. Haven't spoken to the surgeon yet so we'll know more when that happens. Thank the club guys for all their support. Tim's been reading the messages when he can.
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Re: Othy down
Postby MichaelB » Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:01 pm
Sounds like he took quite a batteringmikesbytes wrote:An update from his partner on my bike club web site
Dani wrote:Surgery took 7 hours but seems to have gone well. They did both shoulders and the fractured elbow and cleaned both elbows out. No need for a blood transfusion. He spent the night in recovery and is now back in the ward but still pretty zonked out. They say he is recovering well. Fitness helps a lot. Haven't spoken to the surgeon yet so we'll know more when that happens. Thank the club guys for all their support. Tim's been reading the messages when he can.
Hope recovery is full, if not speedy as well
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Re: Othy down
Postby sogood » Mon Jan 31, 2011 2:20 pm
One minor nick on the derailleur and that's all on his new Parlee.JV911 wrote:10 replies and noone's asked, "how's the bike?".
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Re: Othy down
Postby ni78ck » Mon Jan 31, 2011 2:26 pm
that would be enough to get a new onesogood wrote:One minor nick on the derailleur and that's all on his new Parlee.JV911 wrote:10 replies and noone's asked, "how's the bike?".
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Re: Othy down
Postby mikesbytes » Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:22 pm
Dani wrote: Spoke to the surgeon today. He said the operation went well but the beak in the right shoulder is pretty serious so there are risks it won't heal properly. We'll just have to wait and see. We're looking into a transfer to Sydney but it could take some time to organise.
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Re: Othy down
Postby mikesbytes » Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:18 pm
Dani wrote:Hi guys, it’s Tim's wife, Dani. Thought I'd post an update. Wanted to post some photos too, but can't quite work out how to do it in the short time I have this morning. Any tips?
Tim is doing pretty well, all things considered. They've got him doing basic physio exercises. He can (slowly) bend each arm at the elbow with close to full range of motion, and they've got him doing 10 reps of that each hour. He can also let the arms hang down from the shoulder and make small pendulum movements, but that will be the extent of his shoulder physio for at least the first 3 weeks or so.
He's off the morphine and onto oral pain medication, and can get out of bed and walk a short distance, sit in a chair for a while, stuff like that which makes the days less monotonous.
I've been reading him your messages and he really appreciates them, as do I.
cheers,
Dani
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Re: Othy down
Postby foo on patrol » Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:22 pm
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Re: Othy down
Postby Boognoss » Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:50 pm
+1foo on patrol wrote:That's a great start!
Heal well Othy!!
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Re: Othy down
Postby CommuRider » Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:27 pm
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Re: Othy down
Postby MichaelB » Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:09 am
Keep smiling and hope it goes well.
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Re: Othy down
Postby mikesbytes » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:24 am
mikesbytes wrote:Dani has sent thru these photos for publication in this thread
My heart goes out to you Tim
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Re: Othy down
Postby CommuRider » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:30 am
Hope those wounds dry up soon.
On the small positive side, minimal damage to the face.
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Re: Othy down
Postby MichaelB » Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:25 pm
+100 Lucky I'd finished lunch....CommuRider wrote:
Hope those wounds dry up soon.
On the small positive side, minimal damage to the face.
All power to you and your healing.
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Re: Othy down
Postby crazycanuck » Fri Feb 04, 2011 2:55 pm
Othy, i don't know you well but I hope you recover smoothly from your crash. Take care & remember to do all the physio exercises as well as you can. Deal with the pain as best you can.
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