wafflycat wrote:
> Thanks guys.
>
> Thanks all. I'm just awake & about to have a restorative cup of tea.
>
> The coming together of bikes was unintentional: the joys of being
> part of the peloton. :-/ A guy alongside Nathan locked handlebars
> with him and Nathan was off. In his youthful attempt not to bring
> anyone else down, Nathan apparently barrel-rolled *away* from the
> group over to the side away from the rest of the bunch according to
> someone who was there.
> B*gg*r. Thing is, he was doing very well, in the top quarter of the
> bunch. Such is the way of things.
>
> The St John's people attended immediately and, according to the A&E
> staff at the horsespittal, made a very good job of cleaning up the
> wounds and also according to the A&E nurse doing the dressing of
> bloody bits, she now understands why cyclists shave their legs as it
> made it really easy for her to spot any *really tiny* bits of dirt to
> ensure the wound could be thoroughly cleaned to her even higher
> standard.
> It was a huge relief to find that the orthopedic guy who saw Nathan
> last night was a fellow cyclist. he even raced the same series of
> races, last season, as Nathan was trying out last night. As the
> morphine kicked in to Nathan, natters were had about bikes and
> fettling.
> Today we'll find out just what is required as regards surgery on
> Nathan's shoulder and we will hopefully find out what is going on
> with his right hip. He got a haemotoma (sp?) the size of a melon come
> up and his hip was causing him more pain than his broken shoulder.
> There were mutterings about hip/pelvis/fracture in the same sentence
> without the mention of shoulder, and we could not get it confirmed
> last night if his hip is or isn't broken - we'll be pressing to find
> out more about that today.
> The rest of him all down his right side is covered in road rash large
> & small. Brand new Northwave skeleton jersey totalled, new DeMarchi
> shorts totalled, Bell 'CSC' lid totalled, glvoes totalled. Brake
> lever/saddle on bike in need of replacing. When Nathan gets home, we
> are having a ceremonial burning of kit in the garden!
>
> In A&E, Vernon & I had gone without food for 12 hrs. Vernon suddenly
> became light-headed & green at the edges, so was put on oxygen and
> laid on a trolly (next to Nathan - I had husband & son flaked out on
> trolleys in front of me) to stop him fainting. Duly a cup of hot
> sweet tea & couple of biscuits each was rapidly provided for Vernon &
> I which was very welcome and did the trick to get Vernon back on his
> feet. I was gald of that, as I really didn't want both husband & son
> admitted to hospital - it's bad enough with just the son admitted!
>
> Nathan may be operated on anytime between today (after the CAT scan)
> and Monday. So he's in horse spittal for a few days anyhow.
>
> Cheers, helen s
Best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery
--
Nigel