DRN rider down in Michigan

[oldguy]

MXGirl 230's husband Phil went down hard on Sunday and sufferred a fractured femur, fractured wrist, and severe concussion. He underwent surgery to place a rod and some plates on the femur early tis morning and right now despite hurting is doing good.
Please keep Phil and Tracie in your thoughts as you celebrate Thanksgiving this week

 

[Okiewan]

DAng, that sucks bad...

Heal-up Phil, we're thinking about you.
Hang in there Tracie, thinking about you too.

 

[Chili]

Hate to hear this, heal up Phil!

 

[MXSparx]

Hope all mends well and quickly! Really sorry to hear.

 

[MXGirl230]

Thank you everyone he appreciates it. He's getting restless now and just want to get off his back. Today he will go to physical therapy. As long as he can do what is required he can go home. They will give him a special walker as it is his left femur and his right arm. His head has cleared up A LOT! He doesn't remember anything from that day really. The last thing he really remembers is sitting around talking to the group he was with (I was at work). He does remember riding a little and riding really good...he doesn't remember the crash or what went wrong.

No one there really saw exactly what happened. He was riding my new 250F and over jumped a step-up. They think the front end dropped like a rock. I have not seen the bike at all. The truck, trailer and bikes are at a friend's house still.

When they got to him his left leg was bent up over his chest and he was out cold. He doesn't remember laying on the ground, the ambulance or being in ER. He finally started making sense yesterday afternoon. :nod:

Phil's helmet is trashed. I guess the mouthpiece part is all blown out, I haven't seen it yet.

Here is a ROUGH sketch of his leg. They ended up with a rod the length of his femur and I think three screws holding his femur together by his knee. The femur was in half and the pieces laying next to each other. The lower half of the femur was fractured in half all the way down into his knee.

Phil says Hi and thank you, means a lot to me.

 

[BSWIFT]

OUCH! Hang in there Phil and Tracie. Might be best that Phil doesn't remember the crash, that type of fracture is dangerous. Damaged bikes and helmets are easily replacable but are good friends are not. Take care and give updates often.
Note to self: No MX this weekend, if so, bubble wrap, must have lots of bubble wrap.

 

[High Lord Gomer]

Wow, sorry to hear that!

Follow directions, Phil. Putting weight too early on a break that is healing can keep it from healing properly.

 

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

I am glad you are still with us, broken femurs are no joke. Get the heck out of there! Heal up, and be thankful. Hopefully you can go to the bathroom, by Thursday! I do not suppose Phil is left handed? Vintage Bob

 

[Wolf]

Yikes!!! Heal Up Phil!

 

[Uchytil]

Ouch, Was that at Rob's track? My kids were heading there with Nick and I heard Phil might go. I almost went myself. Tell Phil the Anderson guys all say Hi and wish him a speedy recovery!

 

[Phil]

Thanks for the well wishes everyone. I'm starting get around just a little bit today, and my head has cleared considerably. Still a long way to go...

Phil

 

[Rich Rohrich]

YIKES!!! That's a wicked crash. Hope you're up and around soon Phil.

 

[Phil]

Ouch, Was that at Rob's track? My kids were heading there with Nick and I heard Phil might go. I almost went myself. Tell Phil the Anderson guys all say Hi and wish him a speedy recovery!

Yes it was at Rob's track. He doesn't know who all was out there though. By some of the facebook friend requests he knows of a few now.

(This Tracie, forgot to change the user)

 

[Patman]

Dang that looks painful just to see and think about. Heal up!

 

[truespode]

Hope he heals quick... like I said yesterday, at least he can look forward to you playing nurse... I am sure he will like the outfit at the very least :D

Ivan

 

[Phil]

The funny thing is that I originally discovered DRN while laid up from a shattered foot in the fall of '99. Guess I'd better be extra careful when 2021 rolls around.

 

[medwaste]

So sorry about your crash, it didn't hurt your sense of humor though. Give yourself plenty of time to heal and listen to Tracie.

 

[SS109]

Sorry to hear about the injury and wish you a speedy recovery.

 

[MXGirl230]

First trip out of the room. We took a lap around our 4th floor wing. He did awesome! Nurses and Aids were commenting on how good he did.

 

[oldguy]

Motocrosser to the end wearing his MX t shirt. Glad to see the big improvement that is something to reflect on this Thursday

 

[truespode]

The funny thing is that I originally discovered DRN while laid up from a shattered foot in the fall of '99. Guess I'd better be extra careful when 2021 rolls around.

At least you have more time for DRN now!

:)

Ivan

 

[Okiewan]

I keep hearing "plaster makes you faster" ... hang in there Phil and do what they say .... it'll all be stories around the campfire one day.

 

[MXGirl230]

I am home for the night, needed to make sure I was good on things here. I have to make sure I can focus on him for the next few days. He did great, before I left he wanted to walk again. A couple of our buddies that were at the track with him walked with us. They were amazed at how well he was shuffling along.

Thanks everyone for the thoughts and prayers they are appreciated.

 

[MXGirl230]

Motocrosser to the end wearing his MX t shirt. Glad to see the big improvement that is something to reflect on this Thursday

For sure! My Sis is coming over to make us dinner. We were supposed to go to his Mom's. He won't be able to handle the hour and a half ride there. So we are staying home where he is comfortable.

Surprisingly, my bike isn't too bad at all! The brake lever is completely broke off and there are some scuffs. Looks like he got the most damage :(

 

[Vic]

Praying for you, Phil.