Hey Guys,
As per Shelby's request. This was a freak accident as I was riding down a trail on my dirt bike ( I race a KTM 250 XCF-W in the Texas Cross Country Racing Assoc.) on a practice day and actually was heading back to camp area to check on the kids, I was putting along in 2nd gear, standing on the pegs, approx 20 mph, in full race gear, and in a milli-second my front wheel jerked out from under me. I fell on my left side landing on my ribs I broke back in June on a road race bike (track day) anyway I rolled around in the grass a few minutes from pain, felt ok,got on bike and rode another mile back to camp. Sat in a chair and drank some Gatoraide and told my friends I was getting sore and going to call it a day. I stood up to change clothes and I blacked out, my brother brought me too with rags/cold water and I blacked out again, he brought me to again and I started throwing up and we immediately thought UH-OH, so he rushed me to nearest hospital which was only 7 - 8 miles away. I was immediately given a Cat Scan and it was determined I had six broken ribs and a "lacerated" spleen which had been bleeding therefore the blacking out and throwing up. The surgeon decided the spleen could be saved and i was kept for three day for observation and checking hemoglobin (sp) and vitals etc... Once the three days were up I was sent home with instructions to keep still for one week and take it easy for the six weeks to follow. Two days after I was home while sitting in a chair I felt myself starting to feel sick and black out so my wife called 911 and I was taken to local hospital near where I live, we explained the situation to the surgeon on call, he does another Cat Scan and says yes you have six broken ribs and a "crushed" spleen. But he wanted to try and save it, same thing with three days of observation and then go home for weeks rest etc.... After three days the surgeon comes in my room and says your fine Im sending you home, I am released and ride the 8 miles or so to my house in front seat of my wifes car, get to the house, walk in, sit down and I go into stomach pain like no pain Ive ever known !! She calls 911, they rush me back to hospital and I have emergency surgery to remove my spleen and of course at this point they have to cut me from top to bottom, tell me I was on the verge of bleeding to death ! I just wish the surgeon that told me it was crushed would have removed it right then as it probably could have been done with laparoscopy. Sorry for such a long drawn out explantion but this has been going on two weeks now with the surgery recovery etc... Looks like I can go back to the office on Monday. And thanks again for all the well wishes.
Steve
