A friend of mine at work, Jay, broke his leg badly while getting out of bed one morning and tripping over his dog. (That’s what he says and lets just go with it.)
To hold it all the bones together he has got the most complicated apparatus I’ve ever seen screwed into his leg. Its a marvel of medical science and engineering. He has two rods screwed into his shin bone and one clear through his heel.
During the holidays I wanted him to put some battery operated Christmas lights on it. He wouldn’t do it.
(I told him that the above photo was the money shot.)
Jay takes all this in stride and doesn’t seem too bothered by the apparatus. He seems bemused by all the attention he is getting in the office. I guarantee you I would be very pitiful and probably not even at work.
Right after the procedure he and his wife flew from Tulsa down to San Antonio to watch his beloved Oklahoma State University Cowboys play in the Alamo Bowl. His dedicated wife pushed him in his wheelchair over a mile from their hotel to the stadium. Is that dedication or what?
You know what the fun thing is going to be? When they take those rods out. His doctor is going to use a cordless electric drill, attached them to the rods, put the device in reverse, and unscrew them. I wonder if Jay will let me come along with my Flip video camera to record that for the world wide web. Stuff like that is why Al Gore invented the internet.
Have you ever had a bad bone break? Tell us about it.
That is amazing! But OW!! as far as I’m concerned, but then I’m a big wuss! I’ve never had a broken bone and I’m sure my family are pleased that they have been spared having to listen to me piss and moan and whine! Great shots! Definitely gave me a pain in the — foot!!
Sylvia
OMG you have made me quite nauseous, poor Jay! I will be more careful as I get out of bed now, with 3 crazy cats to contend with!
Ouch is right! Yikes those pictures made me feel queasy!
When I was a teenager, I slipped on ice and broke my leg. We lived in a big old house at the time and it had one bathroom…upstairs!
Hope your friend mends well.
☼ Sunny
I just threw up a little in my mouth while looking at that last picture. No way would I be at work in that condition either. I’d be home throwing daily pity parties for myself.
What did Al Gore INVITE the internet to do? lol
Oh! Ouch, ouch, OUCH! I have a friend who had rods like this in his leg – his worst pain was from terrible cramps, which he could do nothing about.
Wow, that is an amazing rig. It looks painful! Surely Al Gore had just such a video in mind when he invented the internet…
There’s no way I’d be at work with that thing on my leg. There better be lots of drugs involved when they take the rods out.
Oh, my goodness! Ouch!
And, yes, I have a similar, although smaller, story. I even have a picture if you’d like for me to mail it to you.
I had my big toe ripped off when I fell out of my classroom. Ha! I had pins that stuck out the side of my toe for six weeks. Because the break/rip severed the nerve I didn’t have any pain.
Christmas lights would have been perfect! I have NEVER seen such a contraption. I broke an ankle and a wrist in two separate events as a kid, but all I got was a couple of pounds of plaster around the appendage for my friends to autograph.
That’s amazing. I can only report having an artificial knee BUT a fabulous scar as I had 40 clips to hold it together. Very boring compared with your work colleague.
Ohohohoh….That shot of the rod going through his heel….. I’m weak…I hope the contraption works the magic!
yuck. poor jay.
Now that makes me a bit squeamish.
I have a son who manages to break a bone every few years starting when he was three. I’ve lost count. Time before last he got pins in his arm and last time he fractured some facial bones. I think it is time for him to quit, this a BAD habit!
Oh that is awful….OUCHY! I’m glad my broken leg was before they started all that rod and pins kind of thing. I’ll take a cast for 6 months thank you.