From an emergency room in San Antonio.
Photographed for an ad campaign.
Well, it's been a stressful week around here. A young family member had a sports related accident and broke his arm. We spent some time on Wednesday evening at a local hospital emergency room where he had a temporary cast applied. He'll need surgery to stabilize the radius and ulna which were both broken. That's scheduled for early this coming week. Not life threatening for him but clearly a set back and a pain in the ass arm....
I'm doing the doting dad thing and dropping by fresh coffee, picking up meds, driving him to doctor appointments, delivering groceries, sandwich and needed/desired supplies. He's staying at his place before the surgery; he really likes to guard his independence.... but I've pretty much insisted that he camp here for the few days after surgery to make sure there are no complications during recovery. He'll get round-the-clock care here. And there is tons more space... as well as an endless refresh to the goodies in the refrigerator.
I might be a little slower about getting blog posts out this week but that just goes with the territory.
I think you guys can manage a day or two without my breathless prose about yet another life changing lens.
I'm saving up to help with what will most likely be a multiple-Leica level $$$ invoice from the adventure. Ah well. I really didn't need anymore cameras....at least not until the Fall. Even with great health insurance things can get pricey.
(not really looking for medical advice here. I swim with multiple doctors and nurses and I work with four different medical practices. Every professional I talk to is more than willing to share "much needed" advice. I think I've hit critical mass on advice... ).
11 comments:
I feel your pain and sympathise greatly. Our 25 year-old daughter, staying with us here in France and working from home during the last Covid lockdown, fell down our staircase one morning on her way to breakfast. She broke her right leg in four places and will now walk with a limp forever. Three months later I took her to London overnight to go back to her cramped basement flat, and she woke me in the AM with a pain in her stomach. We were at A&E by daybreak (I guessed what it was) and she was diagnosed with appendicitis; she was made to wait 36 hours for surgery. By the time she got to the surgeons, her appendix had burst. Peritonitis, and then septicaemia. My one night in a congestion-charged London with a diesel-belching French registered monster turned into a five week stay.
We nearly lost her. Thankfully she survived, but the fast few months have shown me more than ever that life is frail, and easily changed.
I wish your son well, Kirk. Hold him close and do not be afraid to kiss him and tell him how much you love him. We can wait for the next lens review. :)
Roddy
Thanks Roddy. Sorry to hear about all the misfortunes your daughter suffered. I hope the worst is behind her for a long, long while.
As to the Boy.... We are the text book definition of doting parents, closing in on being temporary helicopter parents for the next week or so...
Very sorry to hear about the accident.
No advice here, except everything will be fine. No worries. I myself have a plate and seven screws holding my elbow together and it works fine. My youngest son has two screws holding his tib fib together, but all apanages work fine.
For advice, if I were to give advice, and I'm not, although.............you may want to hold off on those 5 new Leica bodies, and 8 new Leica lenses for a few days. Just kidding :) :)
All will be fine just fine. Keep swimming.
Best wishes
Roger
Mr.T - He's young, the injury sounds fixable and he has great parents ... helicopter, hummingbird, or otherwise. He'll be fine and we'll still be here when it's over. Stay the course.
Best wishes to that family member for a full recovery. I hover a bit over my son, and he is a 47 yr old professor. Parents are parents always. BTW…the pics in the next 2 posts are excellent. Goes to show the adequacy of older tech.
Thanks Ed. I have a feeling I'll be 95 one day and still checking in to make sure the "kid" is doing well and is safe...
Ahhh, hope he gets well soon. A friend of mine just had a similar cycling injury which also mashed up his elbow joint. Whisked through the Welsh NHS quicksmart and now cast off and recovering (though did have to move home to his mum's for a while,despite being almost forty.
Hope you all manage to make the best of it and he's on the mend soon.
Mark
He'll be right.
Ah well. I really didn't need anymore cameras....
Ah well ... nobody really needs any more cameras :)
For me a dream assignment would be spending a couple of days/nights in an ER making photographs. Lots of drama in a challenging environment.
With appropriate permissions of course.
I wish all the best for your son (and mom and dad!) during this unexpected injury, Kirk.
Just catching up with the blog now Kirk. Sorry to hear about Ben's misfortune and wishing his quick and complete recovery. I too have a daughter who broke her arm and is now a healthy thirtysomething perfectly capable of swatting her Dad's head with the same appendage. Best wishes from us in Toronto.
Jon
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