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NorthernRedneck

NorthernRedneck said:
It's been six months now since the accident. I just had my wife take a few pictures of the bruising on my back. You can still see the tire track. The picture doesn't do a good job showing the bruising. It's been one hell of a journey so far.


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Brian you have come a long way since this and again i like many am so proud of you,you have done little moaning and have taken great steps in your recovery your family are so lucky to have you.

I would like to thank your wife for taking great care of you,she is 1 in a million and you are damn lucky to have found her in life...thank you Mrs Brian for taking good care of someone that is very dear to us all at FF.

Merry Christmas Brian to you and all your family.
 
Merry Christmas to you and yours as well! Yes, I do have a great wife. She's been so awesome and supportive through everything I've been through. I try not to bitch and moan too much since I know it will do no good. For example. I just went out for a few last minute stocking stuffers for my wife tonight. Halfway through walking through the store my legs started to give out on me and I began losing feeling in my feet. Yes, it sucks, but I focused on my wife and children and that gave me the strength to keep pushing forward.

I realize that I will have good days and bad days and I've accepted that. That's the biggest part of starting to heal.

Medically, I've already mentioned the issues with my legs. Of course, my back is finished right now. The more I try to do, the more my back tightens up and burns. And that in turn transfers around my right side through the rib I broke right into my liver area then that starts burning as well. I just got a call today from the surgeon who did the original surgery when the accident occurred. He's already seen the results of the ultrasound I recently had on my liver and has pretty much indicated he's going to have to go back in with a long needle and attempt to drain off the pockets of fluid that remain on my liver. I hope they can do something about it since it feels as though someone gave me a good solid punch in the ribs. But, I keep plugging forward since I know there are others out there in way worse shape than me.
 
Well. At least I made it through Christmas without a trip to the hospital. I've been in increasing pain from the fluid build up in my liver. The doctor I was surprised to see in January for this informed me that he was the oncall surgeon at emerg between Christmas and new years. I was strongly advised that if the pain became too much to go see him at emerg. So that's the plan for today.

I may end up in day surgery today.

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Looks like I'm in for a rough day here. Already at emergency. The doctor has ordered an ultrasound and CT scan to see what's going on with my liver. Then depending on the results I may be in for surgery later today.

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Thanks for keeping us up to date with your situation, Brian. We can't do much but keep you in our thoughts and prayers but
know that you do at least have that from a lot of people here on FF.
 
Thanks. I'm still at the hospital. We're getting somewhere. They've determined that my liver needs to be drained but they can't do it because of the blood thinner. So I need to get a scan on my legs first to see if I can stop the thinner then come back in a couple days to get the procedure done.

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Thanks. What a battle dealing with multiple injuries when fixing one means impacting another. I just had a scan of both legs. We're waiting now to see if I can stop the thinners.

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Made some progress today. I'm home now. They were debating on admitting me for observation as they were concerned about the blood clot if they stop the thinner. The scan didn't show a clot so they felt safe stopping the thinner for a few days so they can safely drain the liver. I go back Tuesday for more testing.

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So sorry to hear all this Brian, hopefully this will be the last of the problems and a new year will be the start of new things.

Your in my thoughts and Prayers.
 
Thanks. This is a bump in the road. The liver couldn't heal properly due to the blood thinner. It's a fine balance. Keep control of the blood clot and take longer for the liver to heal or risk the clot traveling to my lungs/heart in order to repair the liver. It took six months to get to this stage.

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Just remember the liver is very forgiving and heals well given time, i pray this is the final hurdle.
 
So do I. But I have a feeling I'm not done yet. Once this battle is done I'm scheduled for an mri in a couple weeks for my back. That'll determine if I need surgery to repair nerve damage.

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So I am back in the hospital at least for tonight. They are concerned that the liver is still bleeding after 6 months. So I'm scheduled for surgery tomorrow morning.

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Your going to be just fine Brian i know it,God would have taken you during your accident if he did not have a higher purpose for you,you have inspired me this year with your courage,give a good looking nurse a glance from Galvi:brows:

Prayers for you and your family.
 
I hope you're right. The damage to my liver was pretty extensive. Level 4 laceration with level 6 being fatal. I have to be extremely careful. One thing that has been tossed around is the possibility of a transplant down the road. I'll do what I have to in order to still be here with my wife and children

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I'm a hurting unit. OMG. I have a drainage tube inserted into my liver. So far 825ml of fluid drained out. I'll have the tube shoved in me for a week or so. It hurts to move.

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In case anyone is wondering, I'm doing alright. They are keeping me in overnight again for observation but said I'm doing great. IV just came out. If the drainage is barely anything overnight they plan on removing the tube in my stomach and I can go home.

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I'll be spending new years in the hospital. The doctor didn't like the looks of the color of discharge coming from my liver. They sent a sample to the lab

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NorthernRedneck said:
I'll be spending new years in the hospital. The doctor didn't like the looks of the color of discharge coming from my liver. They sent a sample to the lab

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I bet Rusty would drink it:yum::yum::yum:

Sorry Brian i could not help myself....i am here to keep you company for new years...lets rock baby.:wink:
 
Love and best wishes to all treating you Brian....Thank you guys....dont give up the day job.:flowers:

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Thanks. Sucks for sure. I'll have to have a drainage bag for a couple of months as well. Looks like no pool or sauna at the gym for a while.

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Between me and you Brian i have some issues to be taken a look at, have a whole lot of shit tests lined up for the new year(holiday fling in tezzmania lol) but i have taken inspiration from you, don't piss and moan just do and get on, i thank you for that Sir.

So..as i can drink whiskey and you clearly can't would you like me to have a few for you??
 
Take care of yourself. That's what I'm doing. This is the first time in a long time we had no kids for a week. I surely didn't think I'd be spending it like this.

One day at a time. It's all I can do.

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