Hey everyone, I know I haven't been around for a while. And there's a very large reason for that.

Recently in the middle of January, I was on a cruise with my friends from the firehouse. On the 3rd day of the cruise, we stopped at Nassau, Bahamas. Me and 2 of my friends decided to rent mopeds and explore the island. Definitely not one of my best ideas. After about 3 hours of riding them, I was trying to make a turn and was hit by a car. I suffered an open femur fracture and ripped my femoral artery. I was brought to a public hospital down there and they were able to stop the bleeding and put an external fixator on my leg after a 9 hour surgery. I was then airlifted to a trauma center in Florida where they did the rest of the surgeries. They put a rod on my femur to keep it together. Now I'm back in NY in a highly rated rehab center and I'm on my way to recovery. In 5ish more weeks I should be good to go and back to walking on 2 legs again.

I'm so lucky to be alive and that the only injuries I have are only temporary.

 

It's great to see you back online Bill. Sorry to hear about the accident. Hoping you have a quick and full recovery.

So have you suddenly become more aware of obstacles like high curbs and stairs and such? That happened with me when I broke my foot a while back. Quickly learned what a god-send elevators are.

Get well soon Bill!

 

Ohh man glad your ok after all that, hope for a speedy recovery & glad to see you back online

 

Holy Crap! I'm glad you are OK and I'm wishing you a speedy recovery!

 

Welcome back! Glad you made it!

 

Wow Bill your a fortunate one for sure. I have been in 3rd world areas and traffic is insane. Wonderful you were able to be tended to so quickly. What a nightmare you have been through, and yes it's a blessing the hit did not leave you permanetly disabled.

Keep us posted on you rehab progress bud... God speed with your recovery efforts.

 

Well, after a long 7 weeks, I'm finally home!

 

Congrats! Holy cow! An open break of the Femur with Arterial bleed? You are lucky to be alive! Immediate action is required to prevent death in a case like that.

 

I know, I am really counting my blessings right now. Thank God the other guys I were with were fresh out of EMT School, so they recognized the bleed and used my belt as a tourniquet and stopped the bleed. Thank God I was with them.

 

You need to be very wary of any signs of infection now. I had an open fracture and 6 months after the cast was off, I ended up with, "Gangrenous Osteomyelitis". I almost lost my arm. That would be another life threatening problem were it to occur on your thigh. Good luck and I wish you a speedy recovery.