Alex68
08-06-2007, 04:20 PM
Like the tittle says, I did it at the national in Walnut, I did it during friday practice on the downhill stepdown/tripple. If anybody got it on film PLEASE let me know I overshot it and when I landed, the tibia and fibula pushed down on my ankle joint causing it to shatter. When I landed I hit the ground so hard my body colappsed and I fell off to the right side of the quad and the handlebar hit me in the collar bone causing it to fracture, and as I fell off my leg was pulled under the bike and my toes were pointing towards the front of the quad and my knee was pointing towards the back, which broke the tibia and fibula. So far I have had 2 surgerys. The first one was In Peoria Il about an hour from the track and there they put an external fixator on (pics below) I spent 5 days there then they let me come home ( KC Missouri) Then the second surgery was at KU Med to take the fixator off and to put 5 screws in. The Dr. said that the joint was in about 100 pieces and they used a putty to hold it together. So now I'm laid up at home for about 7 months, the Dr. said Im going to loose about 80% mobility in my foot.
sorry about the long post
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Some pics of my noble steed
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Alex #68
sorry about the long post
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/RacerX68/Alexleg012.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/RacerX68/Alexleg008.jpg
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http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/RacerX68/Alexleg003.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/RacerX68/Alexleg002.jpg
Some pics of my noble steed
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/RacerX68/404.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/RacerX68/401.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/RacerX68/399.jpg
Alex #68