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Post by ryno23 on Aug 1, 2011 19:21:41 GMT -5
Just got back from visiting with Deano at the hospital and he's in pretty good spirits. He broke his left hip pretty badly requiring some new hardware. (Great, now the geezer got updgraded to even faster parts) He said the doc believes everything went well with the surgery and he's looking at 6 to 8 months of heal time. He also broke his right wrist but no surgery is needed on that. So he'll be sporting a new walker that Diane picked up today for about 6 to 8 weeks. ($20 says it has Yamaha stickers on it by the end of the week)
All in all Dean flat said it could have been much worse. He's optimistic about his outlook and thanks everyone for helping out. He should be on his way home tomorrow sometime to get settled in to his lounge chair. Get well soon Dean.
Ryno
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Post by turboman on Aug 1, 2011 22:24:55 GMT -5
wow get well soon,if you can find a warm water therapy pool,you'll heal even faster and be bustin berms sooner than they say for sure . Show'm how it,s done best wishes
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Post by duke8 on Aug 2, 2011 20:58:20 GMT -5
Sorry to hear about your wreck, Dean. I wish you the best, and hope you heal quick.
Duke
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Post by Dean Olsen on Aug 3, 2011 18:37:08 GMT -5
I just want to say thank you very much to all of you who loaded my twisted body in the ambulance, put my bent bike in the trailer (which I heard took 4 people to carry) and loaded all my crap.
Very special thanks to Nick for bringing it all back home. Ria, Jason and Langston for letting Diane use their car while we were in Bozeman. Along with all of you who came to visit, called and sent texts.
Oh yea, and the Post Ryno started, my wife was laughing so hard I think she wet her pants but I didn't think it was all that funny.
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Post by Dean Olsen on Aug 3, 2011 19:22:11 GMT -5
Here is a picture of the newly obtained hardware. I would be more than happy to trade for a front wheel and sub frame!  |
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Post by mx808 on Aug 3, 2011 19:50:13 GMT -5
Dean - can you explain what's going on here??? Looks like a rod into the joint of your hip? What kind of range of motion are you gonna have??
By the way...fricking ouch!!!! Now stop doing that...
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Post by picchic on Aug 4, 2011 8:48:03 GMT -5
I think I can safetly say that the entire racing community had heavy hearts to see our hero go down on Sunday. You have been an amazing presence at the races - seems like that #3 is always on the line, at the checker, doing big jumps and riding so smooth and FAST! We wish you a speedy recovery and will miss you and 'big blue'. Congrats on your new bionic leg! Once your all healed up, you'll be extra fast! Take care!
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Post by 35 on Aug 4, 2011 9:05:45 GMT -5
Dean - can you explain what's going on here??? Looks like a rod into the joint of your hip? What kind of range of motion are you gonna have?? By the way...fricking ouch!!!! Now stop doing that... The pin (more like a head bolt) doesn't go into the joint space. It may appear that way because of the angle and overlying structures. You can see a shadow of the head (ball) of the femur at the top of the x-ray. The pin is about 10mm from the outside of the ball. It kind of looks like a helicoiled head bolt. Hope they used red lock tight. Don't want that thing vibrating loose when he's out dancing... |
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Post by mx808 on Aug 4, 2011 9:34:55 GMT -5
Now that makes sense now...if that thing was solid, it would make it a bugger to shift.  |
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Post by Dean Olsen on Aug 4, 2011 14:38:36 GMT -5
Dean - can you explain what's going on here??? Looks like a rod into the joint of your hip? What kind of range of motion are you gonna have?? I will give it my best shot. The ball of the hip joint basically broke off straight up from the inside of the femur – the ball stayed in the socket it just pushed the whole leg up toward the top of my hip. To fix it they pulled the leg back down so it lined up with the ball again and used the four lower screws to anchor a plate to the femur. The top long screw goes through a sleeve in the plate, which stabilizes everything, but still allows a pivot point for full range of motion (some day). Thanks for all the nice comments. Its going to be a long recovery and I cant even imagine how bad my conditioning will be once I’m able get on my bike again. Right now I have a lap time of about 8 minutes to get out of my chair, into my walker and make one trip through the house, hopefully I will have that cut in half by this time next week. |
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Post by ryno23 on Aug 4, 2011 16:18:00 GMT -5
Dean - can you explain what's going on here??? Looks like a rod into the joint of your hip? What kind of range of motion are you gonna have?? I will give it my best shot. The ball of the hip joint basically broke off straight up from the inside of the femur – the ball stayed in the socket it just pushed the whole leg up toward the top of my hip. To fix it they pulled the leg back down so it lined up with the ball again and used the four lower screws to anchor a plate to the femur. The top long screw goes through a sleeve in the plate, which stabilizes everything, but still allows a pivot point for full range of motion (some day). Thanks for all the nice comments. Its going to be a long recovery and I cant even imagine how bad my conditioning will be once I’m able get on my bike again. Right now I have a lap time of about 8 minutes to get out of my chair, into my walker and make one trip through the house, hopefully I will have that cut in half by this time next week. 8 minutes is a pretty d**n good lap if ya ask me! As we discussed at the hospital I did kind of the same thing to my right hip only the top of my femur split in half instead. You'll find out that range of motion will suck for quite a while. You'll never take simply tying your shoes for granted ever again trust me! But it will come around I'm sure of that. Besides, it isn't the kickstart side anyway. BTW, the post to start this thread making ur better half chuckle was worth it! LOL... you already put Yami stickers on the walker didn't ya??? cheers, Ryno |
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Post by 35 on Aug 4, 2011 19:10:41 GMT -5
Ryno,
Back in the day, your dad had the "mother of all hip injuries". I remember the spine tingling details that are more than I care to discuss. Wasn't he later fitted with an after market Ti replacement? Last I saw, he was still tearing up the hills...
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Post by ryno23 on Aug 4, 2011 19:40:04 GMT -5
Yeah Ken, he had a bad one. He actually shoved the femur through the hip socket basically shattering the socket and busting the femur. They pulled it all into place with some surgery and later (10 years or so) he finally had his hip replaced. He felt better pretty much 1 week after the surgery and yep, still rallies his 450x all over the hills with the likes of Steve Handl and George Chamarro. He's still going strong at 60+ years old although if ya put him in a big parking lot blindfolded he'll still just walk in a big circle. I guess to some extent or another everybody is doing a big circle in life though...
Ryno
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Post by rbmoto84 on Aug 4, 2011 20:07:42 GMT -5
Sorry to hear the news Dean. Gnarly x-ray, now you can say you have a screw loose and we will know what you are talking about. Good time to upgrade your movie channels. In no time you will be back kickin dirt on everybody. Get well soon. Rick.
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Post by springtimemx on Aug 5, 2011 0:28:24 GMT -5
I am very sorry to hear about the injury Dean. You have some tough time ahead but no doubt have the strength to pull thru just fine. Get well asap!
Jon Lusk and family
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