Horse 1 / SWMBO 0

[Shedhand]

I remember when I was at holding company, Ingleburn, in the Army and me and a couple of mates who were keen riders talked me into going to a horsery for a days riding. I asked the owner for the oldest tamest nag in the barn coz I'd never ridden one before. He picked out this lovely old mare and told me to walk it about 200 metres out the gate before mounting it as she would just turn around and go home. I played it safe and walked her about 2 miles down the road (getting stirred all the while by the expert mates) and then I mounted her (which was a challenge). As soon as I was settled the swung around and bolted flat chat the 2 miles back to the barn. My goolies and my face (face buried in mane hanging on for grim death, goolies pounding the pommel) were in raw shape at the end of it. Never got on anything without wheels since.

[mic-d]

Hehe, the same thing happened to me on a strange horse when I was little, the horse bolted home and I held on for dear life. They told me it was ppart quarter horse, but I always reckoned it was pretty much full blood 2-mile horse cos that's how long it felt before it got home.

CHeers
Michael

[Harry72]

Hope all goes well for your SWMBO, so how gooda cook are you?

[Shedhand]

Hope all goes well for your SWMBO, so how gooda cook are you?

Doesn't have to. He's just up the road from a McCr@p outlet...

[mic-d]

We went in for a consultation this morning feeling pretty upbeat, but the ct scan of the fractures were nasty, nasty nasty. Most of the outer eye socket was boney fragments, which didn't look good (and I couldn't tell up from down!). So the max/fac consultant cancelled his list for the day and they knocked her out and made her a part cyborg I think. Twas quite a long op but SWMBO is doing well and looking better already. May be a bit of cosmetic surgery down the track and perhaps some "functional deficits", but I take this to mean that fridge magnets won't stick to the metal bits they put in her head. With all the sad news on the forum of late, and knowing that this could have been much worse, I'm just so grateful that it looks like no permanent damage was done, I'd be los without the oldgirl.

Michael

[DJ’s Timber]

Good to hear things are looking up

[Andy Mac]

Hi Michael,
Glad to hear things are turning out alright. It could have been worse, but I can still see you calmly working away thinking your wife has a bit of lump on the noggin! And you perhaps should explain the 'port' a bit better for southerners, they prolly think you were taking a bottle of fortified wine into the hospital!!
My MIL lost her only sister in a horse accident, riding on their farm down near Moree when they were teenagers. My eldest daughter (who has a physical disabilty) has been horse-mad for years and has pushed us to get a pony for her, with a club meeting just at our backgate. I have resisted, mainly because we know nothing about their keep and handling, but every time its mentioned in front of MIL, I can see her demeanour change slightly.

All the best to your wife for a speedy recovery.

[RufflyRustic]

Hi Mic,

Very glad to hear that the operation is now done and went well. Wishing Mrs Mic-d an easy recovery

cheers
Wendy

[silentC]

I take this to mean that fridge magnets won't stick to the metal bits

That was my biggest disappointment after getting a plate in my foot. And they don't set off metal detectors at the airport, either

Glad to hear things are on the up.

[mic-d]

I just got reminded an update here is long overdue. After the primary op to plate and screw much of the eye orbit back together, SWMBO had to have a second op to fix a deficit behind the eye and bring it forward to its original position. To do that they made a 3D model of her skull so they could work out what to do. That's the photos attached. Those pink dots are the replication of the screws that hold the plate over her eye and her cheekbone in place. Maybe you can see the big holes behind the right eye that needed to be fixed. So that all went well, but fridge magnets still do not stick. I also got in trouble for suggesting I knew the root cause of all the problems, the skull is empty. Well isn't that a problem Next time
She's just had the last op to realign an eye, and with only a minoer hiccup looks like she'll be better than new soon. HOWEVER when I told the surgeon she is still riding, I did not appreciate her saying she will be the bionic woman in a few years
Cheers
Michael
aww sorry for the carp photos

[tea lady]

What a story. Must have missed it first time round. Glad to here all is well now. Just mount the pink thing and put it on the mantle piece. They just look like art. .....Which way is up again?..........

[mic-d]

What a story. Must have missed it first time round. Glad to here all is well now. Just mount the pink thing and put it on the mantle piece. They just look like art. .....Which way is up again?..........

hehe, I wonder what underfoot would turn it into??



Cheers
Michael

[underfoot]

geez mic, scary stuff, glad all is well

hehe, I wonder what underfoot would turn it into??

wouldn't touch it mic,

scanning a damaged skull, then growing an identical copy in pink plastic,

that's Art

(of course you could always try fitting a clock in it, or a barometer or something)

[jmk89]

geez mic, scary stuff, glad all is well



wouldn't touch it mic,

scanning a damaged skull, then growing an identical copy in pink plastic,

that's Art

(of course you could always try fitting a clock in it, or a barometer or something)

I don't think you're trying hard enough, Underfoot - one of your silhouette creations is required! Then we can call it "A shadow of her former self"
PS glad the ops have gone so well (and SWMBO is back on the horse)

[mic-d]

geez mic, scary stuff, glad all is well



wouldn't touch it mic,

scanning a damaged skull, then growing an identical copy in pink plastic,

that's Art

(of course you could always try fitting a clock in it, or a barometer or something)

Thanks mate, there's an idea, dual time zones, one in each eye.

I don't think you're trying hard enough, Underfoot - one of your silhouette creations is required! Then we can call it "A shadow of her former self"
PS glad the ops have gone so well (and SWMBO is back on the horse)

thanks!

Cheers
Michael