Tonight's raid and why i wasn't there- Thulsa

Whitey · June 14, 2011, 11:53:36 PM

I was on the way home from work with Thulsa_Doom (some of you will know) on the bikes and he was hit head on by a car. I have spent the last 6 hours in hospital with him and it's touch and go if he will make it. He's currently on his way to Edinburgh to have surgery to repair a ruptured aorta. He also has broken ribs (all of them) punctured lungs broken arm, broken collar bone and suspected broken jaw. The good news is that his brain and spine are fine. What a night! :sad:

BrotherTobious · June 14, 2011, 11:57:42 PM

Oh god, I am so sorry to hear this my thoughts are with him and his family.

Glad you Whitety are ok take it easy though mate.

Blunt · June 15, 2011, 12:06:42 AM

****!
So sorry to hear that.
My thoughts are with you all up there.
I'm sure you'll pass on all our best wishes...
please keep us informed

Michelanio · June 15, 2011, 12:11:00 AM

sorry to hear that, hope it all goes well and you know were we are if you want to have a chat

TeaLeaf · June 15, 2011, 09:05:48 AM

Damn that's serious news Whitey. If you can, please pass on our best to TD and his family, we'll be thinking of him. Keep us posted please and don't worry about not showing up, TD is way more important than gaming.

OldBloke · June 15, 2011, 11:17:17 AM

What they all said. Fingers crossed for a full and speedy recovery.

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Whitey · June 15, 2011, 12:30:04 PM

I've just spoken to Hazel again (Stephen's Wife) and he is just heading into surgery to get a Stent installed as well as some other work (expected to take 4 hours). He has been stable all night and has shown signs of improvement. The swelling is going down and his jaw is not broken although he has a fractured skull and the damage to his collar bone and other bones in that area is extensive and will require plate work once he is fit enough to have it fixed. It's a similar story with his lungs, there's not much they can do until he is fit enough to have the work carried out to repair them. He will also need quite a bit of plastic surgery but that's minor compared to the other problems he has. He has been unconsious since it happened and is being kept that way for the time being.

BrotherTobious · June 15, 2011, 12:42:15 PM

Thanks for the update mate

Whitey · June 16, 2011, 12:03:47 PM

It's been another roller coaster 24 hours. He went in for the operation at 11:30AM yesterday and I got a phone call at 13:30 to say that he was going downhill fast, the damage was worse than expected and that I should prepare for the worst. Some time after 5PM I got a phone call from Hazel to say he had survived the operation (the surgeon was amazed he had), the stent was in place and he was stable. I spoke to Hazel again this morning and he had a good night and is scheduled for more surgery today to repair some of the bone damage.

Penfold · June 16, 2011, 12:25:02 PM

Jesus Whitey, I'm so sorry.

I know there's sod all we can do but please pass on our best wishes and our thoughts are with our northern brethren.

Whitey · June 16, 2011, 01:39:35 PM

Thanks, I should probably have posted this somewhere else but I know most people that know Thulsa have access to this thread and i didn't want it in the public areas of the forum.

sheepy · June 16, 2011, 07:02:54 PM

damn man thats really not good, all the best to him.

TeaLeaf · June 21, 2011, 12:01:13 PM

Any update on how things are going Whitey? Anything we can do to help? dMw card to him for when he comes round, or flowers for his wife to let her know we're thinking of them?

Whitey · June 21, 2011, 02:23:27 PM

He's still stable and making slow steady progress. His lungs are improving and he is now getting assisted breathing rather than the machine doing the breathing for him and the number of drains in his lungs has been reduced as the fluid build up has reduced. The surgery to repair the bone damage didn't happen last week as planned due to a small leak found in the pipe work around his heart. It's nowhere near as serious as the other leak he had and he won't need surgery for it but it was enough to delay the bone work until later this week to give his body a chance to recover. He is still being heavily sedated although there has been movement on all of his limbs (really good sign). I'm heading up with hazel to see him tomorrow.

I'm sure a card would be appreciated once he wakes up. I can PM someone the address.

TeaLeaf · June 21, 2011, 02:26:02 PM

Please do, PM it to me and we'll sort something.