Too Much Drama

Andy spent more of November away than he did at home making life a little more busy for me! Luckily friends stepped in to help out when needed!

It was Andy's dad Dave who has been in the wars. He recently tripped over a paver at home and fallen on his face giving himself a black eye plus a cut and bruised nose. However he out did himself a week later when he fell down a steep hill at orienteering.

I had arrived with the girls and dog at the midweek summer orienteering event held at Red Hill. Usually I chat with various orienteers before wandering around with the dog while the rest of the family do their courses. However on this occasion, I hadn't even got out of the assembly area when a young orienteer came sprinting back yelling out that Dave needed help as he was covered in blood!

Grabbing a first aid kit and map, Rob, Indi and I went searching for Dave, except we couldn't find him! Unbeknownst to us, he and another orienteer had walked straight up hill while we had contoured from the saddle! We relocated him back at the assembly area where a medically trained orienteer had bandaged his hand (he had dislocated a finger). It was obvious from his injuries that he required a trip to the hospital.

A little organisation saw Rob take Indi and both of the girls home, another orienteer drove Dave's car back to his house and I took Dave to A&E. With the girls growing up, it's great they are capable of looking after themselves and cooking dinner.

The normal hour(s) waiting in the A&E triage area didn't eventuate as Dave being assessed as hitting his head was bumped up the list. It was therefore only a 10 or so min wait before we were ushered into the back treatment area. Dave had only just settled on the bed when Sandra arrived and was then whisked off for an X-ray! 

Meanwhile as I was briefing Sandra on developments, Dave returned just as quickly and then we were informed he would be going for a CT Head soon. I left before that occurred.

It was as expected a late night for the grandies. An update filtered through the next day on the extent of his injuries - a compound fracture / dislocation of left ring finger (which required surgery the next day); fractured right collarbone and a broken nose!! He did a good job. His surgery went well and now he has to work on getting better in time for Sandra's planned knee replacement surgery in a few weeks!!