Night TWO

I was forced to stay another night in the hospital because the back brace was not ready. I'm a little upset, there was plenty of time on Tuesday to fit me.

My meds where switched from Morphine to Hydrocodone...hydro is strong. Morphine had a little kick but hydro puts me out. Drool, sleep and absolutely no pain...GORKED.

Sleeps...

Last night actually wasn't that bad. I was able to sleep without any additional morphine, but I did get on the hour wake up calls by the nursing staff. All things considered I'm actually comfortable. Things were a bit stiff this morning, nothing a little pain meds can't dull. I've been switched to orals which means I should be going home soon. No new news on when I'll be getting my brace. 89 days...

For the time being I'm drinking a gallon of Dunn Brothers. The morphine has left two days worth of duce in the ol' guts...and that isn't good.

Down and OUT...

It was a bad day. Took a 10ft fall off a slippery rock ledge and landed on my back. The pack with my climbing gear saved my head from slamming on the ground and saving some other breaks. I am currently in the hospital with a L1 compression fracture and pain control. Although things could have been much worse, I am going to be chained to a brace for 3 months. No PQ, no autumn MtB, no lifting boxes into the house on Squire.

Who wants to come out and help?

Rolling the Rim...

Rolled out a few hours at Buzzard's Roost...one of the newest trails systems built the hills. The trail is a lot of fun, but it has as many rocks as a crack pike. Tried it on the rigid 69ss, but went back to the car and grabbed the 5'' Kona after the first hour. The photo above was taken from a section called the rim trail. In the distance you can see Storm Mtn (square mtn on the left way back) and Harny Peak (mtn way way back on the right).

Gone and Done With...

It has been a while but I thought I should post on it anyway. The Firecracker 50 was a great event again. The short of it was:
Registered late and I was put on the waiting list=(
Got off the waiting list=)
Raced maverick because I did not want to buy a license
Had a great first lap
Second lap kicked my ass
Missed my goal of sub 5hr by 7min
FoxyRoxy rode VERY well and almost beat me!

Post race...Me supporting my ol' team in their new kit.

Firecracker 50? Maybe...

westy@mavsports.com

show details 8:33 AM (29 minutes ago)

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Greetings! So here's the latest. We've had about 20 cancellations and have moved people from the wait list to the race in order of when they signed up for the wait list. Registration is now totally closed meaning no one can even get on the wait list. We will continue to work down the list as cancellations come in. The last chance to get into the race will be on Saturday morning. If there are no shows we will continue down the wait list and re-assign number plates. If the people on the wait list are no shows and there are still number plates available we will be issuing raffle tickets to the people hanging out. We'll do a draw and fill up the race. Packet pickup closes at 10:30 and that's when the fun will begin. Sincerely, Jeff