September 15, 2012
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freds broken heel
Tuesday morning Fred broke his heel when he jumped off of the back of the feed truck (about 4') when he heard the farmer screaming. Apparently the farmer had gotten out of the tractor to adjust the forks and had left a 2 yr. old grandson in the tractor who accidently pushed the lever and dropped the forks onto the mans foot crushing it. Fred heard him screaming and went to help. When he landed he broke his heel. Later we found out that the man had three bones in the top of his foot broken and it smashed the foot so hard that it squished muscle and tissue out through the toes so he also had to get stitches. Poor fella.
So Fred's heel is broken in his left foot. Next week once the swelling goes down we are to go back to the orthopedic Dr and have a cast put on it. He is to wear the cast for at least 8 weeks and not put weight o the heel. The Dr said that he should expect at least 2 yrs of pain. Freds foot is very black & blue.
Comments (3)
ouch!
That sounds like a long haul type of injury. Andrew is still healing from his broken foot in July. He is currently in the hospital for a blood clot. But when he broke his foot, nothing squished out by his toes! Those two guys must have kept the emergency room personnel hopping that day!
Oh, ouch!! I feel sorry for him having to go through weeks with a cast! And 2 years of pain? That doesn't sound kind!
Hoping for an amazing healing!!
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