CRASH LANDING

OK...here's the video footage of me crashing 2 weeks ago. It's not easy viewing, so be warned!

Surgery

I had my surgery done in Invercargill down the bottom end of the South Island. This involved a 50 minute chopper ride down from Queenstown which I was a bit gutted about because it broke my record of jumping out of every chopper I've ever been in!

The first picture is of the traction bed they had me in for 24 hours before surgery, and me looking a bit wasted.





These are the surgery scars and staples holding me together. I get the staples out this Friday and it's feeling pretty good. I got out for a walk today in the sunshine, all of 300m which took me at least half an hour! I'll keep you updated on my progress.

SMASH & RUN .... err No!

For those of you who don't already know, I had a wee little accident the day after my birthday (Monday 24th) involving me hitting the ground, whilst coming into land, rather harder than is recommended. This resulted in a broken femur, but luckily nothing more serious. So here are a couple of x-rays, before and after. The second shot shows the titanium pin that runs down the length of my femur and one of the screws that holds it in place. Ouch!






I'm now out of hospital and back home in Queenstown, hobbling round on crutches trying not to annoy Jen too much. Please pray for my healing to be super quick so I can get back to work, and for Jen to have masses of energy and grace to look after me while I recover. Cheers!