[quote]dday wrote:
Chrysalis wrote:
dday wrote:
Chrysalis wrote:
dday wrote:
anubis rex wrote:
dday–i’ve been a lacrosse coach for a military academy for years and i’ve seen some pretty intense stuff and it never ceases to be very scary. if it isn’t scary, then you’re not in it for your players or the sport and you don’t care. you did everything you could and the kid is probably just a hard-headed one who is 10 feet tall and bullet proof with no use for a hospital…trust me every contact sports team has a few…
Thanks for your words, the whole thing is still so surreal. I certainly do care for these kids and always do my best to keep them safe.
Hard headed to say the least, bending the line from tough to dumb.
Dday, did you report this incident to his parents? If he actually quit breathing this, as you know, is very serious. We had a kid die on the field a few years back. His parents ended up suing the school–I am sure in their pain they felt the need to lash out. In this case, they sued because they had not signed a permission slip and he still was allowed to suit up and practice.
If for no other reason than to cover your ass, you need to let his parents know! It could very well save his life.
Linette
We tried calling his mother but she never answered, his older brother was there and we made sure he was aware how serious this situation was and instructed him to monitor his brother through the night. Wasn’t much else to do since we couldn’t contact her.
You did your due diligence and that is all you can be asked to do. Hope he will be ok, and how very scary that must have been for you. I had an incident about a year ago where I quit breathing for a short time, but it was quickly diagnosed as a pulmonary embolis, a saddle embolus aboutthe size of a hand in each lung. I don’t remember the part where I quit breathing but my boyfriend (and now husband) was pretty traumatized by it.
Holy cow! I take you are ok now? I couldn’t imagine something like that happening to my wife, I hope I’d know what to do but I’m sure I’d be freaking out. Hopefully none of us ever have to deal with something like this again.
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I am fine now, with few long term side effects. I had had knee surgery about 9 days before and had gotten incorrect discharge instructions. I had had a cadaver graft to repair my detached ACL, and partial meniscus removal due to a basket handle tear. I was not told to show up for PT a few days late, and had only gotten the discharge instructions for the time immediately post-surgically.
The embolus totally blocked the blood flow to my lungs. Luckily we were in a vehicle, blocks from a hospital. I spent three days in ICU and six months on blood thinners. If I throw another clot, I will have to be on blood thinners for life. Ug.
The only effect I really have now is that the embolus, which has now hardened, prevents complete compression. My lung capacity is a bit decreased from normal. I only really feel it when I deadlift–I sometimes get a bit light-headed. I was surprised there was no way to remove the clot, and that it would harden and become porous as the blood pushed through it.
James did beautifully. We were actually at the feed store when it happened. I had gotten back into the truck after buying some horse feed, and ever-so-gracefully keeled over. He immediately drove to the hospital and shook me while he drove, which dislodged the clot enough to resume blood flow to my lungs and I came to. As I said, I do not remember it at all; he is the one with that awful vision of me apparently lifeless on the seat next to him.