Horse 1 / SWMBO 0

Got a call on SWMBO's phone this arvo, from a worker on the farm where her new horse is agisted - Um she's come off the horse and bumped her head, we're in at the doctors now.
Not too serious is it?
No not too serious by the look of it, might need a couple of stitches.

Then another call to say she was being transferred to RBH by ambulance, just routine precaution I'm sure, so go on with the day working. I leave a bit earlier to pack a little port for her in case they want to keep her in for obs. About three hours after the first call I casually rock into the hospital and find she's still in emergency, feel a bit silly packing a case for her, they'll probably laugh at me for over reacting. The nurse lets me in after checking if it's ok with the doctors (just SOP I convince myself) and ushers me into one of the bays with the curtains drawn. SWMBO is lying there in a neck brace and it's not until I walk around the her other side do I see the damage. Blood drains from my head and I'm feeling distinctly queasy. This is no little bump. Poor SWMBO has a nasty gash around her eye and the Max-fac surgeon tells me that her eye orbit and cheek bone is all fractured like an egg. The eye doctor is just finishing up and the eye seems to be ok so far, but some of the muscles don't seem to be working properly. She'll have to have an op next week and a plate inserted to reconstruct that part of the skull. I just hope the eye will be ok. It looks like the horse has kicked her or stomped on her when she came off. She had a helmet on and it looks from the marks on her neck from the strap that it has caught some of the blow, but sheeyit she was lucky. Hopefully no permenant damage, touch wood.
Cheers
Michael

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Mick

Sheeyte, Michael, that's scary for you both.

Hope she gets through this OK & heals up good as new.


Regards mate...................Sean

Gees mate that not nice, hope the op goes well and she recovers full use of her eye

Here's hoping for a quick recovery, mate. :2tsup:

Sorry to hear that. Hope she recovers well.
My thoughts are with you both.

Hope it all goes well.... microsurgeons can work wonders, and I'll place you both in my thoughts.
:( :( :(

Yikes. :oo:

Best of luck, but I hope she doesn't need too much of that. :2tsup:


On the upside, you can make lots of glue from a full sized horse... :wink:

Daughter had an accident last year, horse stumbled and bucked as it went down propelling her into the ground face first, bit of reconstruction work after the bruising subsided, only took the specialists about 30 minutes and I suspect 15 of that was calculating the bill:((
A little while before she had a horse fall on her and she came back complaining of double vision, a sore shoulder and sore arm, ambos were worried and she got her first chopper trip to hospital where they found she had a broken leg, everything else was fine.
These women seem to be pretty resilient and the only permanent damage is to your wallet but trust all goes well for you.

Hopefully a quick recovery where everthing is back to normal
Thoughts are with you both

Geez Mic :oo:

Wishing you and your SWMBO all the best for the op and a quick and as painless recovery as possible...


Wendy

Best of luck with it mate, I hope she recovers quickly ... before she realises how much she enjoys you fussing over her and doing all the work :D You are planning to fuss over her aren't you? :rolleyes:

Richard

Keep your chin up mate, I hope your missus makes a quick recovery, with no permanent damage/scarring.

Might be time to even up the score.......

Missus: hospital (1)/Horse: glue factory (1)....

Ouch. Hope all goes ok.

'B' horses. Brings back memories of my ex. Skull fracture......

Often the horse is not at fault as in our case, but some can be mongrels.
I have seen riders come off in the most awkward way and fall under the animal then the poor bugger gets shot for running over the rider.
Like any other sport, it has its risks.