In a "high energy bicycle accident'" in Central Park in NYC, U2 frontman Bono was seriously injured several days ago. He suffered three separate fractures of his left shoulder blade and a fracture of the upper part of the humerus. The bone was shattered in six different places and tore out through the skin. He also has a fracture of the left eye socket. Less dramatic is a broken pinkie finger, but perhaps critical for a musician. He underwent five hours of surgery to repair the left arm where three metal plates and eighteen screws were attached.
He was operated at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Hospital for Special Surgery by Dr. Dean Lorich.
My "low energy walking accident" did considerable damage to my shoulder but nothing like what Bono has experienced. And his bone tore out through the skin! Terrible, just terrible. The article I read said that prior to surgery he had multiple xrays and CT scans. I don't know how that is tolerated by the patient or the X-ray tech. My injury was so much less than this and it was all I could do to cooperate for simple xrays. Do the doctors ever sedate the person before they go to radiology?
It is projected that Bono will have extensive therapy as he heals. I hope his relative youth and good health will give him a boost in the healing, back to normal, process.
It just seems that life is full of risks that cannot be avoided. It's not fate nor karma that we are injured, it's just the price of living a full existence. Bless his heart, I wish him a smooth recovery.
He was operated at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Hospital for Special Surgery by Dr. Dean Lorich.
My "low energy walking accident" did considerable damage to my shoulder but nothing like what Bono has experienced. And his bone tore out through the skin! Terrible, just terrible. The article I read said that prior to surgery he had multiple xrays and CT scans. I don't know how that is tolerated by the patient or the X-ray tech. My injury was so much less than this and it was all I could do to cooperate for simple xrays. Do the doctors ever sedate the person before they go to radiology?
It is projected that Bono will have extensive therapy as he heals. I hope his relative youth and good health will give him a boost in the healing, back to normal, process.
It just seems that life is full of risks that cannot be avoided. It's not fate nor karma that we are injured, it's just the price of living a full existence. Bless his heart, I wish him a smooth recovery.
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