Marese update
This is a bit of a cut and paste job so I can keep everyone informed without writing the same information multiple times.
Marese was riding with her friend Sharon on Monday. She can’t remember the accident but Sharon and I both came up with the same scenario that fits all the facts. They were traveling at about 20 MPH coming on to Wall St. from Plymouth with Sharon in the lead. At 20 MPH, you are traveling at 30 feet per second. Sharon slowed down to avoid a hedgehog that came into the road and the next thing she knew Marese went down just behind and to her left. Most likely Marese looked away for a moment just as Sharon was slowing down, saw her at the last moment, and hit the breaks hard while turning to the left a bit to avoid colliding into her. That combination just made her tip over hard onto her side. Judging by the injuries, she went down on her right side with the hip, shoulder, and head taking roughly equal force.
On Monday she was very scrambled and confused. She asked us about every minute if her shoulder was broken. Later in the day, they found the fractured pelvis in addition to the broken collar bone and concussion they already knew about. That prompted a move from Jordan to Tufts Medical Center late on Monday night
Injury 1 – Concussion
I went to see Marese in Tufts Medical today(Tues). She is very much improved. I think that her mental discombobulation had as much to do with the pain meds as the concussion – Barry women are notorious for going loopy under the influence of strong pain meds. If there were any memory issues today they weren’t apparent to me. She still can’t remember the accident but that is quite normal. She had CT’s and a neurological consult and everything looks consistent with a concussion.
Injury 2 – Fractured pelvis:
The fractured pelvis also looks good. There are cracks that extend into the hip socket. Ortho is sure that there is no misalignment of the bones – and so no surgery is needed. She’ll be getting around with a cane as soon as she is able to endure the pain. That’s right – she’ll use a Cane when she’s Able ….
Injury 3 – broken collarbone :
Who cares? This is a minor issue that I was never particularly worried about. She has a sling and will have to keep it immobile for I don’t know how long. It will be monitored and addressed if it doesn’t heal properly. Apparently they normally just spring back into the proper position and knit themselves back together.
Most likely she will move to a rehab in a day or two and home shortly after that – that’s all still up in the air.
Everything at this time is pointing to a full recovery.
I’ve been letting my asshole flag fly high – pushing the docs on the treatment, advocating for more scans, making sure they know that today’s event-B was similar to yesterday’s event-A. I’m pushing the fact that Marese is an athlete and we need to worry about how she’ll be in 5 years – not five weeks, not five months. Yesterday I asked the hospital coordinator handling her case if we needed more advanced scans on her various injuries. He said – “I can call and ask but I’m sure the ?WHOEVER? will say that they are not needed.”. I replied “Great. Then you can hand the phone to me and I’ll tell him to get his ass in here and do the scans.”.
We got the scans. Probably more because her condition indicated it rather than my triage room histrionics. There were similar things in Tufts today. I’m there to advocate for the best possible treatment for my wife and am not in the least bit concerned with annoying medical staff, offending the people charged with her care, or saving some insurance company the cost of a $1000 dollar test. I feel that I’m reasonable when the care is good – and that I’m a real nightmare if I have any doubts about the care my wife is getting.
I want to thank everyone for the tremendous outpouring of support. Amazing.
Themocracy
Mark,
I initially got word from Judy. My wife and I are prayer for her speedy recovery.
We will keep her and you in our prayers. I think we will throw in a quick one for the Doctors.
Are the kids OK?
Mark,
First I heard of the accident was on your blog here. I am sorry to hear about the fall. Judy and I are hoping for a quick and full recovery. Marese is in great shape and that should really help her along. Give her our best. If you need anything that I can do or help out with, let me know.
Rich.
Kids are good. I’m being very honest with them about things. They saw the huge improvement from Mon to Tues and that did wonders to relieve their concerns.
BTW – Brewster handled the call and by all reports were awesome.
Sorry to hear about Marese’s accident ….. thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery !
This is how I heard, too. I’m sorry to hear of it but glad she is getting good care and improving. You’ll all be in my thoughts too.
Jill
Mark,
Sorry to have to write this, but keep up the good fight on your your wife’s behalf. The cane and able reference is nice.
Thank Mark for all the updates. If you need anything just ask and give Marese a BIG ((Hug)).
Hey Bumpkin:
So sorry to hear about Marese, I only just managed to find my way back to nemasket.net. Best wishes for a swift recovery for Marese.
@Fiferstone
We need people like you keeping an critical eye on things.