[Archers] Archers Digest, Vol 28, Issue 6

[Bary Sears]

Seems I was behind the times:

>I am picking Jamie up from the hospital today. After his emergency room 
>visit on Saturday night, his hand and then his wrist continued to swell.
>One
>of our neighbors is a doctor, and when he saw Jamie¹s hand on Monday, 
>he recommended that he see a doctor for a follow up the next day. Our 
>friend who is a nurse agreed as well. Jamie had an appointment with a 
>hand specialist on Tuesday afternoon, and went from there immediately 
>to Union Memorial¹s hand clinic. On Tuesday evening he underwent 
>surgery on his hand, and they removed another large shard of wood and 
>what the doctor described as ³five small chunks of arrow.² Jamie was 
>disappointed that they would not let him keep all of those things as 
>further souvenirs of the day.  These pieces had caused his hand to 
>become infected, and he has been on IV antibiotics since then.
>
>They left the wound open, no stitches, so that it could heal from the 
>inside. I didn¹t see it yet, but Jamie said he is sliced open from the 
>fatty part just under the thumb, up to the middle knuckle on his index 
>finger. He has had three whirlpool treatments on the hand to keep it 
>clean, and has already begun physical therapy to keep the hand and 
>fingers flexible. The doctor¹s anticipate full recovery, and he has not 
>had an answer yet as to when he can resume archery. I certainly thought 
>it would be his first question!
>
>When I saw him yesterday, his hand was bandaged and in a soft sort of 
>brace, and he was keeping it elevated. The worst pain for him was to be 
>sitting there, bored in the hospital room. He called this morning to 
>say they would be releasing him today. We have to continue soaking and 
>cleaning the wound here at home, and I imagine he will continue on an 
>oral antibiotic as well.
>They are also setting up continued physical therapy.
>
>So that¹s the news from here. As I do not have anyone¹s email except for 
>Nanne and Ale, please feel free to forward this to anyone else who was 
>wondering.

-----Original Message-----
From: archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Tim Warman
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 12:42 PM
To: archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: [Archers] Archers Digest, Vol 28, Issue 6

Seamus, get well quick.  We want you back in action. 
Few archers in Atlantia bring as much enthusiasm to
each target archery event as you, which makes it more
fun for the rest of us.

Barre, thank for posting this.  I've seen three bows
blow up at events this year, and several arrows.  If
something like this happens to an experienced archer
like Seamus, it tells us we all need to be very
careful about our gear.  Especially during events and
practice when arrows get nicked by other arrows, but
it goes unnoticed in the excitement.  

Timothy of Shaftesbury

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> Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 04:38:47 -0400
> From: "Bary Sears" <barysears at comcast.net>
> Subject: [Archers] Seamus McCrae
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> Seamus McCrae, the Kingdom Archery Champion,
> slightly injured himself at
> Swamp Thing this past weekend.  One of his arrows,
> which turned out to have
> been cracked, exploded on his bow, driving splinters
> into his hand.  He was
> taken to the emergency room, taken care of, and
> taken home.  He is doing
> fine, but won't be shooting for a while.
> 
> Barre
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