Sorry Bill, 

Went to help him and hit send button before done!

I am sure he would love a copy of that map. If it is the cave I am thinking of, 
I have also been in it, but not on a camping trip. 

Rehab and PTO for me will determine next steps, but I will keep in touch. 

Sincerely,

Mimi

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 4, 2022, at 1:07 PM, Mimi Jasek <mjca...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bill,
> 
> What a lovely and generous offer! I had spoken to Jim about the convention 
> already and was trying to figure out how to get him there. He had expressed 
> interest in going. Let us see how rehab goes, and if a possibility I will 
> reach out. We no longer even have a workable tent anymore or cots. Maybe 
> still an air mattress?! Last big trip to Big Bend kind of messed up equipment 
> due to extremely high winds!
> 
> I am sure he would love a copy of yhat map
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 4, 2022, at 11:05 AM, Bill Steele <cwilliamste...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Mimi, 
>> 
>> Please give Jim my best regards and tell him that the Texas caving family 
>> misses seeing him and we all want him to recover fully and come to the TSA 
>> convention at CWAN in May. We’ll organize a Jim Jasek haul, like we do Honey 
>> Creek tank hauls, to carry him into the cave down those many steps for the 
>> talks and back out again. 
>> 
>> Has he seen Bennett Lee’s nice map of Adam Wilson’s Cave? If not, I’ll be 
>> glad to send him a paper copy of it. James worked on mapping that cave.
>> 
>> Kindest regards,
>> 
>> Bill Steele 
>> Irving, Texas
>> 
>>> On Mar 3, 2022, at 3:03 PM, Mimi Jasek <mjca...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jim’s surgery went as expected. Will stay in hospital till blood thickness 
>>> back to normal and PT/OT and doc say he is medically ok for rehab. Had 
>>> major questions from family, so put this together.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Here are better images and Jim's actual X-rays. Left hip area fracture. No 
>>> actual hip bone, but top Femur where turns to go to connect to pelvis 
>>> called hip bone. Three surgical arthroscopic small  cuts - one at top, one 
>>> part way down, and one lower. Used short rod - not all the way to knee. 
>>> Pulled on leg, rotated till bones knit in place, then this which explains 
>>> X-rays.  
>>> 
>>> An intramedullary nail is a metal rod that is inserted into the medullary 
>>> cavity of a bone and across the fracture in order to provide a solid 
>>> support for the fractured bone. Intramedullary nailing is currently 
>>> considered the "gold standard" for treatment of femoral shaft fractures 
>>> (Rudloff 2009).Feb 2, 2018  
>>> 
>>> Nurse also just told me way less pain than with replacement or other hip 
>>> area fractures. Reiterated what doc said - best place to break hip if get a 
>>> break! You can see from first X-ray how bone at almost 90 degree angle, and 
>>> in last one of fixed bone how in correct position. End of anatomy and 
>>> surgery lesson 😊❤️    
>>> 
>>> Sitting in chair today hopefully till after supper!
>>> 
>>> Just got word got accepted into rehab docs like which is right by hospital 
>>> and close to home and docs. Looking up. 
>>> 
>>> Mimi
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
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