Mimi, Maybe some bighearted Texas cavers have an RV they could bring to the TSA convention for Jim and you to use and they sleep in a tent. That would be nice of them.
Bill > On Mar 4, 2022, at 1:22 PM, Kris Pena <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Mimi, > > Cave Without A Name rents out sites with RV hookups in the campground. Not > sure if that's an option for y'all but wanted to make sure you knew about it. > You'd still have to bring your own RV and the campsite has a separate fee > payable directly to Cave Without A Name ($32 a night I think, but you'd have > to verify with the park), but wanted to throw it out there as something for > you guys to think about. We'd love to see you and Jim out there if it's > possible for him! > > Kris > > >> On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 1:08 PM Mimi Jasek <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>>> >>>> <IMG_3251.JPG> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> <IMG_3253.JPG> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> <IMG_3256.JPG> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >>>> [email protected] | Archives: >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>>> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >>> [email protected] | Archives: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> [email protected] | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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