Keep us all informed of progress. Bet we can work something out if he is up to coming. Love to you both.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 2:44 PM Bill Steele <cwilliamste...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <kapkanga...@gmail.com> 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 <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 >> >> <IMG_3251.JPG> >> >> >> >> >> <IMG_3253.JPG> >> >> >> >> >> <IMG_3256.JPG> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >
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