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My grandson Jared 792, had a get off and suffered a compound broken femur last Saturday night while racing a local arenacross, he went into emergency surgery late Saturday night and all went well with a new piece of hardware added, ( now he can join me getting the wand at the airport), he was released late Sunday, came home was in good spirits through Monday, on Tuesday morning in about a 4 hour time span he went from ok to unresponsive, 911 called and fever of 105.9 and 40% oxygen levels, rushed to emergency room, stabilized and moved to ICU, numerous blood tests, cat scans,MRI, ekg, eeg all showed no problems, he was brought off sedation,breathing tube removed and awoke alert and responsive with no negative impact form high fever and lack of oxygen. Final diagnosis from 4 Dr,'s is a Fat Embolism, extremely rare (can happen in long bone breaks) usually when they do it's within the first 24 hours, they occur when fat embolism enter the blood stream, they usually dissolves but can make it to vital organs and cause harm or death, I thank God he is recovering great and hopefully we get released today, I just wanted to post this out as a warning as we all know too well these breaks do occur at times in this sport, again extremely rare and especially rare that long after surgery. I just wanted to share this as a heads up to any others that suffer these bone break injuries.
Was he wearing knee braces? Wish him the best for a speedy return!
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He was wearinG knee braces.
Thanks for the well wishes,
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When a persons temperature sounds more like a radio stations call numbers, thats horrible. I'm glad hes ok.
S, hes sitting at home, recovering, and this happens out of nowhere? How long did you have between him showing symptoms, and KNOWING you needed help?
My granddaughter broker her arm on Monday. Trampoline. As if her elbow ended up in her shoulder sort of thing.
You did say "more common within the first 24 hrs, right?
Very glad to hear that your family member is doing well now!!!!!!!
That's the 1 injury that always scared me when I raced and when my boys rode.....
Again, so glad your loved one is doing better now!!!!! Merry Christmas!!
He was a top Honda shop mechanic and a car crashed him during a test ride.
RIP Mike Logan.
In injuries that cause bleeding, the body sends clotting agents to help minimize loss of blood. Femur injuries can cut into the femoral artery, so a large amount of clotting can happen, and sometimes the body overcompensates by clotting too much and too long. Pulmonary embolisms are one of the greatest concerns with femur (long bone) fractures. Hence, the reason some people don't wear knee braces.
Infection is also of concern.
OP, glad your grandson is doing better!
Best wishes to your grandson!.
Hard tissue (bone) heals to nearly 100% strength, as long as it's aligned and immobilized properly. Soft tissue, (including muscles, ligaments, and tendons) on the other hand, never heals to 100% pre-injury status. The normal injury/healing process involves inflammation, which leads to the production of scar tissue. Scar tissue has 3 distinct characteristics compared to the previously normal tissue that it replaces after an injury: less elasticity, less strength, and a greater number of what are called nociceptors (pain receptors). This is why so many joint injuries are never the same, and even if you think that you recovered 100% and feel fine, it never really is, and you are about 7 times more likely to develop degeneration and arthritis in the joint years later.
I'll take a simply break to a femur over a blown out knee, or a simple clavicle break over a cervical/spinal chord injury any day of the week. That's why I personally always ride/race with knee braces and a neck brace.
I realize not everyone will agree with me, and that's fine, we're all adults and make our own decisions. I just feel that people should make informed decisions, not ones that are made from rumors, speculation, etc. You have to remember that when you here of things like this in a forum, you might hear several people chime in with stories of someone they knew that experienced this. Same thing with things like some problem with our bike or car. It makes it sound very common, when in fact we're just hearing from a small group of people with that experience. The folks who have never gone through those things rarely post about it. Quite often molehills get made out to be mountains in this modern on-line world.
Not to take anything away from the OP - it is valuable information for people to know the possible complications, and what to be looking for.
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