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[Chickenfan4life]

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Quote: I'm pretty good, now. Still have a swollen hip and gashes everywhere on me, but otherwise good. On crutches.

What happened?

Long story.

It was a simple biking trip at the walking park. I took a sharp angled left turn on the path and my bike drove into the grass, off the patch. I was going at a high speed, and the path stood about 3 inches above ground. When I tried to get back on the trail, without slowing down at all, the bike tire jammed and I flew into the concrete.

I gashed my right thigh and hip, tore open my left knee, dug several inch-long cuts into the end of my right elbow and bashed my head pretty good.

But the worst was the artery--I had severed an artery in my thigh, and it was bleeding, causing the muscles and tissue under the skin to swell slightly. I had a grapefruit sized mass in my hip when I got to the emergency room, and that quickly escalated to a football sized lump.

I was anemic and dehydrated, so they put me on an IV with a liter saline solution and morphine for the pain. Meanwhile they drew blood to find out if I'd damaged any internal organs, which I hadn't, and gave me a Tetnus shot.

The xrays revealed no broken bones but the swelling was definitely not a bruised bone, so I went in for a cat scan, next. And that was how they found out that the artery was bruised and losing blood. (Silkies, I was wrong, apparently it was a slightly cut artery, not broken xD)

Anyways, because I had already lost blood from external wounds, I was sent by ambulance to the out of town hospital to be put on observation.

I went in the hospital at 10:30 at night on Monday and was discharged at 4pm on Tuesday, and had only had 3 hours' sleep in all. Ughhhh, still tired and sore.

The swelling in my leg has gone down a bit, now. FINALLY!

 

[Kyzmette]

Jiminy, I know any time in a hospital can be miserable. I STILL have bad flashbacks related to a hospital stay I had. Certain smells or sensations can set me off, and I get lost in Lala land, right back inside that little beeping room.

My deepest condolences for your experience. It could have been much worse, but that doesn't mean you'd want to go back and do it all over again. I'm glad you came through okay, can still walk, no head injuries or lasting internal injuries. I hope the rest of you improves every day!

 

[miohippus]

I'm pretty good, now. Still have a swollen hip and gashes everywhere on me, but otherwise good. On crutches.

What happened?

Long story.

It was a simple biking trip at the walking park. I took a sharp angled left turn on the path and my bike drove into the grass, off the patch. I was going at a high speed, and the path stood about 3 inches above ground. When I tried to get back on the trail, without slowing down at all, the bike tire jammed and I flew into the concrete.

I gashed my right thigh and hip, tore open my left knee, dug several inch-long cuts into the end of my right elbow and bashed my head pretty good.

But the worst was the artery--I had severed an artery in my thigh, and it was bleeding, causing the muscles and tissue under the skin to swell slightly. I had a grapefruit sized mass in my hip when I got to the emergency room, and that quickly escalated to a football sized lump.

I was anemic and dehydrated, so they put me on an IV with a liter saline solution and morphine for the pain. Meanwhile they drew blood to find out if I'd damaged any internal organs, which I hadn't, and gave me a Tetnus shot.

The xrays revealed no broken bones but the swelling was definitely not a bruised bone, so I went in for a cat scan, next. And that was how they found out that the artery was bruised and losing blood. (Silkies, I was wrong, apparently it was a slightly cut artery, not broken xD)

Anyways, because I had already lost blood from external wounds, I was sent by ambulance to the out of town hospital to be put on observation.

I went in the hospital at 10:30 at night on Monday and was discharged at 4pm on Tuesday, and had only had 3 hours' sleep in all. Ughhhh, still tired and sore.

The swelling in my leg has gone down a bit, now. FINALLY!

wow, glad your ok who knew biking could be so dangerous.

 

[Kassaundra]

I wish you a speedy recovery. And am glad no worse injury broken bones or internal damage.

 

[Chickenfan4life]

Thank y'all. Yep, already on the mend, though it's slow. My whole thigh and hip is a rainbow of purple, blue, green, yellow, and red.

No head trauma, thank goodness. The pain meds are very helpful.

 

[Ksane]

Yikes, Hannah! Very glad you lived to tell the tale.

I did impacted crop surgery on my Silkie/Araucana mix girl this morning. Felt like it took hours but it was only like 10 minutes, she did awesome!
I will NEVER use straw again. This is the 2nd time I've had a straw impaction, the 1st girl ended up passing it 2 yrs ago after the OSU vet flushed her crop. All total for meds and everything it was $200 back then. So this time I opted to do it myself since I feel more comfortable with surgery thanks to @PocoPollo & @Kass teaching us to caponize. She had a huge wad of balled up straw the size of a softball in her crop that obviously was never going to pass so it had to come out. I sutured the muscle layer and used tissue adhesive on the skin layer. I'm not sure if I'll have to go in and remove the sutures in a week? Coral? Thoughts on that? If I do it'll be a simple matter of just making tiny skin incision and removing the sutures.
My daughter, Shana, filmed the whole thing for me so you all could see it. I'm trying to convert the video to a smaller file right now and can post it later. It was really pretty straight forward although she's one of my favorites from my own birds here so I was really scared of losing her. I scrambled her an egg and mashed it up with water and she ate it all, I'm sure she was starved. I turned the light off and she's resting in the bathroom right now. I hope she'll be ok. Here's the straw I pulled out. I initially wrapped a stretch bandage around her chest but took that off right away as it was bothering her.

 

[Chickenfan4life]

@Ksane , great job on the surgery!

And, thank you. I am glad I survived, too.

This will be my 3rd crash this month. 2 in one day, dang! The first one I had just a scrape from. The second one, not so much..

 

[ashtree]

Yikes, Hannah! Very glad you lived to tell the tale.

I did impacted crop surgery on my Silkie/Araucana mix girl this morning. Felt like it took hours but it was only like 10 minutes, she did awesome!
I will NEVER use straw again. This is the 2nd time I've had a straw impaction, the 1st girl ended up passing it 2 yrs ago after the OSU vet flushed her crop. All total for meds and everything it was $200 back then. So this time I opted to do it myself since I feel more comfortable with surgery thanks to @PocoPollo & @Kass teaching us to caponize. She had a huge wad of balled up straw the size of a softball in her crop that obviously was never going to pass so it had to come out. I sutured the muscle layer and used tissue adhesive on the skin layer. I'm not sure if I'll have to go in and remove the sutures in a week? Coral? Thoughts on that? If I do it'll be a simple matter of just making tiny skin incision and removing the sutures.
My daughter, Shana, filmed the whole thing for me so you all could see it. I'm trying to convert the video to a smaller file right now and can post it later. It was really pretty straight forward although she's one of my favorites from my own birds here so I was really scared of losing her. I scrambled her an egg and mashed it up with water and she ate it all, I'm sure she was starved. I turned the light off and she's resting in the bathroom right now. I hope she'll be ok. Here's the straw I pulled out. I initially wrapped a stretch bandage around her chest but took that off right away as it was bothering her.

WOW this is incredible and why I love these forums. I hope I never need this info but its great that its so readily available. And not just the surgery aspect but also to avoid straw bedding. And I hope she bounces back quickly!

I keep meaning to ask folks about how they managed with their chickens during the summer of 2011. I did not have chickens at the time and so I'm curious as to how everyone kept their chickens cool and if some were lost. Also are some breeds heartier than others as far as heat tolerance? Im currently reading a how to book on raising chickens and read that chickens can die in temperatures over 95. So then I got a little freaked out because this is Oklahoma! And a repeat of that summer sounds deadly. (Honestly it sounds like even a summer like last year could be deadly) Ive got lost of ventilation going on in the coops and my chickens have lots or area they run and have access to it and shade all day. Also I have poultry electrolyte mix I give about every other day (which I may do everyday when its super hot) but I do not have electricity at either coop so Im hoping to not need a barn fan. My husband was thinking a mister at each run but can silkies or sizzles get wet? (1 of our coops/runs is strictly sizzle/silkie)

 

[ashtree]

I just wanted to post some pictures of my sizzles. Peaches is the paint, Panda the splash. I love my girls! And they love their little compost pile

 

[Poco Pollo]

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