Chris, is there any update on Molly...?

Hey All,

Sorry for the radio silence. Molly was released Monday afternoon. She's understandably pretty weak and sore all over from both the crash and the required surgery to fix what the crash caused. She's in good spirits most of the time and she and I both met some amazing people in all this so there's some silver lining. She's having a rough time of things at the moment mostly because she's forced to rely on others to move her around. Absolutely no core muscle use for 6 weeks as she heals from the surgical incisions. We were lucky, this happened near an awesome hospital with and awesome staff and a kick a$$ trauma surgeon who also happens to be a kiter. When he and Molly rolled into the surgical suite there was a window. There was enough daylight out there that they could both see that the wind was still nukin' and they had a little discussion about how good the wind looked as she went under anesthesia. We have so post surgery shots from in her room. To us they seem pretty hilarious but to folks not involved, might find them disturbing.

Anyway she's doing really, really well. The first night was really rough but I'm getting the act of making her comfortable dialed in so even last night was a lot better. She's dreading a sneeze right now and with 34 staples in her abdomen I can't say I blame her. She'll be 110% in six weeks for sure but for now, she's pretty weak and tired. She wants me to ride on Saturday, say's her sister will watch over her. Don't know if I'll be able to make myself go for it but it's nice to know she still wants someone to get the goods. :D I'm a lucky SOB without a doubt.

She and I want to thank all the well wishers we've had in this. We learned a few things from this experience and we hope that someone who's read this thread will recognize the value of wearing the right gear when doing this sort of thing.

Thanks again everyone,

Chris

Glad to hear she is home. Get well soon Mrs Molly!

Cool.

Won't go? Balls. I had a few hours after the kid was born so I hit the lake :D waste not, want not.

Wishing speedy recovery ... good to see positive update ....
.... Chris ... Who will do your plumbing for next 6 weeks ??? lol .....
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Fortunately the only issue we've had here is a leaky toilet. She replaced and upgrade the guts of it just before her crash. She's replaced all the plumbing in our house years ago and it's bomb proof so no need of her mad ninja plumber skills. :evil:

Glad things are healing up.

I am curious what kind of helmet Molly was wearing ?

Also wonder if you think an impact vest would have helped ? I have taken to wearing my impact vest / harness snowkiting but realise they are only so effective.

She was wearing a Giro Omen. And she was also wearing an impact vest. (which was promptly cut off in the ambulance.) Impact vests work well on the ice IMO. Better than nothing for sure.

What she was not wearing were her knee pads. This resulted in her knees getting beat to hell while she was unconscious and getting dragged by a looping kite. Safety systems only work if you're awake to use them. Her bar was caught under her body and causing the kite to loop. The guy we were with managed to fly himself into he kite as it looped to secure it. He was on a board though and as soon as he took his board off to get to her he was loosing footing on the hard ice. Fortunately all local riders carry a spar ice screw in a leg harness. He was able to use her screw to secure his kite and then Molly's.

She was knocked out until after he did all that. She doesn't remember anything from the accident and our friend wishes he had the same deal going.

Her knees are black and black with a little green.