Ouch

Back in this post I mentioned that a friend's husband died in an avalanche. It was on January 1st. I went to his funeral this last weekend in Billings. I didn't know him very well, but I was there to support his wife. It was a very nice ceremony, with hundreds of people there.

Another person that was caught in the avalanche was a coworker of mine who broke his leg. Since the rescue took so long he lost a lot of blood and his leg wasn't able to get the treatment it needed. Because of this there was lots of tissue damage and they had to remove a lot of muscle from his lower leg. They have been monitoring him in the hospital seeing how his leg and foot would do after a couple of surgeries. Unfortunately they are going to have to amputate.

The funny part is that he's actually bummed that they're not taking off enough of his leg to make him eligible for the Handicap Olympics. He was hoping to win a gold medal in skiing. He is in high spirits even with a long road of recovery and therapy in front of him. Mainly he can't wait to get out of bed and move around.