THURSDAY - Jan 15, 2009

UPDATE ON KATHY PLAGER

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As most people know by now, Kathy was taking a side off our tent at the Nevada State Cookoff on Sunday, and tripped over something, causing her to fall backwards. Trying to brake her fall, she fell down on her hands, and broke her left wrist (Yes, she is left handed). She had what they called a Y fracture, but also had a bone protruding through below her wrist. She was ambulanced from Laughlin, Nevada to Bullhead City, Arizona, where they reset her broken bones, and was still in need of an orthopaedic surgeon to look at possible torn tendons, and nerve damage to her fingers. Thank you to Doc Ed Pierczynski, and Bill Gumby Donovan for their professional help in making a quick splint for Kathy at the cookoff, and to Randy Bilozir and every other chili cook who came to her rescue, before I had a chance in getting back from the Port-A-Potty. Thank you Jennifer Gereghty for your help in the Bullhead City hospital, and to Val Gereghty, who kept me going.

Kathy was transported, via ambulance, from Bullhead City, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday night, where Monday afternoon, surgery was preformed to repair broken and "pulverized" bones, as stated by the surgeon, torn and damaged tendons and nerve endings to her fingers. We hope to be getting out of the hospital by tomorrow, barring any further complications. We will stay in Las Vegas till next Thursday, when she see's the surgeon again to have the bandages taken off and a cast put on.

Occupational therapy will be needed to get her fingers "working again", and follow up visits will be necessary in Las Vegas for a few months.

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Bob Plager (from the hospital)

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