In the hospital

Last Tuesday morning my wife and I went to do morning errands. Around 9:45am we were involved in an accident on my motor scooter (say what you want, they're super convenient and cheap here). Fortunately neither of us were gravely injured, but I suffered two fractures to my pelvis on the left side, one at the back side of the hip joint. My missus has bad road rash on both knees and is in pain, but I'm immobile and have been bed ridden since.

We are going to live, but I'm not sure how much this will impact us. I know my recovery and rehabilitation is an 8-10 month process. I thought I'd be using that time to lose a lot of weight and get back in shape, but I'm going to be relearning how to walk, stand and sit again without reinjuring myself.

It could have been much worse, so I'm extremely grateful that it wasn't. I'll have surgery on Tuesday then stay in the hospital another week. Please keep me and my missus in your prayers. I'll update things here as I can.


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