As the previous post mentioned, we took an excursion to the midwest for the holidays, including my father's 60th birthday (way to go, Dad!). Tracy, Gabe and I set out a few days before Christmas, just ahead of a brewing snow storm that would eventually lengthen our trip with a closed interstate and an unexpected stay in the "Little Apple" of Manhattan, KS. We made it to my mother's farm on the eve of Christmas Eve, celebrated, opened gifts with extended family, and settled in for the night. The next morning (Christmas Eve), a few of us took an excursion into the woods on ATV's and on Tracy's inaugural trip driving an ATV, she concluded her ATV life experience with a serious accident, sending her to the ER. The fact she merely fractured her wrist was amazing, and if it weren't for the helmet, it would have been worse.
The 26th, they set her wrist and we extended our stay in St. Louis, while taking in more family time, the St. Louis Symphony for New Year's Eve, and a long overdue visit with a friend since elementary school.
Once we returned to the dry, cool, and elevated San Luis Valley, she started to experience serious pain in her wrist. A follow-up x-ray showed more fractures than originally suspected and a shifted position from the initial set.
Needless to say, Tracy had to have surgery to screw all of the bones back together with a large plate, and we are anxiously awaiting the next several weeks/months as she tries to regain mobility and play her flute again.
ATV's and flutists... yikes.
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