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Tiger’s Journey
American Thinker.com ^ | February 26, 2021 | William L. Gensert

Posted on 02/26/2021 5:12:03 AM PST by Kaslin

Tiger Woods, in a one-car accident, flipped his vehicle and suffered, according to Dr. Anish Mahajan, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, “comminuted open fractures affecting both the upper and lower portions of the tibia and fibula” of his right leg. The leg was stabilized by a rod in the tibia and screws and pins in the foot and ankle.

To give you an idea of what Tiger will need to do, I will tell you my journey. I am not a doctor, and I know it is anecdotal, but I put a lot of time into learning about this type of injury.

On 8/29/07 I was crushed against a garage wall by a tractor-trailer. I had many injuries, but the most evident to onlookers (aside from my vomiting from the effects of the concussion for a year) was the comminuted open fracture of my hand. The doctors advised amputation, which I refused.

The doctor in the emergency room, Keshav Magge (coincidentally a hand plastic surgeon -- God loves me) spent 10 hours taking out and putting in stitches to use what skin and flesh was left to close and cover as much of what remained of my hand as possible so they could do surgery (to put in three pins) in the next few days.

He did not get up to eat or to go to the bathroom. He put in and removed, and put in again, hundreds of stitches, over and over, for the entire day. He has pictures.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: accident; california; golf; losangeles; tigerwood; tigerwoods
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity
As I've already said (perhaps in an unclear fashion) I'm wondering about culpability. If,by chance,his accident was caused by *his own* foolishness I can't find much sympathy for him.If it was caused by anything *other* than his own foolishness then I can find a lot of sympathy for him...just as I found enormous sympathy for many (but not all) of dangerously ill patients I encountered during my 25 years working at a big city hospital. The patients for whom I *didn't* have sympathy,as you might guess,were the ones who have nobody but themselves to blame for their plight.

I have no specific dislike for Tiger Woods...none whatsoever.

21 posted on 02/26/2021 8:21:32 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: I cannot think of a name
Speeding = death and destruction. So despite the respect that Top Gear had for him there's no doubt whatsoever that it was his arrogance and foolishness that caused the need for $1.4 million of repairs to his car.

And BTW...I love Top Gear.The *real* Top Gear that is,not the farce that's on now.

22 posted on 02/26/2021 8:26:49 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: Kaslin

It’s a good thing he was close to Harbor UCLA. Had he been in a small town he likely would have had to be air lifted to a trauma center potentially hours away.

Long road ahead for him.


23 posted on 02/26/2021 8:27:01 AM PST by luckodeirish (The Land of the Free-Because of the Brave!!!!!!!)
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To: Kaslin
Tiger has a problem with the misuse of prescription pills and driving. I wonder if they did a tox screen to determine if he was DUI.
24 posted on 02/26/2021 8:33:29 AM PST by soupbone1
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To: Gay State Conservative

Thanks. I was harsher than I should been in my earlier response and I apologize.


25 posted on 02/26/2021 8:40:22 AM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity ("...for the sake of His name." Psalm 23:3)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Unfortunately I am unable to throw stones at anyone for speeding. Lots of speeding.

(Thankfully, here in Texas if you can keep the number under 10 during any three year period, for $450 my lawyer takes care of them - and smiles all the way to the bank.)


26 posted on 02/26/2021 8:45:12 AM PST by I cannot think of a name
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

Don’t worry about it. I’m often bad at clearly expressing myself.I sometimes fear that I’m suffering from Plugs Biden Syndrome...minus the molesting of young girls!


27 posted on 02/26/2021 8:46:45 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: I cannot think of a name
Largely because of my young niece's horrible fate as well as my 25 year career in Emergency Medicine (a big city ER) I'm the guy in the right lane of the Interstate with my cruise control set 1 mph under the speed limit.

Years ago my best friend's Dad,who was a *real* rocket scientist,had a top job at a defense contractor that designed missiles for the DoD. As a result he spent a lot of time in Nevada...which was where they often tested them.He'd tell us stories about the roads out there with no speed limits. They were thrilling to a young kid like me.

28 posted on 02/26/2021 8:56:01 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: deport
It was a Genesis GV80, that's the Genesis logo on the door. It's made by Hyundai.

The SUV was part of a loaner fleet to their Genesis Invitational tournament -- they took over the Riviera early-season tourney from Northern Trust, which moved their venue to Liberty National.

One story said he was staying at, and thus driving from Palos Verdes -- they meant Terranea, which is practically its own mini town -- but it's odd that he would have been down there given he had been interviewed by Jim Nance just 2 days before at Riviera, which is kind of a long-ass haul up the 110-405.

Then TMZ had a story that some Hollyweird producer said Tiger nearly hit his car leaving Terranea that morning, and they also had road video of him driving moderately fast up Hawthorne trailing a blue van.

What's interesting is, that is a brand-new 2021 GV80 and yet that back tire doesn't look like it has a dime's worth of tread.

BTW, I've done a 180, maybe make that 170, on Tiger this past decade. Yeah he's a headcase, but he and Elin have a workable post-divorce that has produced 2 nice kids. He met Obama but Trump gave him the Medal of Freedom, and it's not hard to imagine he voted Trump over Cankles.

Now that he is almost surely no threat to Jack's 18 majors with 15, it's easier to wish him well and get back on course.

29 posted on 02/26/2021 10:14:58 AM PST by StAnDeliver (Eric Coomer of Dominion Voting Systems Is The Blue Dress)
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To: Kaslin

Update article:

https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2021/02/27/la-firefighters-rely-on-ax-luck-to-free-tiger-woods-from-crash/


30 posted on 02/27/2021 10:01:20 AM PST by EVO X
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To: Kaslin

Journey and prognosis

Unknown until or if further information is released or kept confidential.

ORIF rod/nailing we don’t even know this vs external fixation. And also have not heard any release of the Grade Type.

Would be interested in knowing the Grade Type.


31 posted on 03/02/2021 1:25:27 AM PST by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
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