NOTE: ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 12, 2019 AT ABOUT 3PM, I remember being jerked to my left off the ladder, about 15 to 20 feet up in the tree. I semi-remember HITTING the GROUND waking up laying in the pile of tree limbs on the ground. Also Note: I had Spinal Surgury on my Back in April 2012: R&R: L2, L3, L4, L5 & S1...
My First setting up attempt to cut down the 16" Diameter Oak Tree Limb. Notice the Rope tied to the 24" Bar Husqvarna Gas Chainsaw.
I first start the chainsaw on the ground, climb the ladder to the desired height and then pull the chainsaw up while another guide rope is tied to the chainsaw with someone on the ground guiding the chainsaw from swinging or getting hung up on anything.
My First setting up attempt to cut down the 16" Diameter Oak Tree Limb. The RED line shows the chainsaw on the ground and the limb I will cut.
After sharpening the dull chainsaw chain I get another wider and stable ladder and placed the ladder on the other side of the tree.
I finish cutting the 16" Diameter Oak Tree Limb and I remember the cut in the Limb slowly opening up and the limb falling. BUT I forgot to untie the ropes from the chainsaw AND the CHAINSAW ROPES became TANGLED UP in the TREE LIMBS. I felt the chainsaw jerking on my left hand, so I let go of the throttle with my right hand but my left hand was caught up in the rope, besides I didn't want the Chainsaw fall first and I land onto the Chainsaw, running or not.
I remember being jerked to my left off the ladder, about 15 to 20 feet up in the tree. I semi-remember HITTING the GROUND waking up laying in the pile of tree limbs on the ground. Susan was sitting on our Toro 52" Easy Ride Zero Turn Riding Mower, safely out of the way. As I laid on my back in the mess of limbs, with the Chainsaw still running, I remember Susan appearing asking if I was okay. I told her I didn't know.
I had to instruct Susan how to stop the engine on the chainsaw, it is amazing and scary that the Chainsaw was still running after falling 20 feet.
I couldn't see anything out of my Left eye, which I had surgery in 1996 for a Detached Retina. Susan wanted to call an Ambulance, but I said no. I didn't want to have a Ambulance bring me to the Emergency room with my body and clothes dirty with sawdust, dirt, sweat and blood. Also all our equipment was out for anyone to steal.
With Susan's help, it took me about 15 minutes to get out of the limbs and stand up. My vision in my left eye finally slowly returned. The Red circles in the above picture show where the limb was cut and the cut end of the limb.
The Yellow circles in the above picture show;
The top circle where I was standing on the ladder and were I fell from. The bottom circle where I fell into the pile of limbs on the ground.
My body was Hurting EVERYWHERE and I finally let Susan drive me to the Lady of The Lake Emergency in Walker, LA after she picked up the equipment and we took showers.
We arrived at the Hospital at about 4:30PM. The Emergency staff took me in fairly quickly and took all my vitals, Blood Samples, X-Ray of chest and abdomen area and Ultra-Sound of Eyes and abdomen in treatment room. They shot me up with Pain and Muscle Relaxer Medications and then rolled my bed to do Several CAT Scans. After about a hour they informed me that I was a fairly lucky person...
Most of my body was okay (except for bruising, cuts and scratches), BUT I HAD BROKEN MY BACK, Compression Fracture of the L1 Spinal Disk.
We arrived at the Hospital at about 4:30PM. The Emergency staff took me in fairly quickly and took all my vitals, Blood Samples, X-Ray of chest and abdomen area and Ultra-Sound of Eyes and abdomen in treatment room. They shot me up with Pain and Muscle Relaxer Medications and then rolled my bed to do Several CAT Scans. After about a hour they informed me that I was a fairly lucky person...
Most of my body was okay (except for bruising, cuts and scratches), BUT I HAD BROKEN MY BACK, Compression Fracture of the L1 Spinal Disk.
The staff fitted me with a Spinal Brace, which I will probably be wearing for the next Two Months.
The next morning I saw my Ophthalmologist to make sure the Retina was not Detached and also my Pain Management Doctor.
The next day, Tuesday Aug 13, 2019, I saw an Orthopedic Doctor, Kevin P. McCarthy , M.D., who took vitals, Neurological Exam, blood samples and a 3D X-Ray. I am scheduled to have a MRI on the morning of Friday, Aug 23, 2019 and then a Procedure to make a cut in my back and Inject a Glue into the L1 fracture... Called Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty.
The next morning I saw my Ophthalmologist to make sure the Retina was not Detached and also my Pain Management Doctor.
The next day, Tuesday Aug 13, 2019, I saw an Orthopedic Doctor, Kevin P. McCarthy , M.D., who took vitals, Neurological Exam, blood samples and a 3D X-Ray. I am scheduled to have a MRI on the morning of Friday, Aug 23, 2019 and then a Procedure to make a cut in my back and Inject a Glue into the L1 fracture... Called Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty.
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