How do I do this?
Marmon-Herrington Man
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From: Central Illinois
Here's the start of Gary's story from over on the 47 under forum. Stu
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...truck-guy.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...truck-guy.html
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Lead Driver
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From: Orcas Island Wa.
Well, I wasn't going to mention them pulling out the chest drainage tubes. They were like almost 1/2" od and translucent and surprisingly long when they 'stripped them out'. Weirdest feeling ever. But... they did split my sternum down the middle,spread wide with the retractors. They also collapsed on lung for better access. They wired up my ribcage back together with stainless wire. The muscle sewed up and then lastly, used some kind of ratcheting strips like dissolving zip ties from the inside to close the incision. Never a bandage or dressing to change, no stitches to pull and could shower right after. Thanks for all the well wishes. My employee of 14 years, Danny has been holding down the cabinet part of the business while I lay on the couch and watch TV, and my bride has taken two weeks off while I was in the hospital and home this past week. That ends tomorrow.
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Glad you made it through and are on the mend Gary. I have only started posting here lately, but I have been reading your (and many other's) posts for a few years now. I look forward to reading more of them!
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From: northwestern Ontario
The wires in my chest show up pretty good in an x-ray and those tubes were the weirdest feeling when pulled out. They told me I could drive after 6 weeks but I still wasn't comfortable enough so let the wife do the driving for another couple weeks. I was off work for 4 months due to the fact I work underground.
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From: Orcas Island Wa.
Yeah.and my wife stacked two loads of firewood in the woodshed this afternoon while I looked on. It's not like I wasn't doing anything... I was in the warm sun re-wiring the ignition switch in my '47 2 ton. It's right next to the wood pile in a shed. I'm not supposed to lift anything over six lbs. It's a bit humbling, but it is what it is. Glad to have some company on the site that remembers those chest tubes. Had to be there to get that one. And the warm sun?.... Well it was about 45 degrees and a very long stretch of sunny cool weather, nice and dry, not slogging in the mud like a usual Western Washington fall day.
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