bbb Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 She's broke a bone, and tore her ACL and another ligament (conflicting reports whether MCL or LCL).............I'm scared of heights, so I'm scared on my way up the hill and not down the hill (until I get a few chairlifts in and then that kind of goes away), so the airlift part is even scarier to me than the crash (however her screams after the crash make that part the worst to hear/see): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLDIgSOIUEQ
truth on hold Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 I don't know much about competitive skiing but can't help but feel bad for her, especially with Olympics a year away. Career must be in serious jeopardy. Notable she's tiger woods girlfriend, he too went thru knee reconstruction
bbb Posted February 5, 2013 Author Posted February 5, 2013 I was thinking that, too - that they can compare notes on the recovery process. I really hope she makes it back for the Olympics.
truth on hold Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 Have to believe odds of that close to zero
meazza Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 http://sports.nationalpost.com/2013/02/05/lindsey-vonn-crashes-at-ski-worlds-taken-to-hospital-by-helicopter/ The team says Vonn will undergo surgery and will miss the rest of this season but is expected to return in time for the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
eball Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 Looked so harmless at first, too. That just sucks.
Doc Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 I give her no chance of being back for the Olympics. They start exactly a year from tomorrow, she still has to have surgery, rehab, and then train.
bbb Posted February 5, 2013 Author Posted February 5, 2013 I give her no chance of being back for the Olympics. They start exactly a year from tomorrow, she still has to have surgery, rehab, and then train. She can't do an Adrian Peterson? Actually, now that I think of it, she'd have to qualify first.
4merper4mer Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 Can't make myself click that. Not sure I want to see it.
boyst Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 Being out there in the wilderness, should be easy to get those deer antlers...
Simon Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 That's weird. I just got back from a P'burgh hospital visiting my buddy's daughter who smashed herself up on a late run in Ellicotville. She ended up with 5 cracked vertebrae, a fractured pelvis and a lacerated spleen from taking a hard spill into a split-rail fence. After it happened she got up, hopped on a lift for another run and then got on her bus for a 2hr+ ride home before passing out in the parking lot from being anemic due to internal bleeding. Oh to be young again.
CowgirlsFan Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 She can't do an Adrian Peterson? Actually, now that I think of it, she'd have to qualify first. She might not but she needs to use his doctor.
truth on hold Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 (edited) She can't do an Adrian Peterson? Actually, now that I think of it, she'd have to qualify first. That's part of the problem and why the AP comparisons don't necessarily apply. In a team sport like football they can elect to play you and ease you back in. In AP's first 6 games back he only went over 100 once, and barely at 102 yards. Skiing you're on your own and graded against other skiiers. Hope Im wrong but just not seeing how she's back in time. Would certainly be one heck of a subplot to the Olympics if she could. Edited February 6, 2013 by Joe_the_6_pack
boyst Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 That's weird. I just got back from a P'burgh hospital visiting my buddy's daughter who smashed herself up on a late run in Ellicotville. She ended up with 5 cracked vertebrae, a fractured pelvis and a lacerated spleen from taking a hard spill into a split-rail fence. After it happened she got up, hopped on a lift for another run and then got on her bus for a 2hr+ ride home before passing out in the parking lot from being anemic due to internal bleeding. Oh to be young again. How old was she? I think I bruised a rib just reading that
Simon Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 How old was she? I think I bruised a rib just reading that 15 for another few months; 5'10 160ish and can move, daughter of a big Irish athlete who was part of state champ v-ball team this year. She's also been blessed with a 250lb brother two years older who's going to play college ball in 2 seasons and has been beating the begeesus out of her for 14 years. That fool has created a block of granite who's going to whip his ass one of these days. It won't be any time in the next 4-6 months, but I hope I'm there when she does it. She's peach pie sweet so anybody who believes in the power of positive prayer can send a lil love to BananaAnna Mac in P'burgh. Gracias.....
bbb Posted February 6, 2013 Author Posted February 6, 2013 That's part of the problem and why the AP comparisons don't necessarily apply. In a team sport like football they can elect to play you and ease you back in. In AP's first 6 games back he only went over 100 once, and barely at 102 yards. Skiing you're on your own and graded against other skiiers. Hope Im wrong but just not seeing how she's back in time. Would certainly be one heck of a subplot to the Olympics if she could. And, you know Lindsey LOVES to be THE story. She's very tough and has a huge ego, so you know she's going to give everything to rehab, because she will be the main story if she makes it. I don't remember if skiing has trials, like all the summer ones do. Or, if they go by times over the course of the season (which is how all sports should be - they are in other countries).
bbb Posted February 6, 2013 Author Posted February 6, 2013 I'd like to know more how and why they do the airlift. It looks like from this picture, it goes a long way like that. I thought they would lift her into the helicopter and not dangle her and two guys the whole way. This picture is scary to me!:
BillsFanNC Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 ouch. The tibial plateau fracture might prove to be the most difficult to overcome depending on the type of fracture that she sustained. My doc told me I could be the poster boy for successful tibial plateau fracture recovery, but even still the knee gives me problems to this day. And I'm just a 41 year old lummox, I can't imagine the challenges it might cause for a world class professional skier.
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