Thanks guys for the replies of "get well" as to the other ones
(j/k)
anyway.. about 2 weeks ago my friend Randy and i took the boat out for a afternoon lauch run over to Catalina.. i did a couple of things to the boat to make it a little quicker and wanted to see how she ran.. we made it over from long beach in about 26 minutes :biggrin:.. anyway we made are way back and stopped at the Yardhouse in Long Beach harbor for drinks..
as we were leaving out of the harbor by the Queen Mary (5mph area) i saw the Catalina Express coming in from the ocean and also another very large boat.. we got into the gas and got up to about 60 and closed in on the Express.. i slowed down to about 25mph and we start hitting the waves, about (4 footers nothing bad) coming off her.. about 3 waves into a saw a wave that had to be 10 to 12 feet deep.. i back off and we hit it and went stright up.. we has to be fully out of the water by 6 feet and at a 90* angle of the water. a little bit more speed and we would have rolled right over like in a loop.. anyway, we came down THANK GOD on the back transum and didn't go nose forward. due to the rear end hitting first it pushed the boat to hits right hand side where i was standing. it landed on another 90* angle of the water to the point that my head went fully under. my friend Randy that was sitting, was lifted over the center walk way and over to the helm.. his body hit my steering wheel (bent it) and i think one of his legs hit my right leg or it was my left knee.
well after we stopped (kill switch tied to me) a boat was coming towards us.. i couldn't start the boat due to a key being broken off in the switch too. we got towed in and my wife came down with my extra keys.. the boat started and i drove her back with the bent wheel.. The boat is fine other then that, a fine looked it over and couldn't find any cracks or problems..
as to me and my friend.. Randy had 3 broken ribs and a bruise on my lower leg.. i had a bruise on my inner right leg.. i didn't think anything about it and started my work week of traveling and meetings.. traveled all day monday and friday and meetings during the week of about 10 hours a day..
when i arrived back to LA friday night, everything was fine.. Saturday i chilled but on Sunday all hell broke loose.. i couldn't really move my right leg. i didn't think anything was really wrong, so i just keep heat on it and layed around all day.. monday and tuesday was about the same but tuesday night the pain moved to my lower calf.. that was weird and not normal due to it not hurting anything before..
i went to the ER Wednesday afternoon and was giving a test to look to see the problem. it came back as 3 blood clots. they stated if i would have waited any longer i could have died a week or 2 later. they think that due to me not walking it off the week after it happen, and thats what cause the clots
now i'm sitting here on blood thinners for a week and they are trying to get my blood ready for a pill style thinner so i can go home. i will be on this for about 6 months and need blood work every week :frown: .. i can not get hurt, or bruised during this time frame or it will start all over again or i cold bleed inside..
all my X-rays and CAT scans have came back clear and clean, so i think i will still be around a little bit longer :smile:
Ray.. THANKS again for you and lynn for stopping by last night, it was nice to chat with someone other then my crack head room mate LOL..
see everyone down the road
mike
