Broken ankle

[Christopher D. Purdy]

I have never been skiing and after you, Kennedy, and Bono I have no desire
to try!

Chris



>I went cross country skiing with my family last Saturday; after plodding
>along. thinking to myself. Heck, this is not much more fun than
>snowshoeing, several hotdoggers went flying past me. Hmmm, I thought, now
>that looks more like it! So I started to imitate their "snow skating"
>technique. It wasn't long before my skis were all twisted up, I flipped on
>an icy patch, and felt bad things happening in my left ankle.
>After the doctors informed me that I had a fractured ankle, and gave a
>temorary cast, they told me to get in bed for the next 10 days, and keep
>that leg elevated. Next week I'll either get a big plaster cast for 6 or
>more weeks, or, if I'm lucky. a high tech plastic boot for the same period
>of time.
>What's the list's experience with this scenario? Hopefully I'll be tuning
>consoles and spinets next week, but pulling a grand or upright action may
>be a bit of a challenge, especially if it's in front of new customers.
>I think *I'd* be a bit dubious about any service technician standing at my
>door with crutches under his arms, especially if he hadn't worked for me
>before.
>Ant words of wisdom out there?
>Patrick Draine, RPT
>(time to get back on the couch, and point my foot at the ceiling)
>draine@tiac.net


-Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T.   School of Music  Ohio University  Athens OH

-purdy@oak.cats.ohiou.edu   (614) 593-1656    fax# (614) 593-1429