Post surgery infection nearly killed me back in 2002. There is much we don't know

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Dec 8, 2018
5:19:36am

HighHorse What if...

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HighHorse

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Terrible news for Alex Smith

fredetteaboutit13

12/6/18 9:29am

Tragic

snowbird

12/6/18 9:32am

Had a friend with a similar injury from a stupid turkey bowl. Lost his leg.

byubyu

12/6/18 9:32am

From his body or the turkey's?

Six Foot Seven

12/6/18 10:09am

RE: From his body or the turkey's?

VACOUGFAN

12/6/18 1:12pm

Yeah, the post-op infections is a bad sign.

Endocoug

12/6/18 11:12am

Sounds like chances of him keeping his leg is in jeapordy.

Bert609

12/6/18 9:32am

I hope they are able to save the leg. That sounds brutal.

chago04

12/6/18 9:33am

Yeah, I wonder if amputation is a possibility here. Infections can lead there.

Mister P

12/6/18 9:55am

Sucks for him. Either way he ended up having a pretty good NFL career.

Ojiisan

12/6/18 9:33am

do you really feel having a good NFL career is a good tradeoff for for your leg?

Cougarclaw

12/6/18 9:41am

I would. If I got the cash Alex did I would trade it in a heartbeat

cougfanz

12/6/18 9:43am

Especially with modern advances in prosthetics

Hedonic Threadmill

12/6/18 9:47am

just curious if you've ever had a major surgery before?

Cougarclaw

12/6/18 9:48am

A professional athlete has most likely already had several in pursuit of their career.

kccougar

12/6/18 9:49am

Yup. I’m a doc. See those with prosthetics that are doing a whole lot more than

cougfanz

12/6/18 10:17am

I know a garbage man who lost his leg and didn't dream of being a garbage man.

JAGA97

12/6/18 9:43am

Do you think that Alex Smith would have still declared for the draft in 2005 if he knew it would lead to a 13 year NFL

cheezedawg

12/6/18 9:51am

I was thinking more of whether or not he is able to play again.

Ojiisan

12/6/18 10:06am

My dad recently lost two toes from a bone infection. Hoping for a better outcome

Vincent's Picks

12/6/18 9:37am

That is a real bummer. I hope they can save his leg.

Adrielle

12/6/18 9:38am

When the bone is broken that bad and is protruding through the skin, this type

The Lone Star Cougar

12/6/18 9:41am

Umm.. compound fractures usually dont result in amputations

cougfanz

12/6/18 9:45am

Rate of infection is significant higher

IGlowInTheDark

12/6/18 10:05am

Umm..compound fractures do usually result in serious infections #reading

The Lone Star Cougar

12/6/18 11:52am

Yep but not amputations.

cougfanz

12/6/18 2:11pm

You can’t definitively say either in AS case.

IGlowInTheDark

12/8/18 7:47am

compartment syndrome - it's a significant risk.

SoCalCoug

12/6/18 12:43pm

I had a compound fracture that resulted in an infection. I spent a week in the hospital because of it.

Cosmodiar

12/6/18 9:54am

My wife had a compound fracture. Infection and compartment syndrome were their biggest worries in the week following the

cheezedawg

12/6/18 10:13am

Happened to a Seahawk player a few years back too

IGlowInTheDark

12/6/18 10:04am

I have a fairly close relative that had an infection due to compound fracture.

BW84

12/6/18 10:10am

I’m ignorant to medical stuff but you’d think we could control infections better

Gerald-DeGroot

12/8/18 5:16am

Post surgery infection nearly killed me back in 2002. There is much we don't know

HighHorse

12/8/18 5:19am

Yeah I know. I’m just saying. You’d think we would know more by now.

Gerald-DeGroot

12/8/18 5:28am

True, but that's why they call it "practicing medicine".

HighHorse

12/8/18 5:40am

We do control them a lot better.

IGlowInTheDark

12/8/18 7:32am

This is a good read for layman re: microbiology

IGlowInTheDark

12/8/18 7:37am

That was good. Thanks.

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