Attention: From Jan: I’m back from hospital after having an emergency foot operation on Friday

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Hello Everyone,The stupid accident that happened on Thursday afternoon was a real annoying thing. There are thorns that grow on some trees/creepers here. I did some hunting around and I’m sure I’ve found the plant that it comes from. It’s from a tree called: Vachellia karroo. Click on this link and you’ll see the long white thorns standing out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vachellia_karroo#/media/File:Acacia_karroo_(Mimosoideae).jpg

It’s that plant, in a dry form, where someone had cut some of its branches off and they were left in the road. I was watching one of my videos on my phone and I walked past the branches I could see, but then I stepped and hit one of them and it went right through my sneakers, and through my flesh and popped out on the top of my sneaker.

Long story short, I had to hobble home because I could not pull the thorn out. I called out to our local community group if there was a paramedic who could come and take a look. My foot was stuck inside my sneakers because the thorn was holding both ends, and it was in my flesh. So I cut my sneakers open at home and even so it was a struggle to get my foot out.

A young lady with some medical experience came to my house, took a look and told me to rather go to casualties at the nearest hospital.

I had to wait 19 hours until a surgeon could operate.

There were some interesting and positive experiences as a result of this stupid accident. I’ll explain later.

I arrived home early on Friday evening, but I’d not slept well at the hospital and I was extremely tired so I had one very long night’s sleep. And now I’m up and about and fresh again and hobbling along at a pretty good speed. I need to have the stitches removed early in the week.

I should be driving my car again by Wednesday.

jlamprecht