27 June 2007
Alister slips up
This will be quite short since it is being typed only with my left hand.
Early on Saturday 23 June, whilst Delphine was in Beirut and Mattéo and Juliette were staying at a friends house, Alister decided to go for his regular mountain bike ride along the popular bike trails along the Isar (river). After an hour of fun and sweat, Alister mis-read a corner and landed heavily on his shoulder (and head). A passerby helped get the bike up to the road (luckily only 200m away up the bank). A friend came to take care of the bike and an ambulance took Alister to the nearby hospital in Harlaching.
The right shoulder was clearly dislocated, but thankfully no bones were broken and apart from some scratches and scrapes no other injury was sustained.
A short full anaesthetic and the shoulder was back in place but wasn't holding very well so Alister stayed at hospital until Monday for an MRI scan. The doctors detected damage to the muscle.
Alister underwent a three hour operation on the morning of 28 June during which the surgeons refixed two muscles (supra- and infraspinatus) to the top of the humerus with 7 little "staples". The arm will have to remain completely passive for 6 weeks. Alister stayed for almost a week after the op, in order to have the pain controlled and to start mobility exercises with a robot which moves his arm for him!! There were some nice visits during the
stay, not least from an excited little Mattéo and Juliette and of course Delphine.
Early on Saturday 23 June, whilst Delphine was in Beirut and Mattéo and Juliette were staying at a friends house, Alister decided to go for his regular mountain bike ride along the popular bike trails along the Isar (river). After an hour of fun and sweat, Alister mis-read a corner and landed heavily on his shoulder (and head). A passerby helped get the bike up to the road (luckily only 200m away up the bank). A friend came to take care of the bike and an ambulance took Alister to the nearby hospital in Harlaching.
The right shoulder was clearly dislocated, but thankfully no bones were broken and apart from some scratches and scrapes no other injury was sustained.
A short full anaesthetic and the shoulder was back in place but wasn't holding very well so Alister stayed at hospital until Monday for an MRI scan. The doctors detected damage to the muscle.
Alister underwent a three hour operation on the morning of 28 June during which the surgeons refixed two muscles (supra- and infraspinatus) to the top of the humerus with 7 little "staples". The arm will have to remain completely passive for 6 weeks. Alister stayed for almost a week after the op, in order to have the pain controlled and to start mobility exercises with a robot which moves his arm for him!! There were some nice visits during the
stay, not least from an excited little Mattéo and Juliette and of course Delphine.
10 June 2007
Birthday in Berlin
Alister's was born on 8 June 1967. With a Bavarian public holiday on Thursday 7 Jun
e 2007, the Clarke family decided to head off to one of Alister's favourite cities for the long weekend. Just to make things a bit more fun, we took an overnight train from Munich to the capital with our car in tow behind!!A visit to the lovely Sanssouci Park upon arrival (7 June) and then dinner in the space age Sony Centre at Potsdamer Platz (right in the heart of the city near our hotel).
Alister's birthday itself was spent exploring the city on tour buses and boats. Alister has visited Berlin many times (several times during the East West separation), but for Delphine this was her first encounter. The weather on 8 June was spectacular! A lovely dinner on the elegant
Gendarmenmarkt to close a perfect day!
Saturday morning: Delphine
attacks the Kufursendamm (main shopping street of the former West Berlin) and Alister, Mattéo and Juliette walk in the Tiergarten and climb up the famous Siegessäule. Two hours drive later we arrive in Dresden. A nice central hotel let us have a relaxing and fun afternoon in the sauna and swimming pool spa whilst summer storms broke overhead. Evening dinner on the old town square.SundayWalk around
the old town,the opera, the banks of the Elbe and the famous cathedral (recently reconstructed following bombardment during the second world war - last time Alister was in Dresden, the cathedral was just a pile of rubble).After a long drive through the "eastern german countryside", we all arrive at home after a lovely weekend.
01 June 2007
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