StlWalnut took an evil tumble during the Vet Open main event at Springfield IL, this weekend.
Radiologist counts 12 breaks to 10 bones - eight ribs, two with two breaks, collar bone, and shoulder blade. Walnut's spending his second night at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, IL. He will probably go home to Saint Louis tomorrow.
He's in good spirits, mostly because he's always an upbeat, positive guy, but maybe also because he's being liberally medicated for pain. (Go Vikes!)
One of the amazing things about his trip to the trauma center was that the nurses DIDN'T cut his leathers off. Somehow they got Walnut out of his signature reverse skeleton one piece road racing leathers with only a little bit of pushing and pulling. Perhaps it's easier to get out of a set of leathers if your right shoulder is free to float around, unencumbered by ribs and clavicles?
Anyway - get well soon, Walnut.
