Hey Walt, nice to have met you. Yeah, it was me. I'm now back at home, leg propped up, waiting it out. It was on the follow through on my rope cut and it went in right at the top of my calf angling down through to the outside and down. Jarrell and his sons were there and get the bleeding slowed and got me to a local hospital, where I later transferred to a Victoria hospital and a vascular surgeon. It ended up cutting a couple minor vessels in my leg coming right off the main artery and ended up cutting my calf approx. 1/2 in two. They sewed the vessels and muscle back up and closed with staples. I'm looking at 3 to 4 weeks with NO weight on my foot and several weeks to months for rehab. This is if nothing else a wakeup call. I've got 60 feet of cut up rope behind my shop with never even a HINT of anything like this ever happening. I'm convinced that, had I been by myself, I'd have bled to death. With some good first aid knowledge and quick action, they probably saved my life. Thanks go out to Jarrell, Jarrod, and Wesley for the quick action. Also want to thank all the medical, ambulance and police personnel. This could have been worse than it was.
I also want to thank all those that have called and emailed. Times like this remind me what a close-knit community we have here in the knife world. Thanks.
