All Day in the Hospital

Thanks every one I'm just calling round the family to let them know he's OK

You guy's and Glads are just top notch
This place is more than just a Car forum

Again thanks for your support every one it means a lot to Jan and I

Tony

Good Lord...


Just read this, so sorry to hear about it! Glad the surgery went well, a friend of mine, our fiddle player, lost the tip of his index finger (self-inflicted) back in May, and had a superb recovery, now back to playing as if nothing had happened.

My very best wishes to your son, and for a speedy recovery.

Ron

I was sorry to read this. I hope he gets over this soon. This is my field to some extent (med neg is my field). My advice is that you find a good personal injury solicitor - alternatively check to see if you have legal expenses cover with your household insurers or motor insurers (or your son's). Is the thumb on his dominant hand? The driver is vicariously liable via his employer imho. Get professional independent legal advice - ignore armchair lawyers giving their pennys worth!

Vacarious Liability is a tricky field

But he will be seeking compensation and due to my line of work I know several good personal injury lawyers.

For now we're glad he still has a moveable joint on his thumb

and will just support him through his rehabilitation

Sorry, only just seen this, I hope your son is on the mend

Sorry to hear that.Tell your son o keep his chin up.

Originally Posted by happy man

I've spent most of the Day in Whiston Hospital, We got a call from our son Just after noon today to tell us he was in the Royal Hospital in Liverpool and he'd cut off his thumb.

He works for a very large Heavy Plant manufacturer I will not name on here and he's Service engineer.

He attended the site to repair an excavator, He looked in the engine bay and asked the driver to try and turn over the engine, the driver did this and John spotted the defect and told the chap to switch off the engine this he did only to try and resart it just as John was reaching into the engine

The result was Jonh had the top of his thumb amputated

He'll have surgery tommorrow to remove the thumb down to the first joint.

My opinion of the health and Safety manager for such a multi national company is very low just now as nobody attended the Hospital to establish what went wrong and Doubt very much if a full investigation has been carried out even though an employee has lost a finger

I was an engineer for years and never suffered and serious injury but he's only 27 with his career ahead of him I'm a Manager now and if I could I'd give him my right thumb I would I don't need it

If only he'd said Just "get out the cab mate"

Sorry this is the longest thread I've ever posted but it's been a Sh!t day

Blimey - sorry I missed this one. I'm very sorry to hear what happened HM and I wish your son a speedy recovery

Sorry to hear the bad news Happy man, large companies can be so cold. My first daughter had a serious heart defect, died in hospital, revived, sent to Southampton general next day for open heart surgery at 15 days old, two days after operation my boss phoned(working as a financial advisor at the time for a large insurance Co) and asked when I was coming back to work. Beggers belief. Good luck to your son.

Mrs H my wife Jan would like to say a few words she's been so touched by AO's response

"hey, I just wanted to say thanks for all the support, its lovely to know so many of you are thinking about us, I know its only his thumb, but the shock of the accident was awful, it does make you think how precarious it all is. Thanks again Jan xx"

Thanks for the update HM Glad it's better news than that first thought!

Originally Posted by happy man

Good news folks

John is out of Surgery the miracle working surgeon has managed to give him a workable joint on the top of his thumb

How he did this I don't Know as I saw the detached top of his thumb and it was completely severed below the nail bed

any How he's being released tonight about 7:00 His partner is taking him home so Jan Thom and I will see him tommorrow

M I'll be making sure the company he works for are suitably punished for the pain and suffering they caused my son

I know all about Health and Safety Law

Better news HM - but he'll be in a lot of pain for some time to come (my business partner lost one of his fingers a few years ago and he suffered for a while). I'm sure the family will give him all the support he needs though - you obviously care about him a lot.

I also missed this Tony. It's a terrible thing to happen, but so much more when it's your kid. Glad to see he's getting through it. Keep your chins up.

Sorry to hear this mate, hope your son gets better real soon.

My dad, who is health and safety manager for an engineering company, only last week had a guy at work get his hand mangled by a machine. I believe he had to have it amputated.

But it could have been much worse for your son, but it still sucks

Glad he had a joint put back on top though, this should mean within a few months it's completely back to normal.

I'm so glad he's got the use of his thumb again, what a great surgeon . You must be so relieved that it turned out so well.

Quite the rollercoaster ride though.

Hope the healing is quick. Best wishes to your son.

Jesus mate, only just seen this, sounds like a promising outcome from the surgery, fingers crossed for John, hope he makes a speedy & pain free recovery.
One of my biking mates lost his right leg below the knee, and although it took a very long time to recover, if you saw what he does on a bike now, if you didn't know, you'd never guess he was missing a leg.... I guess what I'm trying to say is that the body is an amazing thing, given time it'll adapt and most things will become as easy to do as they always were.


As for the firm he works for, and the numpty in the digger, take 'em to the cleaners, no mercy! I have very little time for people who go round claiming for every paltry little trip or slip, but something like this deserves to be chased up properly - go get 'em

Glad to hear surgery went well, Happy! A bit of good news to go with the bad.
All the best!