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DDC Fall Tour 2008 / Day 14 / Traverse City, Mich.

October 24, 2008

Spent the whole day at the hospital with dad. I had the mobile command unit all set up next to his bed, working off the Munson Hospital wireless signal. Business as usual with the clients out west, but as a sidekick to dad in a hospital bed, with a tube draining stuff out of his calf.Here's what went down: Dad was walking to his car that was parked in some grass. He stepped in a divot, twisting his ankle and fell down. In the fall, he hurt his right calf. He went to the doctor and they said he pulled a muscle pretty bad, and got him right into physical therapy to aid the healing process. Thing were going okay. He was doign stretches and had a cane to help him get around.So then a couple days back he's getting out of his car and feels a sudden "snap" in his calf, followed by intense pain and pressure. By the time he got back out to the house, you could see the visible change in swelling. After a rough night with little-to-no sleep, we took him into the emergency room and after quick checkup, dad was rushed into surgery.The problem was a hematoma in his calf muscle, and it was bleeding, and pressure needed to be relieved, and quick. In no time, he was in the operating room.I sat with mom in the waiting room while the surgeons went to work.Everything went okay, and he's in his own room. He's got an eight inch slice in his calf, and a tube draining fluids from it. Nurses and nurse aids and doctors are getting the job done right.Here's what dad had to say about the whole deal: "An action sequence with Dad."- - - -SEND IN SOME LOVE: And here's what I asking you to do: Send my dad a little bit of well-wishing. The guys is a little down right now. You know, it ain't easy having fluids draining from you around the clock. Send him a little love, and I'll gladly read him the comments tomorrow, at his side, doing my part to get the old man back out into the world strong and healthy.Click "Leave A Comment" just to the left of this post, and let's build the guy back up with some god words.- - - -FROM JARED IN LONG BEACH: Lego instructions for a pumpkin. Just that simple. Awesome as a gourd gets.- - - -SPEAKING OF GOURDS: Here you go.- - - -ONE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S GREATEST: I did 22 long mouths down there baking in the sun. I barely made it outta there. One of the good people I got to meet down there was Lee Crane. After years of seeing his name all over the action sports industry spectrum, it was cool to put a face on it. Nice as hell, with helpful industry advice about this and that, with an "wise man" angle coming from a cat who's seen it all down there. Thanks Lee, for being awesome.But it doesn't stop there. Lee's also got an eye for rad shit, and here's proof: "The ABCs of California Boating Law."So good. Check out that wicked little "s" after in the "ABCs" type chunk. So gross, and so great.

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