Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

I didn't mean to inflict my personal little saga on you all. But here it is...

I stepped out onto my driveway, and immediately began to slide like I was on a skating rink. As I said above, I chose to fall forward, but I forgot to relax my arms, next thing I knew I was on my back, unable to move.

I called my wife who was stuck in the ice in the car, lower on the driveway;  she called an ambulance. After a while I could roll onto my right side, and so I crawled out of the driveway to avoid being run over, and slumped in my garage door. The ambulance couldn't come up the driveway so the town sanded my driveway and I was on my way to the ER.

After a few hours, the doctor decided what he would like to do is pop my dislocated shoulder back in place, which sounded like a world of fun. On the second attempt, hey presto! It worked.

They took me to x-ray where the technician told me to crawl onto the table, thereby popping my shoulder back out! After a few more attempts, they decided to send me to the 0.R. for general anesthesia and they popped it back in.

After a CAT scan, they sent me home in a sling, thus I am typing this using dictation software, and assuming nothing is broken (in my arm, not the software), I'll be off to a presentation in Florida on Friday, and then on to see Mickey Mouse at Disney World.

So: much ado about nothing.

I think however, that with blogs and the communities we've created, it simply is no longer true that on the Internet "nobody knows you're a dog," and I very much appreciate your concern.

-jesse

Quick follow-up for those of you who are curious.

Turned out that I wasn't quite as lucky as I hoped, and there is a significant fracture, and so surgery is scheduled for December 20.

However, I am fortunate enough to have a wonderful upper arm orthopedic surgeon who does not anticipate any significant issues in the surgery or the recovery.

With any luck at all you'll see no interruption in my presence here or on my blog, videos will continue to appear, and I'm planning on attending and speaking at Code Mash in January.

I very much appreciate all of your kind words and good wishes, and I look forward to returning to focusing on technical issues as soon as I emerge from the fog of painkillers.

Thanks again.

Jesse (Silverlight Klutz) Liberty

Postoperative update.

For those of you who are curious: I had arthroscopic surgery on my shoulder, which was entirely successful, and now one week later, things are healing nicely. I am back at work half-time, and will be increasing my hours over the coming weeks.

My next scheduled event, is at Code Mash, (http://www.codemash.org/) where I have two presentations and at least one informal session scheduled, and my doctor sees no reason I won't be able to attend.

Have an incredibly happy new year, and thanks for your kind wishes through this ordeal.