classic

man, I haven’t missed an open mat ever since I moved here. always the best part of the week. devastating. enjoy the rolls to all who practice 🙏

it do be like that

fun little shark clip from last saturday

day 5 of staring at the ocean no complaints. blessed view

ignoring docs orders to get up and cook some steak real quick 🤤 been too long

sharks from last saturday’s spear trip

just want to thank y’all for all the well wishes and love and support ❤️ nostr familia is the best. if I didn’t respond to you directly it’s probably a relay skill issue on my end 😅 no major updates. can’t walk but should improve in the coming weeks. nerve damage is a bit worse than expected. I’m basically just the human from Wall-E for the next few weeks 😂 had a pretty epic spearing trip with sharks the morning of the accident, so I’m gonna have some fun editing a longerform video of that day 🤙

new wheels 😂

mood

full report for friends asking: Freak accident last night, slipped and fell at a BBQ, and a fillet knife sliced my peroneal nerve and a major artery, all the way into my shin bone. I didn’t feel anything, but I looked down and saw my bone and the wound pouring. I was bleeding out fast. I applied pressure with my hand directly on the exposed artery and bone and hopped over to my friends. My friends and I tied a tank top around the wound, jammed in a pen for a makeshift tourniquet, wound it up tight to stop the bloodflow, then made two more above and below the wound with our shirts. That quick response bought me enough time for my friend to get me to the ER. We waited in the ER for about an hour before getting seen by a nurse. She opened the tourniquet, took pressure off, and she got sprayed, shin exposed, artery wide open. She tried to clean it a bit the we out the pressure back on. Then we sat in the hallway to wait for a doctor. The ER doc said they weren’t equipped to stop the bleeding. At this point I’m getting dizzy and shaky cause the shock was wearing off. Very nervous. They said they weren’t outfitted to handle that kind of bleeding, so they didn’t want to dress it. They spent some time debating whether to gamble and try to close it themselves, or spend hours transferring me to a severe trauma surgeon in another hospital. Finally, one doctor made the call. He joked I was holding up the patient line. He opened the tourniquet, cleaned the wound, and stitched the artery, deep tissue, fascia, and everything back together, inside and out. Two hours and several injections of antibiotics and pain killers later, I was stitched up and stable. I’m home now. Stuck in bed, leg elevated. Can’t walk or move much. The pain didn’t hit until this morning and it’s unbearable to be honest. Never had anything like it. The doctors said I’m incredibly lucky. Still waiting to see if I’ll need surgery, depending in how the nerves and tissues heal, and how bad the nerve damage is. Had a nice house call today to reassess and clean and get more pain killers and antibiotic injections. They said fortunately it was a very sharp knife, so the nerves may reconnect smooth. There’s a lot of parts of my leg that numb out randomly, and some drop foot when I try to move, but I’m optimistic it will heal well. Not too much bleeding so the artery seems good. Just monitoring for infection and trying to manage pain and inflammation now. No swimming, no jiu-jitsu, no walking for a while. But I’m really grateful for the helpful visitors, my neighbors, the support, and especially the friends who stayed calm under pressure and saved my life. Anyway, accidents happen. Going as well as can be. I’m definitely going to invest some more time into emergency prep, and I think it's worthwhile for everyone to consider learning some basics too. If you have any suggested material on this please send it 🤙

learn to tie a tourniquet 🤙 you never know when you may need it! crazy freak accident. slipped in light rain and put a filet knife through my leg hit an artery and the tibia. got pretty dicey very fast. luckily had some very level-headed friends there who helped me tourniquet and press and get to the trauma center and navigate the doctors in spanish anyway, feels like a good reminder to learn more first aid and accident response care. 🧠 ultimately got 5 internal stitches to close the artery, deep tissue and fascia, and 9 external. at least I don’t see my shin bone anymore 😭 🤙 stay safe