Downhill

This year the race season started off decent, but now its all over. Last Wednesday, July 15 I shattered my left ankle at the Sol Vista National Championship. My first run down the expert course was pretty mellow but I still hit the 45 foot gap on course, I thought to myself that this jump isn’t so bad. But on my second run I hit the same jump again and cased, cased hard, so hard that my ankle shattered. I was instantly ejected off my bicycle and landed at the flat bottom of the landing which resulted in a concussion. Another rider assisted me off the course, and asked if I was all right. I responded by saying I was fine not knowing that my ankle was broken. I regained my strength and stood up, my ankle bent to a 90 degree angle to my leg. Now I was in pain, the rider quickly rode down the course and got medical assistance. When the medics arrived they asked me what had happened and questions like, ” Where are you right now”, ” What day is it” stuff like that. I was quickly brought down to the bottom of the hill. There I was asked more questions about the crash. An ambulance showed up about five minutes after I was brought to the bottom. When I was being loaded into the ambulance one of the medics accidentally kicked my ankle while walking past me, that hurt…… When I look down at my ankle I saw the bone sticking out of the skin, I thought to myself, “well this sucks.” I was brought to the Granby, Colorado ER which was super tiny and only had a few beds, there I received a couple CT scans. Since the Granby hospital was so small I had to be transferred to the Denver Hospital. I was transferred for two hours on a mountainous road in the ambulance which also sucked. I arrived in Denver at around 8:30 PM, there I was given dozens of pain killers, yet I still felt the pain. The next morning I went into surgery. When I got out all I wanted to do was eat and drink because I wasn’t allowed to eat or drink after the crash due to the surgery. At about 7 PM Thursday I was able to leave. Now I’m on crutches for 6 weeks and is anxious to get back on my bike! The overall experience at Sol Vista was very exciting , I was able to meet Pros and ride a smooth flowly course. The lifts there were also awesome they just like the ones at whistler, and were actually fast. Anyway I appreciate all the calls I received from concerning individuals it really helped out.
Thanks
Ride Hard! J
Brian Mullen