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01-10-2008, 08:51 AM
Instead of the weekly Road Bike Review Newsletter in my mailbox this morning there was this. How awful. Ed and Fred are good guys.
"We've had to suspend regular newsletter publication this week due to complications suffered by RBR editor/publisher Ed Pavelka after his hip replacement surgery in late December.
Several hours after he clicked the "send" button to e-mail last week's issue to you, Ed was back in the hospital. He suffered a blood clot in his left groin that moved to his right lung. This is called a pulmonary embolism.
A subsequent CAT scan found about 2 pints (1/2 liter) of fluid in the chest cavity between his lung and chest wall. This caused severe pain when making almost any movement, which, unfortunately, included breathing.
As you read this, Ed is still in the hospital. He's among a tiny percentage of pulmonary embolism victims who suffer the double whammy of pulmonary infarction, meaning a portion of the lung has died.
This nightmare began in June 2007 when Ed fractured the neck of his left femur during a transcontinental ride. Improper bone healing and the onset of avascular necrosis required a total hip replacement on Dec. 21.
We hope all RBR operations will be back to normal next Thursday, although that may be asking too much too soon. If no newsletter arrives, look for one on Jan. 24. Meanwhile, thanks for your patience and support during this down time."
"We've had to suspend regular newsletter publication this week due to complications suffered by RBR editor/publisher Ed Pavelka after his hip replacement surgery in late December.
Several hours after he clicked the "send" button to e-mail last week's issue to you, Ed was back in the hospital. He suffered a blood clot in his left groin that moved to his right lung. This is called a pulmonary embolism.
A subsequent CAT scan found about 2 pints (1/2 liter) of fluid in the chest cavity between his lung and chest wall. This caused severe pain when making almost any movement, which, unfortunately, included breathing.
As you read this, Ed is still in the hospital. He's among a tiny percentage of pulmonary embolism victims who suffer the double whammy of pulmonary infarction, meaning a portion of the lung has died.
This nightmare began in June 2007 when Ed fractured the neck of his left femur during a transcontinental ride. Improper bone healing and the onset of avascular necrosis required a total hip replacement on Dec. 21.
We hope all RBR operations will be back to normal next Thursday, although that may be asking too much too soon. If no newsletter arrives, look for one on Jan. 24. Meanwhile, thanks for your patience and support during this down time."