Ice Skating Throw Triple Sow unsuccessful

If you are ever in the Canadian capital of Ottawa in the winter and looking for some fun entertainment, every local will tell you to go to the Rideau Canal. What is the Rideau Canal. The Locals will tell you that it is 7.8 kilometers, not miles, of beautiful ice in which one can have awonderful time skating with family and friends. If the Longbottom's were telling you about the Rideau Canal, we would describe it as a death trap eagerly awaiting unsuspecting innocent americans in order to incapacitate their limbs. Oh yes the canal looksinnocent enough with it's 7.8 kilometers of uneven Ice, fresh water crocidiles, and the smatering of usable port-a-poties, but do not be fooled; it has the heart as black as the night.

On January 28th Amee and I went to Ottawa for an innocent day of fun ice skating, yummy chinese food and to take in the movie Juno. We were enjoying ourselves Ice skating. Both of us had had one fall a piece and were almost arriving at the halfway point, when Amee took a direct hit as she and Rob were attempting the elusive throw triple sow with a double toe follow up. She hit the ground and hit it hard. Rob had lost his concentration when he saw something shiny and naturally moved toward it. In an instant everything had changed. She heard it before she felt it, yet knew right away that something was wrong; terribly wrong. She could not get up or move her arm. In that instant of tragedy, Rob rose to the occassion by ignoring the shiny object lifting Amee in his Arm's and skated with her till they had found help. He dropped her off at the beaver tail stand and made a mad dash for the car. He only had to stop twice to catch his breath, wait in line to turn in his ice skates and drive the car to where Amee was located.

They drove back to Ogdensburg, without chinese food I might add, and went to the emergency room. We were refered to four orthopedic surgeons before one would agree to fix Amee's arm. She had a commenuted lateral fracture to her forearm right where it went into the elbow. This was a dicey and complicated surgery, but they had the right man; a Notre Dame Man. In Dr. Fatti's own words, Amee surgery was "Perfect". Now Amee is in her 3rd week of rehab and the Dr. and the PT say she is doing fantastic. We are all glad that she is healing so well. It will be a 6 to 8 month recovery time, but the Dr. believes Amee will just fine.

The Moral of our story is If Rob is your Ice skating partner, make sure ther are no shiny objects in the vacinity.