Scottish Elises

Some of you may know already but Alan is undergoing emergency surgery on his right arm at the moment.

He was doing some some diy in the house which involved taking aqua panelling out of our en-suite but it was really difficult so had to cut it with an angle grinder. Unfortunately it hit something and he lost control of it and it went into his right arm. It has cut right through his artery and has cut through muscle and nerves. He has also lost a LOT of blood.

At the moment he's in surgery where they will be taking a bit of his vein from his leg to join up the severed artery and re-attach his nerves and muscle. At the moment, I have been told worst case senario he will lose his arm, best case he won't have complete feeling in his right hand and will be off work for at least 4-6 months.

I just can't believe it. I'm sitting in the hospital right now waiting anxiously with Nicola for Alans folks to arrive from Falkirk and for more news. He should be in surgery for another couple of hours. Fingers crossed it will be good news from here on.

Jen

fook me I hope things work out ok.

Thinking of you both.

If you need anything give me a shout.

Scotty

Hope he's ok - can't imagine what you are going through

sh*t Jen. I've got everything crossed for him. Chin up, stay strong and what will be will be. The guys up there are good - put my face back together after a contretemps on Union St some years ago, but don't let that put you off.

Anything we can do, shout.

Shug

holy sheet indeed, hope he is alright, fingers crossed

Terrible news, can happen all too quickly.

My best wishes.

Malcolm

Thinking positive thoughts for you Jen... hope he's ok!!

Sorry to hear the news, hope the surgery is a success.

Dave & Em

Jen, i agree with dave, stay positive, alans a fighter. get well soon Alan.

Very sorry to hear this, Jen - Fingers (and everything else) crossed for the most positive outcome.

I hadn't heard Jen, but that is terrible news. You must be devastated at something like that happening out of the blue. Little consolation, but an injury like this is sometimes worse than it first seems, and the standard of surgery and what they can achieve nowadays is fantastic.

Tell him that we are all thinking of him and hoping for the best.

All the best.

tut

Positive thoughts and best wishes for you both

Jings sorry to hear that. Thinking of you both, hope all goes well.

Thoughts are with you all, and fingers crossed the surgery goes to plan!

Tell Alan despite all his S2 Owners digs etc I hope you are both OK

Dont worry Jen, these things are a piece of cake to fix. Must be quite a bad one if they plan to harvest an artery but Doctors always like to make it seem more dramatic than it actually is so you think they are special once they have fixed it.