FALCONWest Australian Racing

bookielover

Hi all,

Falcon asked me to let everyone on the forum know that he's in hospital with a strap ly coccus infection. I hope I spelled it correctly. He was fine till last Wednesday, had dinner, went to bed, woke up at3.00 AM and couldn't move. Managed to contact a neighbour a few hours later and finished up in the ICU.

He's in a room now, and they are pumping him with antibiotics. He reckons that it will take few weeks before he's out, they need to make sure that it's completely gone, but he's feeling a lot better than he was.

I haven't had that affliction, but I have a mate who went in to have his hip replacement looked at because it was giving him a lot of pain, and, as unbelievable as it may seem, they discovered a severe staph infection had begun eating away at his titanium hip. That's how strong these infections are. It's been 7 months and he's got a brick, that's right, a brick, of antibiotics implanted inside his hip. The hip replacement has obviously been removed and they need the infection to go completely before they can put it back. He's hoping another couple of months will do it.

Falcon can't work out how he got his infection, but it just shows you how fragile we all are in that we are feeling great one minute, and in the next, we can be struck down without warning by one of these infections. Thankfully we have the antibiotics to help us, but they are still tough bastards to get control over.

I spoke to him today, and he sounds good, but he's still feeling the effects of the infection. He's been through a bit the last few years and needed this like the proverbial you know what.

Mate, I wish you a complete recovery so you can get back to what you do best, taking pot shots at everyone and everything at Perth Racing, governments of all persuasions, and the woke brigade out there. And, of course, posting the odd comment here which might upset a few, or even agree with.

Get better soon mate, PTT isn't the same without you.

Rodent

Best wishes and get well soon Falcon.

meatpie

Hope you have a quick recovery.

rooboy

Get better soon Falc.

spinking

Take a bit more than some Strapul coccus Infection to keep the tough old bird grounded get well soon Falc

Mikes27091

best wishes and hope you make a full recovery

jum

All the best. Get well soon Falc

Vincent_vega

Get well soon

SLIPPERGOLDEN

Hey Falcon you don't get off of forum duties that easily :D :D

On a more serious not though sorry to read about your health issues and I hope your health  improves greatly and as soon as possible. 

Improving greatly and as soon as possible can also be suitably applied to my racing selections.

:))

Thank you for letting us all know Bookielover and please keep us posted.

bookielover

Thank you to all well wishers. 

I will post an update later in the week.

Manchild

Wish the Falcon a speedy recovery form us all.

G-Mac

All the best Falcon

Chris

Hard to keep the falc down for too long, get well soon old mate

JimmyPop

Good luck Falcon. Hoping your recovery is quick. 

I know what you are going through.

sonny

Speedy recovery As the old saying goes ... Old age is not for sissies..

bookielover

Hi all,

I have passed on your good wishes and your hopes for a speedy recovery, to Falcon. I spoke to him this morning, and he is still undergoing treatment and will be for an undetermined period of time.

His doctors are allowing him out for a couple of hours today, to go home, attend to a few things, and see his dentist. Then it's straight back into hospital. If he gets a chance while at home, you might hear from him here.

Once again, thank you to all for your supportive comments. 

From time to time, we may get a little heated with each other over all sorts of issues, but at the end of the day, when one of our PTT family is doing it tough, we are able to put those issues, and disagreements aside, and support one another when we most need it. I can assure you that there is no one more appreciative of your support than Falcon.

Notapuntas

All the best falc :x

thefalcon

thanks mates...i'm home for a few hours to pay bills etc. then back to room 28. i reckon i'll be in for another week or so.

i've got racing.com and reckon i know every victorian jock. they all seem to have the same buzz haircut..

back to HPH, bookielover will keep you informed.

once again thanks so much for your good wishes..

falc.

LETSDOTHIS

Get well soon Falcon

thefalcon

thanks PPTers...home for a few hours and hopefully home for good mid next week.

that effing staphlococcus really knocks you around, mine was a respiratory one. was told if i hadn't got myself to hospital when i did i'd be a fuked falcon.

am smuggling some wine in when i return in a few minutes....hope those pesky nurses don't smell it out.

once again thanks for all your best wishes..

falc

thefalcon

back home after 29 days.......feels a bit weird going to coles etc.