Coral bit me

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the pm
the pm
QLD
31 posts
QLD, 31 posts
30 Sep 2006 11:13pm
hi, thought you all would enjoy a laugh at my expense.
i am a newbie practicing at wello.
I crashed me and the kite so many times day 1 on the board. unfortunately one of the many cuts was a deeper puncture wound on some tube like coral. subsequently got infected and within 7 hrs. pus, coral bits and a small fleshy animal spat out of the wound. 1 night in hospital on antibiotics and all was well.

3 little coral bits still in the arm, at one with the sea.
I hope i get better at kiting soon, cant afford the time off.
elizabethb
elizabethb
QLD
2081 posts
QLD, 2081 posts
30 Sep 2006 11:24pm
Had lessons mate? Please tell me you've had at least two lessons?.....

Go by a pair of booties from somewhere... Find a shop that sells them.. Even try Rebel sport... not sure if they do but worth a shot.

Goodwinds and please please please be safe mate!
gruezi
gruezi
WA
3464 posts
WA, 3464 posts
1 Oct 2006 9:42pm
You poor little bugger..............LMFAF.

You attacked and probably killed the coral.

Get well, coral wounds are nasty....I feel for the coral too though.
puppetonastring
puppetonastring
WA
3619 posts
WA, 3619 posts
1 Oct 2006 10:43pm
Gruezi man - ur heading off to coral infection heaven.
Dont laugh it off & dont treat it lightly.
2 seasons ago I copped it
The smallest, slightest little red graze on my knee one day & I ended up in Exmouth hospital the next - for almost 2 weeks.
AND if the $1000 a shot antibiotic shots hadnt worked the next option was castration of the leg from the hip down
NOT FUNNY - beware of coral & stringray spines

BUT HEY - have a great time - I'll be with you next year for certain sure.
echostorm
echostorm
QLD
1245 posts
QLD, 1245 posts
2 Oct 2006 1:55pm
hahahahah dude you were in there wars... You know what they say, "better you then me" . Like puppet said did you get lessons? perhaps u should train at a spot a little less deadly. Funny how there were bits stuck in all different spots. You must have really gotten smashed by it
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