I could not believe this!! (PRETTY LONG)
Someone e-mailed this story to me. I could not believe this. I will not post the picture. I'm not sure if Ron would be o.k. with me posting it. I will FM the pic if you want to see it. You need a strong stomach for this one.
This rather shocking photo was snapped in November 6th by a spectator at the collegiate power lifting championships at Pennsylvania
State. The unfortunate competitor, who expressed a plea to remain anonymous, remembered to surgeons that he was ' stuck' at the bottom of
a personal best attempt in the squat lift when he 'sort of pulled his stomach in and pushed extra hard, at the same time as trying to complete the
lift.' He remembers a loud popping, splattering noise then a fierce stabbing pain and then not being able to move from the squat position.
He remained in this position for about half an hour, since trying to stand caused him overwhelming agonizing pain. Para-medics arrived and applied anesthesia on the spot and
carried him to an ambulance. He was rushed to surgery, where surgeons described the trauma
as an ' explosive and aggravated prolapsed of the bowel'.
Meanwhile it was revealed that the weight was removed from his shoulders at the time of the incident by two 'spotters' on either side of
the lifter. The third spotter who was standing behind the lifter was unfortunately sprayed with fecal matter at the time of the incident. This spotter promptly fainted when he realized the extent of
the injury to the lifter, who was a personal friend.
This compounded the task of first aid officers who were at a loss as to how to treat the injury to the lifter in any case, who remained in the squatting position moaning in pain much to the consternation of the helpless audience. The hapless lifter had successful surgery to relieve the
prolapsed, but remained immobilized with his feet elevated in stirrups for 2 weeks to ensure 'internal compliance with the surgery and that the organs
retracted successfully'. To add insult to injury, the ex-lifter required rectal stitching to partially occlude the anal orifice and stitch the rectal passage( which
had significantly expanded and torn during the prolapsed) and also was put on a low fiber low residue diet to combat flatulence to avoid any
possibility of a recurrence.
CBS news spoke to his wife and asked if she thought he would resume his power lifting career.
' Not if I have anything to say about it, would you like to risk something like that again'
This rather shocking photo was snapped in November 6th by a spectator at the collegiate power lifting championships at Pennsylvania
State. The unfortunate competitor, who expressed a plea to remain anonymous, remembered to surgeons that he was ' stuck' at the bottom of
a personal best attempt in the squat lift when he 'sort of pulled his stomach in and pushed extra hard, at the same time as trying to complete the
lift.' He remembers a loud popping, splattering noise then a fierce stabbing pain and then not being able to move from the squat position.
He remained in this position for about half an hour, since trying to stand caused him overwhelming agonizing pain. Para-medics arrived and applied anesthesia on the spot and
carried him to an ambulance. He was rushed to surgery, where surgeons described the trauma
as an ' explosive and aggravated prolapsed of the bowel'.
Meanwhile it was revealed that the weight was removed from his shoulders at the time of the incident by two 'spotters' on either side of
the lifter. The third spotter who was standing behind the lifter was unfortunately sprayed with fecal matter at the time of the incident. This spotter promptly fainted when he realized the extent of
the injury to the lifter, who was a personal friend.
This compounded the task of first aid officers who were at a loss as to how to treat the injury to the lifter in any case, who remained in the squatting position moaning in pain much to the consternation of the helpless audience. The hapless lifter had successful surgery to relieve the
prolapsed, but remained immobilized with his feet elevated in stirrups for 2 weeks to ensure 'internal compliance with the surgery and that the organs
retracted successfully'. To add insult to injury, the ex-lifter required rectal stitching to partially occlude the anal orifice and stitch the rectal passage( which
had significantly expanded and torn during the prolapsed) and also was put on a low fiber low residue diet to combat flatulence to avoid any
possibility of a recurrence.
CBS news spoke to his wife and asked if she thought he would resume his power lifting career.
' Not if I have anything to say about it, would you like to risk something like that again'
