bad wreck at meadows

[The Skipper]

HALL OF FAMER DAVE PALONE RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
 
Hall of Famer Dave Palone, who was injured in a five-horse accident in Monday

[Elgin]

Palone Playing It Day By Day

Dave Palone was able to laugh on Wednesday afternoon,
not quite 48 hours since he had been put on a stretcher and
loaded into a helicopter for a flight to the trauma unit at Allegheny
General Hospital in Pittsburgh.

[Just Saying]

Thanks for the post, Elgin. When you hit that limestone surface at race speed it's like power grinder against your skin. Thankfully that's usually the quickest thing to heal. Dem bones take awhile... joints & nerves even longer. Glad Palone's improving.

[badolpuddytat]

Palone Playing It Day By Day

Dave Palone was able to laugh on Wednesday afternoon,
not quite 48 hours since he had been put on a stretcher and
loaded into a helicopter for a flight to the trauma unit at Allegheny
General Hospital in Pittsburgh.

[Elgin]

I suppose it may come down to how much pain Palone can stand without knocking it down with opiates like Oxycontin and Oxycodone. In some cases the over the counter stuff just won

[LVGaryD]

I have two or three fusions in my cervical spine that don't hurt me a bit. Matter of fact, that is the only part of my body that generally doesn't hurt. The surgeon I have is truly one of the best on Earth, and his neurosurgeon/partner is even more highly regarded.

As far as pain control, if I hurt real, real badly, I will take four ibuprofen along with two extra strength tylenol at one time. My doctor said this is just as strong as taking lortab, sans the opiate side effects and addiction qualities.

[LVGaryD]

Oh and by the way, if the above doesn't work I use cannabis oil/brownies. That always works.

[Just Saying]

Oh and by the way, if the above doesn't work I use cannabis oil/brownies. That always works.

The problem is it won't pass a piss test if they test Dave. He doesn't need a suspension on top of the injury. I'm not anti-cannabis (even though it doesn't agree with me) but random drug testing is the rule here, and I imagine elsewhere.

[badolpuddytat]

I have two or three fusions in my cervical spine that don't hurt me a bit. Matter of fact, that is the only part of my body that generally doesn't hurt. The surgeon I have is truly one of the best on Earth, and his neurosurgeon/partner is even more highly regarded.

As far as pain control, if I hurt real, real badly, I will take four ibuprofen along with two extra strength tylenol at one time. My doctor said this is just as strong as taking lortab, sans the opiate side effects and addiction qualities.

Yeah but when the other doc's say boy you were right about having A LOT of metal in your neck, then you know you have it. I've seen x-rays of it and it looks like Barboro's leg after he had all the metal screws and stuff. Plus I've taken 5 motrins at once didn't do a thing. Surgeon now wants to put a pain pump in me and trust me I'll go through ANOTHER surgery if it helps. You really don't want to know how many surgeries I have had!! Probably more than all the members combined! At least I'm still kicking?

[Gazoo]

At least I'm still kicking?

[Just Saying]

Keep kickin' puddy!

[careless hal]

I'm sure Palone will do the right thing and not drive in Canada on Saturday.  It's a cruel blow, but thank God he wasn't injured worse than he was.

[Gazoo]

I'm sure Palone will do the right thing and not drive in Canada on Saturday.  It's a cruel blow, but thank God he wasn't injured worse than he was.

Pretty sure he's driving tonight at the Meadows

[careless hal]

Pretty sure he's driving tonight at the Meadows

I know you just have to dust yourself off and crawl back into the bike, but when you hit your 50's and are so sore, it might be more prudent to wait a bit.  In spite of the thousands of miles I logged, I was never tossed onto the track. I came close a couple times and it scared the crap out of me.  Hope it turns out OK.
Interesting dilema for bettors.  Do you say he's not 100% and toss him or do you say , he's out to prove something and play him.  I would guess the latter, since he is the winningest driver ever.

[Elgin]

Palone To Drive Tonight at Meadows; Breeders
Crown Plans Still Up In Air
By Bill Finley

Driver Dave Palone, banged up in a spill Monday at The
Meadows, will drive tonight at his home track, after which
he will make a decision about his availability for the Breeders
Crown.
Palone did not suffer any
broken bone sin the accident,
but says he is still banged up
and doesn't want to drive in the
Breeders Crown unless he
feels he can be at his very
best.
"I am still taking it a day at a
time," he said. "I thought I'd go
in in (Friday night) and spin a
couple. If I don't feel right I am
not going to take a chance and
do that to Ronnie (Burke) or
the owners. They're good buddies
of mine and Sweet Lou
been so good to me. I am optimistic
that I will drive Saturday,
but I won't drive him if I don't
think I can go in there at full tilt.
We'll see how it feels."
Palone has five drivers on the Breeders Crown card:
Sweet Lou (3yo male pace); Mattie Terror Girl (2yo filly
pace); Frau Blucher (2yo filly trot); Economy Terror (3yo
filly pace); Bluff 33yo filly trot).
Palone was involved in a five-horse spill that looked
about as scary as they get.
"I'm just a little bit kinked up still," he said. "I am really
shocked that I didn't break something because I have
fallen a lot softer than that and had broken bones, so I
don't know how I walked away without anything broken.
But thank goodness I did. I thought I broke both shoulders
when it happened. The way I landed I jammed my neck
and both shoulders and had a lot of road rash, a lot of skin
tore off. The main thing was my shoulders hurt because I
broke my shoulder couple of years ago. I was really
shocked when x-rays came back clean on those. "
Palone said he isn't sure yet if he will honor all his drives
at The Meadows. He said he had spoken to the tracks'
judges and they said they will allow him to drive in only a
few races if that is his plan.
"If I don't think I can make speed and move a horse on
Saturday I won't drive," he said. "Unless I am relatively pain
free I will tell the trainers I can't do it. They shouldn't want it
any other way. You're talking about a lot of money and a lot
of prestige. I know my capabilities pretty well and I think I'll
be fine, but I'll know more tomorrow.
(harnessracingupdate.com)