dees*gal
2 Dec 2001, 12:06
um, i just read this on the AFL site, and i hought you might all want to take a look at it...
'Wiz' injury scare
By Kim Hagdorn
Saturday, December 01, 2001
ACE Fremantle recruit Jeff Farmer is lucky to be alive after a freak accident left a shard of glass poking through a leg.
A big, framed photograph of Fremantle legend Steve Marsh at Dockers headquarters toppled onto Farmer's head on Wednesday, shattering broken glass over the goalkicking sensation.
A 20cm sliver of glass pierced his right thigh, poking out both sides of his leg.
Amazingly, Farmer escaped serious injury. However, he suffered heavy bleeding from the gash and was forced to wait almost 30 minutes before club doctor Ken Withers arrived to remove the shard of glass.
''It could have been very serious if the glass had severed an artery or muscle in his leg,'' Withers said.
''The shattering glass could have cut any part of his body. Think of Anthony Stevens (Kangaroos) last year when falling glass cut an artery in his neck.''
Stevens was sidelined for 13 weeks.
Withers provided on-the-spot treatment to Farmer and said he was staggered at the good fortune of the former All-Australian.
''He's a very lucky boy,'' Withers said.
''I've never seen anything like it. If you told that story to someone, they'd think you were making it up.''
Farmer's wound did not require stitches and the player they call ''The Wizard'' was back training the next day.
The bizarre incident happened during a yoga session in the Derby Room at Fremantle's plush new training-and-administration centre at Fremantle Oval.
Farmer leant back into a stack of chairs propped against the wall, dislodging Marsh's photo.
well yeah, thats it!
'Wiz' injury scare
By Kim Hagdorn
Saturday, December 01, 2001
ACE Fremantle recruit Jeff Farmer is lucky to be alive after a freak accident left a shard of glass poking through a leg.
A big, framed photograph of Fremantle legend Steve Marsh at Dockers headquarters toppled onto Farmer's head on Wednesday, shattering broken glass over the goalkicking sensation.
A 20cm sliver of glass pierced his right thigh, poking out both sides of his leg.
Amazingly, Farmer escaped serious injury. However, he suffered heavy bleeding from the gash and was forced to wait almost 30 minutes before club doctor Ken Withers arrived to remove the shard of glass.
''It could have been very serious if the glass had severed an artery or muscle in his leg,'' Withers said.
''The shattering glass could have cut any part of his body. Think of Anthony Stevens (Kangaroos) last year when falling glass cut an artery in his neck.''
Stevens was sidelined for 13 weeks.
Withers provided on-the-spot treatment to Farmer and said he was staggered at the good fortune of the former All-Australian.
''He's a very lucky boy,'' Withers said.
''I've never seen anything like it. If you told that story to someone, they'd think you were making it up.''
Farmer's wound did not require stitches and the player they call ''The Wizard'' was back training the next day.
The bizarre incident happened during a yoga session in the Derby Room at Fremantle's plush new training-and-administration centre at Fremantle Oval.
Farmer leant back into a stack of chairs propped against the wall, dislodging Marsh's photo.
well yeah, thats it!