An Update on Lucky

by Crazy Ivan

Many of you have already heard about Lucky's misfortune, but for those who haven't let me spend a few sentences getting you up to date.

Several weeks ago, Lucky was longboarding in the city.  It was late and dark and as he slid to a stop near a subway station, he failed to see a pothole in front of him.  His foot slipped into it while he was still moving pretty quickly and before he knew it, he was wiped out on the road with a broken leg.

Despite stereotypes to the contrary, New Yorkers are great people and several bystanders took action to help him out.  They called an ambulance and stayed with him until the paramedics arrived.  Before long, he was in a hospital, shot up with pain medicine and slowly realizing that he was not going to be able to open FAO on the following morning.

He called me at almost one in the morning to tell me what had happened.  I was still down in Tennessee overseeing the final week of Dollywood, but from there I was able to rearrange his schedule and cover all his upcoming shifts.  He wasn't sure the extent of the injury at that point, though he was certain something was broken.  I wished him well and passed back out.

Fast forward a couple of weeks to today.  Turns out that he broke his leg a bout a foot above the ankle and the break was severe enough to require surgery.  He now has a plate in his leg, which makes him .09% cyborg (which is pretty cool), but the important thing is that he's recovering nicely.  He's got his sense of humor back, he's getting pretty adept on his crutches and he's even keeping his skills up.  One of the great things about Myachi is that you can play even when you're bed-ridden.

So, as awkward as it is to keep calling the guy in the cast "Lucky", he seems to be pretty lucky indeed.  He is expected to make a full recovery without losing any of the strength or flexibility in his leg.  He's healing nicely and so far all the news from the doctors has been positive.

I've been getting a lot of questions on the forum, at the store and on Facebook about him, so I'll keep everyone posted here if anything changes.  We don't have an estimates time of return just yet, but when he's ready to make his triumphant return to Myachi Mastery, our loyal readers will be the first to know.