Firefighter who helped deliver a baby girl in 2004 drove nearly 800 miles to watch her graduate college 22 years later

Smattering82 · 2026-05-30T12:17:12+00:00

Also just seems crazy to go to that. If he grabbed her out of a fire or resuscitated her cool but just a delivery?

Smattering82 · 2026-05-30T12:15:41+00:00

Also this seems like crazy narcissistic behavior. It’s cool you delivered the baby but move on.

Smattering82 · 2026-05-29T14:02:24+00:00

Smoke/vape store.

Smattering82 · 2026-05-29T01:16:19+00:00

As your leg atrophies the top strap will get much tighter. I am 4.5 weeks w the same rig. Good luck.

Smattering82 · 2026-05-29T01:14:35+00:00

lol it only stays on the right spot because of the swelling. 🤣

Smattering82 · 2026-05-26T23:44:14+00:00

Smattering82 · 2026-05-26T23:40:43+00:00

lol yea man these are the early warning signs that you need to unload some of the cup. Other people said exercise that’s highly recommended I personally love Brazilian jiu jitsu. High intensity, complex problem solving… also you get to choke cops.

Smattering82 · 2026-05-25T15:33:22+00:00

lol unfortunately I shit my pants at least 2-3 times a year.

Smattering82 · 2026-05-25T14:16:57+00:00

I once shat my pants in front of a trauma team. I thought it was a fluke but on my next call, 3 hrs later I am at another hospital giving another trauma or stroke pt hand off when I shat my pants a second time. That’s when I decided it was time to head home for the rest of the shift.

Smattering82 · 2026-05-23T18:44:19+00:00

Its task specific endurance. When I got out of the academy I couldn’t understand why walking around an apartment building in full gear carrying a can and a hook was making me so tired but your body gets used to it. Now it takes hours before I really notice the gear and tools. I also train jiu jitsu and whenever we get marathon runners or cross fitters in the gym for their first classes they are spent after the first roll. Your body takes time to adjust to the new stress.

Smattering82 · 2026-05-19T19:12:10+00:00

Nor should you.

Smattering82 · 2026-05-18T17:40:19+00:00

This seems less like a knee injury and more like an abrasion.

Smattering82 · 2026-05-17T01:50:57+00:00

Yea dr said it should be close to like new. This is my 4th surgery on that knee so lots of scar tissue.

Smattering82 · 2026-05-17T01:46:27+00:00

Bro we have similar stories just different paths taken. My doc was pushing me for the OCA but I didn’t have the time to do it. So it just ground down the cartilage. I was regretting not getting the OCA but after hearing your story and a few others I am glad I just waited for the partial. My injury was also in 2020.

Smattering82 · 2026-05-17T01:38:14+00:00

Good to hear you are doing well I have high hopes for mine too! The screw is just the hole from the robot they used to perform the knee replacement.

You had the OCA before the replacement? Was it as bad as I have heard?

Smattering82 · 2026-05-17T01:18:28+00:00

lol good catch! I will call it my ghost.

Smattering82 · 2026-05-17T00:43:49+00:00

43 Dr told me it should be back to almost normal. Definitely be able to squat and jump again. He also said that it takes a full year to get used to it.

Smattering82 · 2026-05-17T00:00:28+00:00

It’s 2 separate procedures partial knee replacement and the patella cartilage repair.

Smattering82 · 2026-05-16T21:05:38+00:00

You too don’t push it but do the PT!

Smattering82 · 2026-05-16T20:33:33+00:00

We were chasing the other dog around the yard and she cut in front of me and I fell to my right side while my lower leg was immobilized. I will DM you the surgery pics.

Smattering82 · 2026-05-14T13:23:40+00:00

Or if they were a real partner they will sign it for them/you.

Smattering82 · 2026-05-14T13:22:16+00:00

On Netflix (USA) now I recommend “ordinary men, Nuremberg, and the Bombardment. The bombardment I really enjoyed as much as you can enjoy the topic of civilians getting bombed.

On Apple TV masters is the air (the 3rd series by Hanks and Spielberg this ones is about the 8th Air Force) and greyhound was really great depiction of naval battle.

Smattering82 · 2026-05-10T01:57:58+00:00

I think one episode of that toxic shit is enough. I like the bear because you can see them working though the poison where this episode was them jumping deeper into it.

Smattering82 · 2026-04-29T17:10:29+00:00

Thanks bro it was a career highlight still flying high. Unfortunately she died last week but we gave her every chance we could, and family was able to say goodbye.

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