Hello internet world, Reed Petchnick here. Lets talk about what I have been up to. A lot of you know I have recently tore my ACL and messed my knee up pretty good.
I was in Richland Washington attending the last round of NWQN. Friday practice went very well. I was throwing down some fast lap times and hitting lines no one else could. Saturday morning I got up ready to ride. I was one of the first people to hit the track. I had been looking at doing the “old” finish line triple the previous day. So I decided to give it ago since the track was super smooth and I saw a dirt bike do it the lap before. I remember coming over the jump before it at a good pace. I clicked 4th and went for it. Flying through the air thinking “wow, this is a lot farther than I thought.”
I landed right on top of the landing. I felt a sharp pain in my left knee. At that point I thought I had just jammed my foot like I did at Clark County the summer before. I pulled off the track and went to get off my bike. Then the worst part came. I went to move my knee. It didn’t move. I put pressure on it, and popped it back into place. At this time all the pain started to set in.
I would like to thank Josh Pursell for stopping and seeing if I was ok after two other ridders road right past me. My dad and Sean Clinton came over to me and assessed the damage. After getting off the track and back to the box van, he said I may have torn my ACL and to go to the ER right away.
So here I am today, 2 months later. I still haven’t had surgery yet. Due to a complication between my physical therapy and orthopedic doctor, and a blood clot that sent me to the ER for the second time.
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