#cole takes it in stride tbh tho he sees the bulls being ridden and he feels the pull of wanting to get on top of it so damn bad | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

vastiitas · 2 months

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bullrider's verse arm loss is a result of sepsis – bacterial infection received in after having a severe arm fracture post bull ride. He gets checked by medical technicians, but neglects going to the hospital as follow-up due to having walked off broke bones before and mind hazey from the adrenaline + post ride drinking and smoking. Infection symptoms sets in 12 hours later, waking up drenched with fever. Between attempting to waving it off as getting sick, and the time it takes for him to find somebody + the transit to get to a medical treatment center, the rate of saving the arm has fallen considerably.

#hc: head up in the clouds;;#hc: bullrider #i read this entire post in chubbyemu voice ahfkrb #bulls casually crushin ppl w 2k lb of weight #cole takes it in stride tbh tho he sees the bulls being ridden and he feels the pull of wanting to get on top of it so damn bad #he likes to humor himself that this will make keeping to the rule of keeping only 1 hand on the bull or bronc easier #(even though the free-hand is meant to be your source of control sldkjfs)#arm loss and forced retirement occurs at 36 #ppl try to joke lightly w him that bullridings a young ppl's sport n god himself told him to retire #tho he personally's always just thought he'd die competing in the sport :skull:#in the theoretical f1 verse that only spacy knows abt - his arm is simply torn off in a high speed collision–#he is 100% smoking a cigarette as he's being driven to the hospital while soaked in delirium n sweat #he uses a lotta dogs to help him ranch when he retires;#the bucking bulls he tries to train are very sweet boys and he's a lil flustered by it tbh and lowkey this hurts me bc there is a contrast #to be made between his ma n himself here but also the depth of their respective sports reflecting off their charas #he hasn't experienced any outright rudeness abt it but i also do think he's just-#also met a handful of kiddo fans who aren't old enough to really control themselves #burst into tears the first time they saw em without his arm #(that said there are also those who also take it in stride!!!)#i do worry that he may or may not have been asked to leave a joint by a helicopter mother saying his lack of arm is scaring the children-

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