On Sunday, June 14, 2020, around 1:00 p.m., Sue and Mark Weber were at Indian Riffle Park, on their way to a family birthday celebration. While trying to get across a drainage ditch, her right knee hyper-extended, breaking her leg and Sue fell, face first, into the side of the grassy ditch. As a result of the fall, she also broke her left shoulder. Mark called 911 and she was taken to Miami Valley South. Sue never lost consciousness this whole time. The medical personnel did x-rays and CT scans, and administered pain medication, which did little to ease her pain. It was discovered that Sue's right leg had vascular damage, which required a vascular surgical team, not available at MV South. They transported her to Miami Valley Hospital-Main Campus. After the emergency team performed their own exam and testing, Sue was scheduled for immediate surgery. She went back to surgery at 7:00 p.m. The first surgical team stabilized the broken bones and then the vascular surgical team began restoring blood flow to her leg. The artery in her right leg below her knee was damaged but not torn, and the vascular surgeons (2 of them) performed bypass surgery using one of Sue's veins in her leg. Their main concern was getting blood flowing back into the leg tissue. She has a "halo" around her whole right leg, a 24-inch incision from her ankle to mid-thigh, and her leg bones will be repaired in two weeks. Both operations took around 5 hours. She got through recovery and into her room at 2:00 a.m. June 15. She is not in ICU. She is not in a medically-induced coma but is heavily medicated. Her doctors are watching to make sure her tissue recovers and is getting good blood supply, they are monitoring her for blood clots and her incision does not get infected. Also, because of her pre-existing condition Churg-Strauss, they are being mindful of her lungs.
