scenario Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 (edited) Link Here's an excerpt... "The wrist is made up of eight irregularly shaped carpal bones that fit loosely together in two rows like a jigsaw puzzle, held in place by a series of interconnected ligaments. The lunate bone is located in the center of the bottom row of bones, so its location makes it crucial in stabilizing the entire wrist. When Hudson's glove collided with Atlanta baserunner Brian McCann as he reached for an errant throw from pitcher Juan Cruz, Hudson's hand apparently was jammed back with such violent force that the lunate bone did a 180-degree flip down and a 180-degree twist to the left, blowing out the ligaments that hold the wrist together. Additionally, the bone came to rest against the median nerve in what amounted to an excruciatingly painful carpal tunnel catastrophe. If you know nothing else about a perilunate dislocation, just know that you don't want one. Hudson was asked, on a scale of one to 10, his degree of pain. "A hundred," he said. "Maybe more." Enough pain, said Hudson, that by the time he was taken into the Arizona Diamondbacks clubhouse, he was done. Not just for that game. Not just for that season. "I retired," he said. "I didn't want to play again, that's how bad it was." Edited March 11, 2009 by scenario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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