Sad day for Team Can Be Venture.
After yesterday’s brutal stage, Patrick did not recover well enough to keep going. He’s still dehydrated, in pain and has a fever.
Things got even worse when Carlos called a meeting in the morning to tell the crew that he’d found that a rock got lodged between his buttocks and his seat, causing a cut/bruise. This kind of injury is very serious on someone that spends the whole time sitting down. The pressure and the enviromental conditions right now would increase dramatically the risk for infection. Carlos has suffered in the past with the same kind of problem. It was devastanting news. He had the pull out of the race. His health is his first and foremost priority. An infection at this point could mean months in a hospital bed. The recovery a long and slow process.
Disapointing and frustrating as it is, it was the right call. Team Can Be Venture will go on with Andrew. The crew will fully support him until the end of the race.
We left Mount Mulgrave going towards Laura. Laura has a clinic that could give Carlos and Pat better medical support.
When we got to Laura, a nurse examined both and strongly suggested they were removed to Cooktown as soon as possible, where the medical support is better. She’s specially worried with Carlos and the possibility of an infection.
So the team decided to break up. Herman drove Carlos, Patrick, Sarah and Spencer to Cooktown, where they can get checked out at a hospital by a doctor and wait for the rest of the team at the race finish line. Allen, Joana and Suzy stayed to support Andrew for the rest of the race.
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