{"id":2345,"date":"2026-07-28T19:52:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=2345"},"modified":"2026-07-28T19:52:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:52:01","slug":"doctor-has-warning-after-woman-suffers-catastrophic-genital-injury-on-rope-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=2345","title":{"rendered":"Doctor has warning after woman suffers \u2018catastrophic\u2019 genital injury on rope swing"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"\"
Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

A doctor has issued a warning after a Louisiana woman\u2019s first cruise vacation turned into a nightmare, leaving her with \u201cgrapefruit-sized lady bits\u201d following a rope swing accident.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Keep reading to learn more.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kirsten Lindsey, 28, was almost halfway through a Carnival cruise vacation with her partner, Blake Ford, when the couple joined a shore excursion in Honduras. According to a\u00a0GoFundMe\u00a0created to help cover medical expenses, the accident happened as Lindsey swung from a rope into the water.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn day three of our Carnival cruise, Kirsten was seriously\u00a0injured\u00a0during a rope swing excursion. Based on what we witnessed, a retrieval\/tag line appears to have been improperly connected to the swing. As she swung out, the line tightened between her legs just before she dropped, causing a catastrophic injury,\u201d Ford wrote in the fundraising campaign, after sharing a clip from the excursion on\u00a0Facebook\u00a0that shows Lindsey swinging into the water.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

\u201cAre you okay?\u201d he can be heard asking from the deck above as she calmly swims toward shore.<\/p>\n

\u2018Size of a baseball\u2019<\/h2>\n

At first, neither of them realized how serious the injury was.<\/p>\n

According to Ford, Lindsey initially believed she had only suffered a minor scrape and \u201ceven walked back to our transportation trying to laugh through the pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

That quickly changed.<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

\u201cThe swelling became severe, the pain became unbearable, and she eventually needed a wheelchair just to get back to our cabin. I called\u00a0911\u00a0from the ship, and she was rushed to the medical center where doctors treated her for hours,\u201d Ford said, adding that the \u201cswelling continued to worsen until it had reached roughly the size of a baseball.\u201d<\/p>\n

Costly care<\/h2>\n

Ford shared that\u00a0doctors\u00a0gave the couple three difficult options: remain in the ship\u2019s medical facility for the rest of the\u00a0cruise, seek treatment at a hospital in Cozumel and arrange their own trip home, or pay for an emergency medical flight back to the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe chose the air evacuation because we believed it was the best way to get Kirsten the care she needed,\u201d Ford told\u00a0WFLA.<\/p>\n

Before leaving the ship, Lindsey spent about 26 hours in the onboard medical center, \u201cwhere charges alone reached around $3,500, not including physician services, medications, and procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to those unexpected expenses, the emergency flight required a $20,000 deposit, and other $30,000 payment upon arriving in the United States.<\/p>\n

\u2018Grapefruit sized lady bits\u2019<\/h2>\n

After the couple landed on American soil, Lindsey underwent emergency surgery at HCA Florida Aventura Hospital before the couple made the long drive home to Louisiana, as doctors determined her injuries were too severe for commercial air travel, Ford explained on Facebook.<\/p>\n

Once they arrived in Louisiana, the woman received additional treatment at CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center before being readmitted days later.<\/p>\n