LAKE COUNTY – District 4 Supervisor Anthony Farrington is scheduled to undergo surgery in Santa Rosa today to repair a shoulder fractured in an accident last month.

Farrington, 37, was injured Sept. 23 when he collided with a pickup while riding a dirt bike at the Cow Mountain off-highway recreation area.

Since then, it's been a painful few weeks for Farrington, who has been resting at home and hasn't been able to attend Board of Supervisors meetings.

He told Lake County News that most of his injuries have been healing fast, however he now has casts on his left arm and hand due to fractures discovered since the accident.

He said his bruised pelvis, torso and lower legs also appear to be healing well, except for a few areas of blood and fluid buildup.

Farrington said that an MRI confirmed that his right shoulder was fractured, which is the reason he'll have surgery today at 10 a.m. at Santa Rosa Surgery Center.

The orthopedic surgeon who will operate on Farrington, Dr. Kent Yinger, was on the team of orthopedic surgeons that performed surgery in 2001 on former President Ronald Reagan's right hip, which Reagan broke in a fall at his home.

Farrington said after he discovered that fact about Yinger he told him he was glad he was working on his right shoulder, and not his left.

The surgery is expected to last two hours.

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