David Crashed On A Motorcycle
Friday night, David was helping these stupid tweakers who lived across from him move out. Some tweaker shows up with a high powered motorcycle and they were taking turns riding it around the complex. David, being David, decides to jump on the bike and ride it out of the complex, out onto Saxony Rd. Evidently, he makes it about 2 miles before hitting a curb and crashing. When the paramedics got to him, he was awake and told him his name and that he could not feel his arms or legs. So they LifeFlight him to Scripps La Jolla.
The biggest injury is a bruise on his spinal cord up around the base of his neck that has left him paralyzed from the neck down and having to breath on a ventilator. The bruise can heal and allow partial or complete recovery from the paralysis or it can be just as bad as severed spinal cord. they are operating on the neck tomorrow to give his spinal column some more room to help relive the pressure in that area.
His left leg below the knee is pretty much a shattered mess and in two separate surgeries, they were going to amputate the leg, but both times they thought they would leave it on for now. Even in a best case scenario, David would have to have about 8 surgeries to rebuild this leg, so we are not very confident that he will keep it.
There was a lot of dirt mixed in with the crushed bones when they first brought him in and while a sever infection is still a major concern, so far no real infection has been detected. A minor miracle in itself!
He has a severely bruised and partially collapsed lung that we were told will turn into pneumonia at some point.
His shoulder was also severely damaged, but was repaired yesterday.
So, that is the latest. After the surgery tomorrow, we should know more about the paralysis in about a week "
The biggest injury is a bruise on his spinal cord up around the base of his neck that has left him paralyzed from the neck down and having to breath on a ventilator. The bruise can heal and allow partial or complete recovery from the paralysis or it can be just as bad as severed spinal cord. they are operating on the neck tomorrow to give his spinal column some more room to help relive the pressure in that area.
His left leg below the knee is pretty much a shattered mess and in two separate surgeries, they were going to amputate the leg, but both times they thought they would leave it on for now. Even in a best case scenario, David would have to have about 8 surgeries to rebuild this leg, so we are not very confident that he will keep it.
There was a lot of dirt mixed in with the crushed bones when they first brought him in and while a sever infection is still a major concern, so far no real infection has been detected. A minor miracle in itself!
He has a severely bruised and partially collapsed lung that we were told will turn into pneumonia at some point.
His shoulder was also severely damaged, but was repaired yesterday.
So, that is the latest. After the surgery tomorrow, we should know more about the paralysis in about a week "
I have also been trying to think of some way I can help do something for them from here. Fund raising efforts or information on disability compensation for David. I know Selena is not thinking of the financial impact this is going to have but I am sure it will be an issue at some point. I feel so helpless this far away so any ideas you have would be greatly appreciated.
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