BWitty
Indeed Candi. Congratulations to Paul and Melinda on their conception
of twins.
Now, a bit more news on Paul....
Paul had surgery yesterday afternoon. They inserted a screw through his
c2 vertebra and the procedure went very well. He should make a full
recovery. He has some nasty facial lacerations and the like. Long
story short is that it could have easily been much worse. His helmet
saved him from severe head trauma for sure.
Here is a nice recovery story about Saturn rider Nathan O'Neill who
suffered a very similar injury in late 2003. He is now racing pro again
on his way to 100% recovery. We hope and expect the same kind of
recovery from Paul.
Cut and pasted from
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2003/aug03/aug22news2
O'Neill undergoes surgery
Australian Saturn rider Nathan O'Neill is hoping to make a
quicker-than-scheduled recovery from the injuries he sustained in last
month's disastrous crash at the International/Tour de Toona if surgery
to repair his cracked C2 vertebra goes according to plan. In an upbeat
email to Cyclingnews, O'Neill said, "I had a followup appointment with a
specialist spinal surgeon yesterday here in NYC. We discovered that
given my current condition (as of yesterday) I would greatly benefit
from a surgical procedure that would involve inserting a screw through
the C2 vertebra and the odontoid bone, to secure the odontoid back into
its original place." That surgery was scheduled for Thursday afternoon,
US time.
"As you can see I'm doing fine," said O'Neill, "and this surgery will
greatly enhance my recovery, especially in terms of the expected time.
The halo will be coming off during the surgery, and I will be checking
out St Vincents Hospital the day following the procedure (Friday) with a
rigid collar of some sort, in order to keep the initial movement to a
minimum. The surgeon, Dr Franco Cerabona, has told me that with this
procedure I will make a 100 percent recovery on or ahead of the original
schedule."
And here is a recent follow-up interview with O'Neill.
http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=5427
-----Original Message-----
From: Candi Murray [mailto:cmur-@obra.org]
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 8:59 PM
To: ob-@topica.com
Subject: [OBRA Chat] My update for Paul
Melinda Anderson returned my call as I sat waiting for my flight. He
has a
C2 fracture but was neurologically intact. He was in the ICU because he
was
unconscious for over 5-10 minutes. When she left him for the evening he
was
figuring what races he could still go to this year and planning his
recovery
for that - (what is it with you guys ;-)
Melinda also shared that they just found out that they are expecting
twins
and she figures that Paul orchestrated the entire crash because it was
the
last time he could get the limelight solo!!
Joy and tears, ain't that just life!
Candi
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