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Join Date: Feb 2004
Age: 46
Posts: 8,317
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Re: Everetts injury is pretty bad...
I suffered a somewhat similar injury in a car accident. I was temporarily knocked out (a few seconds to a minute), fractured some vertebrae, my cord was compressed by a disc, and I had to have emergency surgery to put donor bone, a titanium plate and a few screws in my neck. After I started to regain feeling, I wanted to lose it....had to be the most awful pain I ever felt. Obviously, I recovered alright, but I can distinctly recall the fear I felt when I was laying in the ER/OR totally immobilized and being told by the doctor that they had to operate or I could die. I was so damn scared that I cried; something I hadn't done in public since I was about 5.
I can't begin to express how sorry I felt for Everett when I saw the re-play. As I said in another thread, I am agnostic, but I'm praying for the guy. I hope others do as well. |
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: 31 Spooner St.
Age: 50
Posts: 9,534
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Re: Everetts injury is pretty bad...
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The worst I have ever experienced was when I was a teenager playing hockey. I was checked and lost my footing and slid into the boards head first...for about 1 second I lost functions of my arms and legs, but then it came immediately back. Every time I hurt my neck, the first thing I do is move my fingers and toes because of that injury. Scary man...very scary. I'm glad you recovered fully.
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 17,437
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