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Alaska 2008: The Dalton Highway Write-Up (Long)
Awesome story, such a terrible thing to happen to someone so young and vibrant. If anyone can take the time, the link to the paralysis site: http://tinyurl.com/6n7bah has some more discussion with Mike as he deals with his injury. I worked with disabled skiers at Alpine Meadows Ski Resort back in the mid 1980's, it takes all kinds, never discount the human potential, he has a high level of function remaining so he should do well in his rehab. Good luck Mike, heal good and strong! -- Nurse Ben ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nurse Ben's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17487 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70267 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Alaska 2008: The Dalton Highway Write-Up (Long)
This is awful news and our thoughts are with Mike. I'm not particularly knowledgeable on this kind of thing, but is the injury permanent or is there a chance of recovery? -- Into the blue Harper wrote: I wuld get a 20' trialls uni prolly with a blu tiar. Get splined an a KH saet or ur a pansy. Get trials cuz thaz whut i du n u mus wannaa whut i du 2. lol...awwsum. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Into the blue's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12084 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70267 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Alaska 2008: The Dalton Highway Write-Up (Long)
Into the blue wrote: This is awful news and our thoughts are with Mike. I'm not particularly knowledgeable on this kind of thing, but is the injury permanent or is there a chance of recovery? From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_cord_injury: The exact effects of a spinal cord injury vary according to the type and level injury, and can be organized into two types: - In a -complete injury-, there is no function below the "neurological" level, defined as the lowest level that has intact neurological function. If a person has some level below which there is no motor and sensory function, the injury is said to be "complete". Recent evidence suggest that less than 5% of people with "complete" spinal cord injury recover locomotion. - A person with an -incomplete injury- retains some sensation or movement below the level of the injury.[...]Recent evidence suggest that over 95% of people with "incomplete" spinal cord injury recover some locomotory ability. The article also has a helplful diagram to complement the text. I should note that at the time of this post the above text has no direct citations in the article, but I did find some of the statements corroborated he http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic553.htm. -- entropy Shut up and ride. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ entropy's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/5816 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70267 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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