DH Zombie injury status

[RepoDemoRider]

DH Zombie was the rider who broke his neck on the doubles Fri.He suffered a shattered C1 vertebrae.The good news is it won't require surgery,but 3 months in a collar.He's checking out
of the hospital tommorow!Thanks to the Snowshoe
medical crew for knowing exactly what to do to prevent further injury.DH Zombie thanks everyone
for their concerns!

[corey_rideDC]

get well soon man, that's some scary stuff.

[SK6]

Damn dude, I knew it was him. I found out later that Saturday....:(

Heal well man! We're here praying and sending good vibes your way DHZombie! :thumb: Glad to here it was not as serious as was originally thought.

[Bearmntpicnic]

heal quick marn

[tomyboy]

best wishes to him;

what exactly happened?

[SK6]

From what I understand, he ended up casing the doubles towards the end of the course. How exactly I don't know.

FYI, my wife is a PT and stated that you either end up paralyzed or :dead: fracturing the C2. So, DHZombie! Cheers, look forward to riding with you next season.

[Capt. Jack Sparrow]

My prayers are with DH Zombie. Dang! That's really scary.

[matt2991]

ya that must be extremly scary. good luck to him!!!!!

[teamkranzelbike]

Recover quick, we are thinking of you and looking forward to riding again soon. Hell yae from the Kranzel bike old guy squad!!!

[DHZombie]

Thank you everyone for all of your best wishes and concern.

I was released from the hospital last Thursday. As was stated in the initial post, I have a broken C1 vertebrae. This is the same type of injury that Christpher Reeve experienced in his horseback riding accident. I was informed that the logical results of this type of injury are normally either quadraplegia or death. I am EXTREMELY LUCKY to not have had either of these two results from my accident. If it were not for the quick actions of the Snowshoe medical personnel, I would probably not be writing this e-mail.

THANK YOU FOR MY LIFE !!!!!!!

I am getting a little tired now, but I will try to post periodic updates to let everyone know how things are progressing with my recovery.

Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.


Stay safe !!!

[SK6]

Glad you're still with us dude!!!! If ya need anything....shoot me an e-mail or PM!!!

Heal well!

[gastro]

Happy to hear you're okay DHZombie.

I shattered my C4 some years ago, and was lucky enough to escape permanent paralyis as well. Heal quickly!

[Salami]

:happydance: Exellent to hear that your injury is not as serious as it could have been!!!! I hope you make a full recovery.

[llkoolkeg]

Fvckin' doubles...I broke more parts and took more diggers on those than everything else combined, so I finally stopped trying them. I earned three fractured vertabrae doing big staircase drops, but they were only in my lower back and so now, I no longer do those, either. Heal up, man, and best wishes for a full and complete recovery.

[demolition dave]

Good luck............wishing you a speedy and FULL recovery!!!

[BIRDMAN111]

yeah ive dealed with people breaking neck vertibrae while riding (so has bearmtnpicnic) and its scary stuff, i feel for you man