dgskydive 0 #251 October 1, 2003 Good boy Eric! Now maybe I can get that Birdman video from him!Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #252 October 1, 2003 QuoteHe will be at Loma Linda University Hospital and will begin with 3hrs of rehab a day! Thanks Laurie. I needed a smile this evening. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Ptrish333 0 #253 October 2, 2003 That's wonderful news! *****Great Vibes for Eric at Rehab***** -Trish Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ltdiver 3 #254 October 2, 2003 Fantastic News! Looks like my ride home from work will swing by the 215-10 route now! Any suggestions on what's Eric's favorite food?? (ya know that LLUMC's main menu is vegetarian don't you! ) ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Ptrish333 0 #255 October 2, 2003 Well, here are some of the FAST FOODS, I remember as his favorite!! Jack in the box: hambuger with ketchup ONLY, Chicken Breast pieces with BBQ sauce (always check the bag for the BBQ sauce, cause they hardly ever get it right!!!) and their Tacos too... Mc'Donald's: Hamburger with Ketchup only and their FRIES - of course!!! Not much else off the Lunch menu, but for breakfast ...definately the Deluxe Big breakfast with coffee. No Orange Juice. I know he liked food from Yoshinoya, but I can't remember for sure what it is that he likes!!! I think the Mongolian Beef dish... EXTRA: Banana Bread- (But no NUTS!) HA! I could never understand how all that food could fit into his tiny tummy. Oh and don't forget the YEGGER if he can have it!! Hope that helps you a bit! -Trish Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites quade 4 #256 October 2, 2003 Quote (ya know that LLUMC's main menu is vegetarian don't you! ) Well, yeah, that sort of makes sense and I was even going to make a comment about that, but since they take in folks of all faiths, they do have other things on the menu too don't they?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ltdiver 3 #257 October 3, 2003 Thanks, Trish! I stopped by to visit with Eric tonight on my way home from work. He was busy eating some Mexican food his dad brought him from a good place in Riverside. Eric was very busy enjoying every bit of it! Eric looks great! A bit thin still, but he assured me that this was only temporary. His appetite is very good now. His rehab is only just started, but I can see him learning new things every day. Right now it's still beautiful yellow gowns for the party, so no gym time yet. Hope that gets cleared up soon. Gonna swing by a bit tomorrow before the weekend. I'll pick up something from you list if he'd like it. The food on his hospital tray look absolutely delicious, but abet still veggie. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ltdiver 3 #258 October 3, 2003 QuoteQuote (ya know that LLUMC's main menu is vegetarian don't you! ) Well, yeah, that sort of makes sense and I was even going to make a comment about that, but since they take in folks of all faiths, they do have other things on the menu too don't they? What does faith have to do with it? (unless you have to have ALOT more faith to eat the flesh of other animals and still be healthy! ). No, seriously, they do have meat for those who want it (in-house), but the cafeteria for the 'wuffos' doesn't have it on the menu. So, if you want meat deluxe, you have to be a member of the patient club. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jayruss 0 #259 October 3, 2003 Lori can you give us a room number at LL? The "wacked" club (tim, molly and I) will be visiting again soon at his new place __________________________________________________ "Beware how you take away hope from another human being." -Oliver Wendell Holmes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mouth 0 #260 October 3, 2003 PMed it to you. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Ptrish333 0 #261 October 3, 2003 That's cool, his dad has been around! Thanks for the update. A lot of history there. I wonder if it was the Mexican place he took me to once, their food was excellent! If his appetite is good now... then he will love to get all of the food I mentioned from Jack in the box! Believe it or not but he'd order all of that in one night.... granite he would maybe not touch one of the two taco's, but his tummy would be good and full. Keep him smiley. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites edenney 0 #262 October 17, 2003 QuoteOk gang...your love and support is strongly needed. Eric Denney who post some here as EDenney had a horrible landing at Pereis today is is extremely hurt. I just talked to Laurie who said he has extreme internal bleeding, compound fractures of both legs and a crushed pelvis. His family is with him thankfully since I am all the way across the US and can't be there for him like he was for me. Please, Please send good vibes and prayers to Eric. Pray that they will find what is causing the bleeding and be able to stop it soon so they can concentrate on his other injuries. {{{BIG HUGS}}} Eric. Hang in there cause you are strong and can pull through this. Also remember you promised last night to be careful damnit. Wow, how overwhelming it is to read this thread. This is the first time I've been online since the accident 3 months ago. I can't possibly thank everyone enough for all of the kind words, prayers, good vibes, CARDS and flowers. I can't believe how many cards I received, they filled an entire wall in my room. I had my sister read them to me shortly after they brought me out of the induced coma in late August. I was still really cloudy from all of the morphine so I look forward to reading them again when I get out of the hospital. I need to send out some special "thank you's" to some people so in Academy Award fashion here goes: Extra special thanks to Laurie Ross who was by my side every available minute supporting me and my family and providing updates on my condition. She also brought me my Oreo Cookie shakes and food from Jack In The Box as soon as they allowed me to eat solid food. My mother has officially adopted her so I guess I have a new sister . Thanks to Lisa (Mouth) for the constant updates to this thread and for jumping on a flight all the way from Georgia as soon as she found out what happened. My family really appreciated the support and so did I (even if I was in a coma). Sorry we had to postpone the trip to Hawaii but I promise we'll go as soon as I can walk again. Thanks to Emily and Jeff for the T-Shirt donation drive. They raised $725 after the T-Shirts were paid for. And thanks to all of you that bought the shirts and in some cases just made donations. Thanks to everyone that donated blood whether it was in my name or not. During the first 48 hours I went through so much blood that they cleaned out all of the local blood banks for my type of blood. Thanks to those of you that posted pictures of me, I'm sure it was nice for some of the people that couldn't put a face with the name. Thanks to Molly, Jason, Tim, Rob and Aaron for the support with what I'm going through and what lies ahead. It's helpful to talk to people that (unfortunately) have been through similar situations and it's inspiring to see how well they have recovered. I'm sure I've left out some people and I apologize in advance. I'm really touched by the response from the whole skydiving community, even those that don't even know me. Thanks to all of you for everything. Now a little about me... Following are the injuries I sustained: Broken pelvis, sacrum, right femur (MULTIPLE breaks), right tibia, right fibula, right ankle (pulverized and inoperable), right foot (pulverized and inoperable), left tibia (compound fracture), left fibula, left ankle, kidney and MASSIVE internal bleeding. I remember telling the paramedics on the way to the hospital that they needed to cut me open because my abdomen was filling up and felt like it was going to explode. Seems I was right... The first 48 hours were very bad and the doctors gave me less than 1% chance of survival. I was bleeding from every orifice and my entire body had swollen up to the point that I was unrecognizable (except for my hair Laurie told me). The trauma team worked on me frantically throughout the first day and night and managed to keep me alive (somewhat miraculously). However Sunday morning my heart stopped and I flatlined for about 7 minutes. They finally managed to get a faint pulse but my lungs were 100% filled with fluid preventing oxygent from getting to my brain and organs. One of the doctors told my mom that there was nothing more that they could do and that they would get me cleaned up so the family could come in and say their goodbyes. In steps the doctor that saved my life. It was only his first week at the hospital and it was his day off but after receiving the page he showed up in shorts, a t-shirt and a baseball cap. He immediately ordered that they do several radical things with me. Without getting into specifics my condition slowly (very slowly) started to improve over the next several hours. Gradually my condition improved and as mentioned in another post they took me off the ventilator on August 7th (my mom's birthday). I don't remember that at all due to the drugs they had me on. It was short lived as I almost immediately contracted the staff infection and pneumonia and they had to rush me back to surgery and back into an induced coma. I fought through that and they finally brought me out of the coma sometime in late August. It's very odd to lose a month and a half of your life... I believe they did 5 surgeries on me while I was in a coma and they did two more on my legs and abdomen after I woke up. Current status: I'm in Loma Linda for rehab as you probably know by now. I am non weight bearing on either of my legs and won't be for some time. I still have metal fixators sticking out of my left leg and holding the bone in place. The ones in my right leg were removed about 3 weeks ago. My right tibia and fibula are essentially healed. My right femur closely reselmbes that of the Terminator, more metal than bone. Unfortunately one portion of the bone hasn't healed and is displaced possibly requiring more surgery. My right ankle and foot were wiped out and they were going to amputate them until they finally found a pulse. I cannot move my toes and all I have is a strong "pins and needles" feeling throughout my entire foot (not pleasant). The ankle is pretty disfigured and my foot is offset to one side. They could not operate on the ankle or foot because they were so badly damaged so they just let the bone fragments grow back together in whatever form they could. My left tibia that had the compound fracture has still not grown back together despite the bone graft surgery (most painful night of my life by the way). They have changed my diet in hopes of spurring growth to that bone. Cross your fingers that it works or I'll be needing further surgery on that leg. My left foot and ankle are good and have normal feeling thankfully. Looks like that's going to be my good leg when everything is healed and I'm walking again. Unfortunately that's too far off and the hospital can't keep me that long. They are discharging me in 2 weeks. Not sure what I'm going to do since I live by myself and won't be able to support myself due to my legs. If anybody out there wants to come stay with me rent free for a few months let me know OK, well I think I've written enough for now. Sorry for the rediculously long post but I had to make up for a lot of lost time and respond to the 200 posts that all of you made! Thanks again for all of the prayers and good vibes. I'm not religious but every single doctor and nurse that worked on me at the trauma center call me a miracle. Maybe the prayers and good vibes made a difference.... ...Eric Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Michele 1 #263 October 17, 2003 How wonderful to hear from you, Eric. How simply miraculous. You've been in my prayers, and my thoughts, and I am sooooooooooooooo damned glad to see you posting. Many (gentle) hugs! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wmw999 2,439 #264 October 17, 2003 Dude. Not much else to say. That sucks they're going to kick you out of the hospital; it really really sucks. And you can't imagine how happy a whole lot of people are to hear you be able to talk about it. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybytch 273 #265 October 17, 2003 Damn good to read your words again, Eric. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lawrocket 3 #266 October 17, 2003 You know, it is always a wonderful thing to hear the story of a personal triumph! Thank you for your post. It is an amazing read from an amazing guy. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites juanesky 0 #267 October 17, 2003 Eric, I am glad to hear that you are back on the way to recovery, and that you felt and got so much support by this great community. No need to apologize and it was not long, and most of us welcome you back one way or another. Blue skies, and please keep in touch."According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jceman 1 #268 October 17, 2003 Welcome back, Eric. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites edenney 0 #269 October 17, 2003 QuoteGood boy Eric! Now maybe I can get that Birdman video from him! That was a fun jump. Those Birdman suits are a blast. I believe my camera is in the back of my car which has been sitting in my sister's garage since the day of the accident. I'm not sure if I was wearing my camera helmet or a Pro-Tec on that jump. If you have a DV camcorder you can bring it to the hospital and I'll transfer it for you. No way for me to transfer it to VHS. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hooked 0 #270 October 17, 2003 I don't know you, but I have followed this whole thread waiting for this good news. I am so glad you are on your way to being better. What an astonishing list of injuries and to be here to talk about it, is even more astonishing. Welcome back!!! J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites VanillaSkyGirl 6 #271 October 17, 2003 Wow! I have never met you, but I am so very moved to see you posting. You have been in my thoughts and in my prayers for a while now. I am so happy that you are better and able to post. I do believe that these DZ.com vibes are truly magical. All the love and well wishes must have somehow found their way to you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jtval 0 #272 October 17, 2003 eric Ive never met you either but its good to see YOU post. sounds like you have a long recovery in front of you but it seems like the hard part is done with! congratulations on your recovery to this point!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mujie96 0 #273 October 17, 2003 Hi Eric. Good to see you. Just keep swimming...just keep swimming.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ltdiver 3 #274 October 17, 2003 Welcome back, Eric!! So good to see you back on-line with the rest of your family! cya soon, Lori Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites edenney 0 #275 October 17, 2003 QuoteWelcome back, Eric!! So good to see you back on-line with the rest of your family! cya soon, Lori It's great to be back. 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Ptrish333 0 #253 October 2, 2003 That's wonderful news! *****Great Vibes for Eric at Rehab***** -Trish Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #254 October 2, 2003 Fantastic News! Looks like my ride home from work will swing by the 215-10 route now! Any suggestions on what's Eric's favorite food?? (ya know that LLUMC's main menu is vegetarian don't you! ) ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ptrish333 0 #255 October 2, 2003 Well, here are some of the FAST FOODS, I remember as his favorite!! Jack in the box: hambuger with ketchup ONLY, Chicken Breast pieces with BBQ sauce (always check the bag for the BBQ sauce, cause they hardly ever get it right!!!) and their Tacos too... Mc'Donald's: Hamburger with Ketchup only and their FRIES - of course!!! Not much else off the Lunch menu, but for breakfast ...definately the Deluxe Big breakfast with coffee. No Orange Juice. I know he liked food from Yoshinoya, but I can't remember for sure what it is that he likes!!! I think the Mongolian Beef dish... EXTRA: Banana Bread- (But no NUTS!) HA! I could never understand how all that food could fit into his tiny tummy. Oh and don't forget the YEGGER if he can have it!! Hope that helps you a bit! -Trish Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #256 October 2, 2003 Quote (ya know that LLUMC's main menu is vegetarian don't you! ) Well, yeah, that sort of makes sense and I was even going to make a comment about that, but since they take in folks of all faiths, they do have other things on the menu too don't they?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #257 October 3, 2003 Thanks, Trish! I stopped by to visit with Eric tonight on my way home from work. He was busy eating some Mexican food his dad brought him from a good place in Riverside. Eric was very busy enjoying every bit of it! Eric looks great! A bit thin still, but he assured me that this was only temporary. His appetite is very good now. His rehab is only just started, but I can see him learning new things every day. Right now it's still beautiful yellow gowns for the party, so no gym time yet. Hope that gets cleared up soon. Gonna swing by a bit tomorrow before the weekend. I'll pick up something from you list if he'd like it. The food on his hospital tray look absolutely delicious, but abet still veggie. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #258 October 3, 2003 QuoteQuote (ya know that LLUMC's main menu is vegetarian don't you! ) Well, yeah, that sort of makes sense and I was even going to make a comment about that, but since they take in folks of all faiths, they do have other things on the menu too don't they? What does faith have to do with it? (unless you have to have ALOT more faith to eat the flesh of other animals and still be healthy! ). No, seriously, they do have meat for those who want it (in-house), but the cafeteria for the 'wuffos' doesn't have it on the menu. So, if you want meat deluxe, you have to be a member of the patient club. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayruss 0 #259 October 3, 2003 Lori can you give us a room number at LL? The "wacked" club (tim, molly and I) will be visiting again soon at his new place __________________________________________________ "Beware how you take away hope from another human being." -Oliver Wendell Holmes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Ptrish333 0 #261 October 3, 2003 That's cool, his dad has been around! Thanks for the update. A lot of history there. I wonder if it was the Mexican place he took me to once, their food was excellent! If his appetite is good now... then he will love to get all of the food I mentioned from Jack in the box! Believe it or not but he'd order all of that in one night.... granite he would maybe not touch one of the two taco's, but his tummy would be good and full. Keep him smiley. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites edenney 0 #262 October 17, 2003 QuoteOk gang...your love and support is strongly needed. Eric Denney who post some here as EDenney had a horrible landing at Pereis today is is extremely hurt. I just talked to Laurie who said he has extreme internal bleeding, compound fractures of both legs and a crushed pelvis. His family is with him thankfully since I am all the way across the US and can't be there for him like he was for me. Please, Please send good vibes and prayers to Eric. Pray that they will find what is causing the bleeding and be able to stop it soon so they can concentrate on his other injuries. {{{BIG HUGS}}} Eric. Hang in there cause you are strong and can pull through this. Also remember you promised last night to be careful damnit. Wow, how overwhelming it is to read this thread. This is the first time I've been online since the accident 3 months ago. I can't possibly thank everyone enough for all of the kind words, prayers, good vibes, CARDS and flowers. I can't believe how many cards I received, they filled an entire wall in my room. I had my sister read them to me shortly after they brought me out of the induced coma in late August. I was still really cloudy from all of the morphine so I look forward to reading them again when I get out of the hospital. I need to send out some special "thank you's" to some people so in Academy Award fashion here goes: Extra special thanks to Laurie Ross who was by my side every available minute supporting me and my family and providing updates on my condition. She also brought me my Oreo Cookie shakes and food from Jack In The Box as soon as they allowed me to eat solid food. My mother has officially adopted her so I guess I have a new sister . Thanks to Lisa (Mouth) for the constant updates to this thread and for jumping on a flight all the way from Georgia as soon as she found out what happened. My family really appreciated the support and so did I (even if I was in a coma). Sorry we had to postpone the trip to Hawaii but I promise we'll go as soon as I can walk again. Thanks to Emily and Jeff for the T-Shirt donation drive. They raised $725 after the T-Shirts were paid for. And thanks to all of you that bought the shirts and in some cases just made donations. Thanks to everyone that donated blood whether it was in my name or not. During the first 48 hours I went through so much blood that they cleaned out all of the local blood banks for my type of blood. Thanks to those of you that posted pictures of me, I'm sure it was nice for some of the people that couldn't put a face with the name. Thanks to Molly, Jason, Tim, Rob and Aaron for the support with what I'm going through and what lies ahead. It's helpful to talk to people that (unfortunately) have been through similar situations and it's inspiring to see how well they have recovered. I'm sure I've left out some people and I apologize in advance. I'm really touched by the response from the whole skydiving community, even those that don't even know me. Thanks to all of you for everything. Now a little about me... Following are the injuries I sustained: Broken pelvis, sacrum, right femur (MULTIPLE breaks), right tibia, right fibula, right ankle (pulverized and inoperable), right foot (pulverized and inoperable), left tibia (compound fracture), left fibula, left ankle, kidney and MASSIVE internal bleeding. I remember telling the paramedics on the way to the hospital that they needed to cut me open because my abdomen was filling up and felt like it was going to explode. Seems I was right... The first 48 hours were very bad and the doctors gave me less than 1% chance of survival. I was bleeding from every orifice and my entire body had swollen up to the point that I was unrecognizable (except for my hair Laurie told me). The trauma team worked on me frantically throughout the first day and night and managed to keep me alive (somewhat miraculously). However Sunday morning my heart stopped and I flatlined for about 7 minutes. They finally managed to get a faint pulse but my lungs were 100% filled with fluid preventing oxygent from getting to my brain and organs. One of the doctors told my mom that there was nothing more that they could do and that they would get me cleaned up so the family could come in and say their goodbyes. In steps the doctor that saved my life. It was only his first week at the hospital and it was his day off but after receiving the page he showed up in shorts, a t-shirt and a baseball cap. He immediately ordered that they do several radical things with me. Without getting into specifics my condition slowly (very slowly) started to improve over the next several hours. Gradually my condition improved and as mentioned in another post they took me off the ventilator on August 7th (my mom's birthday). I don't remember that at all due to the drugs they had me on. It was short lived as I almost immediately contracted the staff infection and pneumonia and they had to rush me back to surgery and back into an induced coma. I fought through that and they finally brought me out of the coma sometime in late August. It's very odd to lose a month and a half of your life... I believe they did 5 surgeries on me while I was in a coma and they did two more on my legs and abdomen after I woke up. Current status: I'm in Loma Linda for rehab as you probably know by now. I am non weight bearing on either of my legs and won't be for some time. I still have metal fixators sticking out of my left leg and holding the bone in place. The ones in my right leg were removed about 3 weeks ago. My right tibia and fibula are essentially healed. My right femur closely reselmbes that of the Terminator, more metal than bone. Unfortunately one portion of the bone hasn't healed and is displaced possibly requiring more surgery. My right ankle and foot were wiped out and they were going to amputate them until they finally found a pulse. I cannot move my toes and all I have is a strong "pins and needles" feeling throughout my entire foot (not pleasant). The ankle is pretty disfigured and my foot is offset to one side. They could not operate on the ankle or foot because they were so badly damaged so they just let the bone fragments grow back together in whatever form they could. My left tibia that had the compound fracture has still not grown back together despite the bone graft surgery (most painful night of my life by the way). They have changed my diet in hopes of spurring growth to that bone. Cross your fingers that it works or I'll be needing further surgery on that leg. My left foot and ankle are good and have normal feeling thankfully. Looks like that's going to be my good leg when everything is healed and I'm walking again. Unfortunately that's too far off and the hospital can't keep me that long. They are discharging me in 2 weeks. Not sure what I'm going to do since I live by myself and won't be able to support myself due to my legs. If anybody out there wants to come stay with me rent free for a few months let me know OK, well I think I've written enough for now. Sorry for the rediculously long post but I had to make up for a lot of lost time and respond to the 200 posts that all of you made! Thanks again for all of the prayers and good vibes. I'm not religious but every single doctor and nurse that worked on me at the trauma center call me a miracle. Maybe the prayers and good vibes made a difference.... ...Eric Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Michele 1 #263 October 17, 2003 How wonderful to hear from you, Eric. How simply miraculous. You've been in my prayers, and my thoughts, and I am sooooooooooooooo damned glad to see you posting. Many (gentle) hugs! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wmw999 2,439 #264 October 17, 2003 Dude. Not much else to say. That sucks they're going to kick you out of the hospital; it really really sucks. And you can't imagine how happy a whole lot of people are to hear you be able to talk about it. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybytch 273 #265 October 17, 2003 Damn good to read your words again, Eric. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lawrocket 3 #266 October 17, 2003 You know, it is always a wonderful thing to hear the story of a personal triumph! Thank you for your post. It is an amazing read from an amazing guy. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites juanesky 0 #267 October 17, 2003 Eric, I am glad to hear that you are back on the way to recovery, and that you felt and got so much support by this great community. No need to apologize and it was not long, and most of us welcome you back one way or another. Blue skies, and please keep in touch."According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jceman 1 #268 October 17, 2003 Welcome back, Eric. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites edenney 0 #269 October 17, 2003 QuoteGood boy Eric! Now maybe I can get that Birdman video from him! That was a fun jump. Those Birdman suits are a blast. I believe my camera is in the back of my car which has been sitting in my sister's garage since the day of the accident. I'm not sure if I was wearing my camera helmet or a Pro-Tec on that jump. If you have a DV camcorder you can bring it to the hospital and I'll transfer it for you. No way for me to transfer it to VHS. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hooked 0 #270 October 17, 2003 I don't know you, but I have followed this whole thread waiting for this good news. I am so glad you are on your way to being better. What an astonishing list of injuries and to be here to talk about it, is even more astonishing. Welcome back!!! J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites VanillaSkyGirl 6 #271 October 17, 2003 Wow! I have never met you, but I am so very moved to see you posting. You have been in my thoughts and in my prayers for a while now. I am so happy that you are better and able to post. I do believe that these DZ.com vibes are truly magical. All the love and well wishes must have somehow found their way to you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jtval 0 #272 October 17, 2003 eric Ive never met you either but its good to see YOU post. sounds like you have a long recovery in front of you but it seems like the hard part is done with! congratulations on your recovery to this point!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mujie96 0 #273 October 17, 2003 Hi Eric. Good to see you. Just keep swimming...just keep swimming.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ltdiver 3 #274 October 17, 2003 Welcome back, Eric!! So good to see you back on-line with the rest of your family! cya soon, Lori Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites edenney 0 #275 October 17, 2003 QuoteWelcome back, Eric!! So good to see you back on-line with the rest of your family! cya soon, Lori It's great to be back. Even if it is on a dial-up connection from a hospital bed... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next Page 11 of 15 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. 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edenney 0 #262 October 17, 2003 QuoteOk gang...your love and support is strongly needed. Eric Denney who post some here as EDenney had a horrible landing at Pereis today is is extremely hurt. I just talked to Laurie who said he has extreme internal bleeding, compound fractures of both legs and a crushed pelvis. His family is with him thankfully since I am all the way across the US and can't be there for him like he was for me. Please, Please send good vibes and prayers to Eric. Pray that they will find what is causing the bleeding and be able to stop it soon so they can concentrate on his other injuries. {{{BIG HUGS}}} Eric. Hang in there cause you are strong and can pull through this. Also remember you promised last night to be careful damnit. Wow, how overwhelming it is to read this thread. This is the first time I've been online since the accident 3 months ago. I can't possibly thank everyone enough for all of the kind words, prayers, good vibes, CARDS and flowers. I can't believe how many cards I received, they filled an entire wall in my room. I had my sister read them to me shortly after they brought me out of the induced coma in late August. I was still really cloudy from all of the morphine so I look forward to reading them again when I get out of the hospital. I need to send out some special "thank you's" to some people so in Academy Award fashion here goes: Extra special thanks to Laurie Ross who was by my side every available minute supporting me and my family and providing updates on my condition. She also brought me my Oreo Cookie shakes and food from Jack In The Box as soon as they allowed me to eat solid food. My mother has officially adopted her so I guess I have a new sister . Thanks to Lisa (Mouth) for the constant updates to this thread and for jumping on a flight all the way from Georgia as soon as she found out what happened. My family really appreciated the support and so did I (even if I was in a coma). Sorry we had to postpone the trip to Hawaii but I promise we'll go as soon as I can walk again. Thanks to Emily and Jeff for the T-Shirt donation drive. They raised $725 after the T-Shirts were paid for. And thanks to all of you that bought the shirts and in some cases just made donations. Thanks to everyone that donated blood whether it was in my name or not. During the first 48 hours I went through so much blood that they cleaned out all of the local blood banks for my type of blood. Thanks to those of you that posted pictures of me, I'm sure it was nice for some of the people that couldn't put a face with the name. Thanks to Molly, Jason, Tim, Rob and Aaron for the support with what I'm going through and what lies ahead. It's helpful to talk to people that (unfortunately) have been through similar situations and it's inspiring to see how well they have recovered. I'm sure I've left out some people and I apologize in advance. I'm really touched by the response from the whole skydiving community, even those that don't even know me. Thanks to all of you for everything. Now a little about me... Following are the injuries I sustained: Broken pelvis, sacrum, right femur (MULTIPLE breaks), right tibia, right fibula, right ankle (pulverized and inoperable), right foot (pulverized and inoperable), left tibia (compound fracture), left fibula, left ankle, kidney and MASSIVE internal bleeding. I remember telling the paramedics on the way to the hospital that they needed to cut me open because my abdomen was filling up and felt like it was going to explode. Seems I was right... The first 48 hours were very bad and the doctors gave me less than 1% chance of survival. I was bleeding from every orifice and my entire body had swollen up to the point that I was unrecognizable (except for my hair Laurie told me). The trauma team worked on me frantically throughout the first day and night and managed to keep me alive (somewhat miraculously). However Sunday morning my heart stopped and I flatlined for about 7 minutes. They finally managed to get a faint pulse but my lungs were 100% filled with fluid preventing oxygent from getting to my brain and organs. One of the doctors told my mom that there was nothing more that they could do and that they would get me cleaned up so the family could come in and say their goodbyes. In steps the doctor that saved my life. It was only his first week at the hospital and it was his day off but after receiving the page he showed up in shorts, a t-shirt and a baseball cap. He immediately ordered that they do several radical things with me. Without getting into specifics my condition slowly (very slowly) started to improve over the next several hours. Gradually my condition improved and as mentioned in another post they took me off the ventilator on August 7th (my mom's birthday). I don't remember that at all due to the drugs they had me on. It was short lived as I almost immediately contracted the staff infection and pneumonia and they had to rush me back to surgery and back into an induced coma. I fought through that and they finally brought me out of the coma sometime in late August. It's very odd to lose a month and a half of your life... I believe they did 5 surgeries on me while I was in a coma and they did two more on my legs and abdomen after I woke up. Current status: I'm in Loma Linda for rehab as you probably know by now. I am non weight bearing on either of my legs and won't be for some time. I still have metal fixators sticking out of my left leg and holding the bone in place. The ones in my right leg were removed about 3 weeks ago. My right tibia and fibula are essentially healed. My right femur closely reselmbes that of the Terminator, more metal than bone. Unfortunately one portion of the bone hasn't healed and is displaced possibly requiring more surgery. My right ankle and foot were wiped out and they were going to amputate them until they finally found a pulse. I cannot move my toes and all I have is a strong "pins and needles" feeling throughout my entire foot (not pleasant). The ankle is pretty disfigured and my foot is offset to one side. They could not operate on the ankle or foot because they were so badly damaged so they just let the bone fragments grow back together in whatever form they could. My left tibia that had the compound fracture has still not grown back together despite the bone graft surgery (most painful night of my life by the way). They have changed my diet in hopes of spurring growth to that bone. Cross your fingers that it works or I'll be needing further surgery on that leg. My left foot and ankle are good and have normal feeling thankfully. Looks like that's going to be my good leg when everything is healed and I'm walking again. Unfortunately that's too far off and the hospital can't keep me that long. They are discharging me in 2 weeks. Not sure what I'm going to do since I live by myself and won't be able to support myself due to my legs. If anybody out there wants to come stay with me rent free for a few months let me know OK, well I think I've written enough for now. Sorry for the rediculously long post but I had to make up for a lot of lost time and respond to the 200 posts that all of you made! Thanks again for all of the prayers and good vibes. I'm not religious but every single doctor and nurse that worked on me at the trauma center call me a miracle. Maybe the prayers and good vibes made a difference.... ...Eric Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #263 October 17, 2003 How wonderful to hear from you, Eric. How simply miraculous. You've been in my prayers, and my thoughts, and I am sooooooooooooooo damned glad to see you posting. Many (gentle) hugs! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,439 #264 October 17, 2003 Dude. Not much else to say. That sucks they're going to kick you out of the hospital; it really really sucks. And you can't imagine how happy a whole lot of people are to hear you be able to talk about it. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #265 October 17, 2003 Damn good to read your words again, Eric. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lawrocket 3 #266 October 17, 2003 You know, it is always a wonderful thing to hear the story of a personal triumph! Thank you for your post. It is an amazing read from an amazing guy. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites juanesky 0 #267 October 17, 2003 Eric, I am glad to hear that you are back on the way to recovery, and that you felt and got so much support by this great community. No need to apologize and it was not long, and most of us welcome you back one way or another. Blue skies, and please keep in touch."According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jceman 1 #268 October 17, 2003 Welcome back, Eric. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites edenney 0 #269 October 17, 2003 QuoteGood boy Eric! Now maybe I can get that Birdman video from him! That was a fun jump. Those Birdman suits are a blast. I believe my camera is in the back of my car which has been sitting in my sister's garage since the day of the accident. I'm not sure if I was wearing my camera helmet or a Pro-Tec on that jump. If you have a DV camcorder you can bring it to the hospital and I'll transfer it for you. No way for me to transfer it to VHS. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hooked 0 #270 October 17, 2003 I don't know you, but I have followed this whole thread waiting for this good news. I am so glad you are on your way to being better. What an astonishing list of injuries and to be here to talk about it, is even more astonishing. Welcome back!!! J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites VanillaSkyGirl 6 #271 October 17, 2003 Wow! I have never met you, but I am so very moved to see you posting. You have been in my thoughts and in my prayers for a while now. I am so happy that you are better and able to post. I do believe that these DZ.com vibes are truly magical. All the love and well wishes must have somehow found their way to you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jtval 0 #272 October 17, 2003 eric Ive never met you either but its good to see YOU post. sounds like you have a long recovery in front of you but it seems like the hard part is done with! congratulations on your recovery to this point!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mujie96 0 #273 October 17, 2003 Hi Eric. Good to see you. Just keep swimming...just keep swimming.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ltdiver 3 #274 October 17, 2003 Welcome back, Eric!! So good to see you back on-line with the rest of your family! cya soon, Lori Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites edenney 0 #275 October 17, 2003 QuoteWelcome back, Eric!! So good to see you back on-line with the rest of your family! cya soon, Lori It's great to be back. Even if it is on a dial-up connection from a hospital bed... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next Page 11 of 15 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
lawrocket 3 #266 October 17, 2003 You know, it is always a wonderful thing to hear the story of a personal triumph! Thank you for your post. It is an amazing read from an amazing guy. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
juanesky 0 #267 October 17, 2003 Eric, I am glad to hear that you are back on the way to recovery, and that you felt and got so much support by this great community. No need to apologize and it was not long, and most of us welcome you back one way or another. Blue skies, and please keep in touch."According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jceman 1 #268 October 17, 2003 Welcome back, Eric. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edenney 0 #269 October 17, 2003 QuoteGood boy Eric! Now maybe I can get that Birdman video from him! That was a fun jump. Those Birdman suits are a blast. I believe my camera is in the back of my car which has been sitting in my sister's garage since the day of the accident. I'm not sure if I was wearing my camera helmet or a Pro-Tec on that jump. If you have a DV camcorder you can bring it to the hospital and I'll transfer it for you. No way for me to transfer it to VHS. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #270 October 17, 2003 I don't know you, but I have followed this whole thread waiting for this good news. I am so glad you are on your way to being better. What an astonishing list of injuries and to be here to talk about it, is even more astonishing. Welcome back!!! J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VanillaSkyGirl 6 #271 October 17, 2003 Wow! I have never met you, but I am so very moved to see you posting. You have been in my thoughts and in my prayers for a while now. I am so happy that you are better and able to post. I do believe that these DZ.com vibes are truly magical. All the love and well wishes must have somehow found their way to you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jtval 0 #272 October 17, 2003 eric Ive never met you either but its good to see YOU post. sounds like you have a long recovery in front of you but it seems like the hard part is done with! congratulations on your recovery to this point!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mujie96 0 #273 October 17, 2003 Hi Eric. Good to see you. Just keep swimming...just keep swimming.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ltdiver 3 #274 October 17, 2003 Welcome back, Eric!! So good to see you back on-line with the rest of your family! cya soon, Lori Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites edenney 0 #275 October 17, 2003 QuoteWelcome back, Eric!! So good to see you back on-line with the rest of your family! cya soon, Lori It's great to be back. Even if it is on a dial-up connection from a hospital bed... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next Page 11 of 15 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
jtval 0 #272 October 17, 2003 eric Ive never met you either but its good to see YOU post. sounds like you have a long recovery in front of you but it seems like the hard part is done with! congratulations on your recovery to this point!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mujie96 0 #273 October 17, 2003 Hi Eric. Good to see you. Just keep swimming...just keep swimming.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #274 October 17, 2003 Welcome back, Eric!! So good to see you back on-line with the rest of your family! cya soon, Lori Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edenney 0 #275 October 17, 2003 QuoteWelcome back, Eric!! So good to see you back on-line with the rest of your family! cya soon, Lori It's great to be back. Even if it is on a dial-up connection from a hospital bed... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
