[DevilsWin]

yeah its awesome to get to finally chat with you guys again..I dont care at all DW..I was on a railrunner and a loose roof bolt plate caught the back of my coveralls and my light cord, and pulled me on top of the railrunner, and it crushed me against the roof (it was a very low spot on the entry, about 12 to 14 inches from the battery pack I was on top of to the roof). It crushed, folded me in half, pulled me until the railrunner operator got over a hump. When it crushed and folded me, it broke one vertabrae on my spinal cord, which the doctors are afraid of doing surgery at this time. It crushed another vertabrae, broke three ribs, cracked my pelvis, tore a chunk out of my head (it was rubbing the roof), jammed my knee and broke my big toe. After that fun filled ride I was dumped into a water hole with crib blocks and wedges, and I think I may have gotten one of my broken ribs from a crib, whose to know though. I stayed in that water hole for about 15 mins until I had to pull myself out. The railrunner operator stayed there with me and covered me up until they tried to move me. Which is exactly what your NOT supposed to do. Who's to know that didnt do anymore damage. Anyways Im an MET, so I was trying not to panic and telling everybody what to do. And I told them to leave me as I was, to find a board. I got outside finally where it was 30* and I was soaked. I stayed there until the ambulance arrived, they cut my clothes off of me and took me to the hospital. When I arrived to the hospital my body temp was 93 or 94 degrees. Simple stuff like that, lol..the doctor told me I was one millimeter from being paralyzed and one inch from death. The grace of God saved me pal, seriously. I got to JCMC and was in ICU for four days and was fitted for a shell brace, which is the worst thing Ive ever had to wear in my life. It has to be fitted extremely snug so my spine wont be moving, but it makes it sickening to breathe when you have 3 broken ribs. I get nauseated everytime Ive put it on. I have several dead nerves and cant feel anything from my waist to around the top of my knees (around my butt, thighs, etc), although I do have the use of my well, you know, lol..Im hoping that Ill regain some of those nerves but I know I wont get all of them back, but it did a number on the nerves on my spinal cord. I have to lay in bed, and cant move at all. The neurosurgeon told me that one wrong move or wiggle and I would be paralyzed. I have to have someone roll me to one side to put the back of the brace on and then it has to be fastened before I can get out of the bed. And I basically have to fight to walk again. Someone has to hold my hand and support me while I walk. The nerves in my legs go berserk and they wobble, and after about 10 to 15 feet the pain in my back, and the breathing obstruction from the brace is all I can do right now. I have to do this for 20 weeks without surgery. After 20 weeks if the vertabraes doesnt fuse back together or if it isnt to the doctors standards, then I will have to have surgery to cement them, which again, he said is risky, and Ill have another nice long recovery with that..All in all, it sounds really bad, but Im the most blessed man on this earth. I shouldnt have survived what happened, but I did, and I thank God every night for it. It was prayers from people like you and everybody on this site is the reason I get to get on here again, and I thank each and every one of you for it.

Incredible story! I'm glad you have such a positive attitude!:Thumbs:

If ever there was a candidate for recovery I'd put my money on you ole buddy! :notworthy

Tough as nails!:redboxer: