Re: Back, sort of???

Chris,
It's great to see you back.
I missed you, and rmd has had a big hole in it.

If I can do anything for you, please let me know.

Get well soon!

Jim


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>On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:19:22 GMT, Chris Buckley <cnbuckley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>First off, let me say THANKS to everyone who sent gifts, called, or
>visited!!!!
>Well I got released from the fourth hospital I had been in on July 27,
>Im still in a wheel chair and have double vision, I feel really
>fucked-up still too, but am getting better???? (thats what they tell me)
>I don't remember anything before July 16 but here is what folks have
>told me: On June 15 at aprox 11pm I was riding to work on my Dual sport
>bike, my former BMW R100GS. I ras going through the intersection of 2nd
>and D streets in San Rafael, CA and was hit by a mexican guy( no license
>or insurance) who didn't want to wait for his light to turn green, he
>was comming up to a known red light and floored his car, to blow off the
>red light, and get home. I was hit on the left side of my bike. at aprox
>45mph, according to the police report, flew 51 feet through the air,
>broke both legs, hit my head, and punctured a lung, needless to say, I
>was out when the police arrived. When they got me to the hospital, they
>called my son up in Davis, told him that I probably wouldn't make it, my
>Son then called my wife and my parents, as he was diving down here. Over
>a month later, I learned that I had been on life support equipment for 8
>days, and had been in a coma for a month!!!! I had surgery to repair the
>compound fractures in my legs, close up my lung, etc. While I was in the
>coma, they had a drain tube hooked to my head to drain excessive
>pressure from my brain, weird ***, huh????? I woke up in the Kaiser
>rehab hospital in Vallejo, CA on JULY 16, not knowing why I was there,
>what was wrong, or what had happened. When I woke up, I tried to get out
>of bed to find out why I was there, fell down on the floor, laid there
>for about an hour, till someone came in the room, saw me and screamed
>for help to get me back into bed, they then put me in a special bed,
>that didn't allow patients to leave the bed, without help. They tell me
>that I will most likely be confined to the wheel chair for another
>couple of months, but will probably be able to learn to walk again, at
>that time. Since I am still not feeling good now, I am really tired now
>and have to sign off, thanks again to every one, the cards, flowers,
>books, videos, calls, meant a lot!!!!!
>Thanks,
>Chris
>(hoping that no body ever has to go through this!!)
>When I get better, I need to send thankyou cards to the guy from Oakland
>who stopped his car, chased down the mexican, and held him for the
>police, ans also the woman from Marin who called 911 on her cell phone,
>they are the main reason I didn't die!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jim Cook
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SMACKOVER RACING
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