Not another random crash thread, this time it is one of our own

[JohnCVermont]

Speedy & Thorough Recovery Mark! Don't be a He-Man until after you are healed fully..ask for help, it is what community is for. Let me know if there is any shitwork chores that need to be done, I'll get Parker on speed-dial.

Get Well Soon,

John

[#1 masshole]

Sorry to Hear about the incident. Hope you heal quickly bud.

[Expat]

Get well soon, physio is key once able, I broke the same bones but in both legs, it's a long recovery! Stay positive!

[catamount]

My stomach dropped when I clicked this thread.

Poor guy, this is really going to put a kibosh on his house hunting as well.

Lets put out a donation jar for the next few Tuesday nights to help with expenses, or if he has good health insurance already... to get him something shiny.

Keith, can you find out the status of the bike? If it's easily salvageable, I will offer up my garage to use as a place for us to put it back together again.

[AHAMAYs2]

Adam, Keith, David and i had a long night trying to figure out if it was Mark and then once we confirmed it was him, what kind of shape he was in. It was so relieved when we heard back from Mark this morning. Mark, if there is anything that you need, just let us know.

[NobodySpecific]

Lets put out a donation jar for the next few Tuesday nights to help with expenses, or if he has good health insurance already... to get him something shiny.

Keith, can you find out the status of the bike? If it's easily salvageable, I will offer up my garage to use as a place for us to put it back together again.

I believe his health insurance is fairly "average", and unless the other driver was at fault he will be incurring some expenses. A donation jar is a good idea.

I'm hoping Jason (jcbell) can shed some light on the final destination of the bike, as I have no idea where it ended up. It didn't look terrible, but since he was in the process of selling it, I'm assuming he would rather just take the check and not have to ever see that bike ever again. If he wants to fix it, though, then we will definitely make it happen.

[Sheppo]

Thoughts and prayers sent Marks way

[kbroderick]

One of the things he said to me when I finally got a chance to talk to him was "I'm just glad I was on my dad's bike and not the new Tiger" and I just laughed, because I knew he would say that.

I think that's a good sign that his brain is functioning about the same as it always has.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Mark.

[NobodySpecific]

Woo! Mark has been moved out of the ICU and can now be visited from 10am-8:30pm, assuming he is actually in his room (he is having surgery on his leg tonight, not sure when). He is in Baird 3 room 387. That means nothing to me as I don't know the hospital, but I will be leaving work a little early to go wander around and find him.

Edit: I updated the visiting hours to reflect the website.

[bikerjarrel]

Laurie and I will stop by to see you soon.

[catamount]

Thank you for posting his room number. I will stop by after work as well.

Anyone happen to know his favorite snack type food?

[korndogg]

That's Keith! Yeah, I was wondering what to bring him also.

[NobodySpecific]

I will ask him if he has any requests as I'm going to leave work and bring him a ton of magazines that I had at the house.

[AHAMAYs2]

Anyone happen to know his favorite snack type food?

That's Keith!

Hahaha, I doubt that Keith is Mark's favorite snake food

[catamount]

Hahaha, I doubt that Keith is Mark's favorite snake food

"Snake food"?

[korndogg]

hah, I meant "thanks".. you meant "snack".. we both fail.

[Doc]

Holy hell... sorry to hear Mark. I am sure BBN won't be the same without you.

[korndogg]

I bet he'll be back to BBN in no time. Probably on 4 wheels for a bit.

[slammp]

Sorry to hear this. Heal up! Good to see the local community supporting him!

[mrezra]

Damn... terrible news. Heal up quick Mark, and thank you Keith for keeping everyone updated.

[catamount]

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Just saw Mark but he didn't see me... He's sleeeeeeeping.

I will be organizing a new helmet / slush fund very shortly.

[NobodySpecific]

He isn't allowed any food right now, but once he is I told him that I'm taking requests haha.

He might have been hit by somebody that ran a red light in the next intersection over, but I can't confirm that right now. If that's true, I hope he sues her until she's poor.

He is in and out of lucidity right now, but doing about as well as I had hoped. The doctor mentioned a few times though that it was a "bad injury", as his femur (not his tibia/fibia, which I think is fine) is broken in two spots, with two fractures up hear his hip (where I presume he was hit by the SUV). He might be going into surgery tonight to get a rod and some screws installed. His right side is going to be chock full of metal!

I'll try to post more later, I will be out for awhile.

Edit: Word of warning to anybody with the emergency contact pouches on there helmet: nobody knows they are there. Nobody would have called his parents if we hadn't done it. Very scary. The nurse was surprised when I pulled his helmet out of the closet and showed her the emergency contact information he had readily available. She said that without express authorization they won't call anybody if you are over 18. I'm no longer sure if those emergency contact pouches are considered consent or not.

[dontpanic]

Heal up soon, bro!

[ninjachica250]

Speedy recovery!!!

[Stromper]

Heel up and good luck