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Re: [smbc] Fred Meyer
Marc,
Is it possible to go see Fred? after surgery? There were 4 wrecks on
the section of 84 where the bumps are over the weekend.
If you could give us his room information if you have it that would be great.
Thanks for the update.
gregory
At 02:54 PM 5/3/2006, Marco S Hyman wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>For those that don't know, Fred Meyer was in an accident Sunday and is
>now in Stanford hospital, impatiently waiting for surgery which will
>occur Friday morning. To crib from a message from Hao [with my comments]
>
> Shirley [Fred's mom] relayed the doctors' plans for surgery Friday.
> Two teams will be operating on him. His [right] arm will have plates and
> screws put in and Shirley was told that he will not be going through
> much physical therapy. With his neck, there's a break in his vertebra
> on the C4 segment. The doctors will be fusing the C4 to the C5 segment
> which will result in a 17% loss in range of motion. He will remain in
> the hospital three days after surgery. Alan [another friend who was
> visiting] had mentioned that both his brother and sister have had
> this same procedure done, and that the loss of range means they
> can't turn their head 90 degrees, and is not a great nuisance after
> they've gotten used to it.
>
>Fred was in fine form this afternoon, sure that riding his Norton instead
>of some german bike is what saved him, the Norton being unapproachable :-)
>On the down side he's bummed out about what the paramedics did to his
>new 'stitch. Hao was the unlucky person who got to tell Fred about the
>condition of his 'stich on Tuesday. After looking at it today I was
>able to give Fred a touch of good news... the paramedics managed to miss
>the small extension between suit top and suit bottom with their scissors
>so it's not a total loss [maybe a 98% loss :-] Shirely thinks the suit
>did its job quite well.
>
>Fred does not remember what happened. Last thing he remembers is getting
>gas in Pescadero. Dan, who was riding with Hao and Fred eastbound on
>SR 84 reports:
>
> Fred's Norton Commando went out of control at the section of sunken
> road about one mile south of the red barn. You may know the bit of
> road I am referring to. The pavement has sunk several feet and been
> patched more than once this year. It is extremely bumpy, cracked and
> populated with deep depressions.
>
>That's all for now.
>
>// marc
Gregory L Appling
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