I copied this from another post regarding what happened to NCScrambler. Well, he finally responded by saying this below.



"Well, I have to reply to this post. I thank everyone who prayed for me and my family and thought about me during this time. My wreck was very violent and I am still unclear of what happened exactly. I am pretty sure I either flipped end over end or barrel rolled, either way I had to have been moving pretty quick and I was riding by myself on some pretty bad trails. I was wearing a helment (a very expensive one at that) but it broke at the mouthpiece and surrounding area. I think that is what done so much damage to my face. I had multiple fractures of my nose, my sinuses, and my skull, so much that I was leaking spinal fluid. It took 14 screws and 2 plates to fix the damage. I also had 3 broken ribs and my nose was torn half way off. The rescuers estimate that I was unconcious for 2 hours. It took them 2 hours to get in to the area I was riding and 2 to get me out. I suffered a concussion and couldn't remember anything that had happened. I was in good enough frame of mind to call for help on my cellular, which in itself is a miracle that it picked up in that area. Anyway, the head surgery was really uneventful and on my fifth day of being hospitalized, I was to go home, well that was when things turned for the worst. My pulse shot way up at 175/minute and stayed there and I started swelling up really fast and bad, shortness of breath, etc. They immediately put me in ICU and realized I was dying. They had to do an exploratory surgery in which they found that my colon had ruptured and all of that had poisened my system and I was only given a 10% chance to make it. They had to leave my stomach open due to the swelling and they had to clean my stomach out daily for about 3 weeks. In order to do that, I had to be in a comatose state. They also had to remove 6 inches of my colon and give me a temporary colostomy. During this period I had some other complications also, the lobe of my lung collapsed and my kidneys stopped working. They got all of that took care of thankfully. I remember waking in ICU on the ventilator, I couldn't talk because of all the tubes. I had so many tubes and lines in my body it was awful. I was on the vent for about 3 weeks and then they put in a trach because of the many more surgeries I would face. I pulled through it all because of God's grace and people praying for me. Everyone knows about the wedding and all of that. I was left with my stomach open, because of the swelling they couldn't close it. They took skin grafts from my legs and put over my stomach so it could heal from the inside out. I was told it would be from 6 months to a year before they could close my stomach and reverse my colostomy. I am doing much better now and have started back to school full time. I was very lucky that I had insurance as my hospital bill was around $200,000.00 The only damage to my Scrammy was the handle bar shaft broke, the front bumper layed up against the radiator, and some very small platic damage. (so If anyone has these parts cheap, let me know) I am thankful daily that I made it and I learned to never ride alone again and I hope others will get that from my experience. Also, wear a helment and body protection if you are riding in the woods. I will try to get some pics posted in my pic album of the aftermath of my wreck. I am not sure If I will ever ride again or not, I hate not to, but my wife doesn't want me to. I will probably sell my Scrambler and maybe get more atvs later down the road, but for now I still have a long road to recovery. Thanks everyone for thinking about me and for the prayers, it means alot. I will get on here from time to time and see how everyone is doing. Later, Nathan. "


you can see a pic of him in the hospital,,,on his pic page.

wear your helmet

 

2 weeks ago a guy i know was dirtbiking on the river (studs) and there where 3 other bikers in a row coming in the oppisite direction, coming around a corner he hit the first guy flew over the second at the same time his helmet came off (do the strap up) when he landed the thrid guy hit his head. He did not no this becuase he woke up in the hospital 2 days later.

 

I knew a girl who wound up in a coma for 2 weeks because of a 15mph oops w/o a helmet.

Check out the "where is NC Scrambler" thread in the Polaris forum.

 

I do not wear a helmet. Never have on a quad or dirt bike, always do on the street.
I ain't no hotrod, don't do jumps, and don't take chances. Don't see any need for one.
When I am riding unfamilar ground, I go very slow. When I am riding ground I know well,
I let her rip to the point where I still feel comfortable that I can handle any contingency.
I know my limits and don't surpass them, so I don't feel I need a helmet. But, that is me.
Not anyone else.

Here is one reason you should wear a hemet: The wife will be more at ease if you do.
And you may get more p*ssy too. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

"Wind in the hair" syndrome is hard to overcome.

 

from arctic cat forum,
My father recently purchased an 04 AC 650 LE. He had his machine for weekend use and had approximately 10-20 hours on the new ATV. While riding two weeks ago, he was driving at a speed of 25-30 mph around a gentle left turn on a trail. While half way through the turn he lost ALL control, swerved 90 degrees into an embankment and the machine flipped onto him breaking nearly every bone below his ribcage. Upon inspection by the local Sheriffs department and Insurance investigators, it has been the findings that a broken rear axel was the fault of the accident. I visited my father yesterday (still in the hospital) and examined pictures that were taken a week before the accident (first trip out) and I clearly could see from a photo taken from the rear that the rear left wheel was slightly bent at the top toward the machines center. I am wondering if this has been an isolated incident or is there a serious problem with the LE?

If you new when a crash was going to happen then you wouldn't have to wear one.

 

Nobody plans on having a accident! I've seen people get in over their abilities quickly and at low speeds.

Helmet everytime.

 

I submit Exibit A

http://ourworld.cs.com/NO%20FBDY%20BS/400.jpg

http://ourworld.cs.com/NO%20FBDY%20BS/400.jpg


That's me on my old 400, that was about 5 years ago. Not gonna harp on why I dont wear a helmet, and why you shouldnt either, I have just never wore one.

http://ourworld.cs.com/NO%20FBDY%20BS/400.jpg

 

That was just my opinion. I'm not telling anyone what to do nor do I care what anyone does. I hope for your sake and that of your families you never mess up or have an accident.

 

You should wear a helmet because, from what I can see, it's the LAW in most states.

 

I once heard someone say there is no such thing as a stupid question, but that question you asked really was a stupid question. Where a helmet, unexpected things happen. Just because you may think you are such a good rider doesn't mean that an accident won't happen, save your life. Everyone riding an atv should always wear a helmet, in order to lower the amount of ATV fatalities so that other ATV enthusiests like us on this website can continue to enjoy riding.