I too had been wondering what happened to NC. Hey NC get better soon our prayers are with you. Brad

 

My heart goes out to you NC! If your posts are anything to judge a person's
character, you are definitely top-notch. Congrat's on your nuptials!!

 

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.

 

Chilling tail, I did not realize it was that bad....


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maN That must of been a real bad wreck if you broke your helment at least it helped out alot just imagine if you didnt have one on.....I think i am going to start wearing mine all the time....same with everyone too......Hope you get better hang in there......

 

Thanks guys, I posted a few pics in my album that should be available in a few hours.

 

Didnt really know ya, but thats no reason not to say Glad your back home and doing as best as can be. Did want to say though, At least you can root for your Football team in the superbowl. (thats if your a carolina football fan) Just do know though you will lose [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] But you can enjoy watching it . Go Pats !!
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Damn it's good to hear from you! Hope things are getting easier by the day. We still pray for you,Bubba

 

Glad to hear things are getting better Nathan. Take care

 

Hey NC I still miss seeing you on here all the time and glad you are recovering.Hope you get the parts you need if I had them they would be in the mail. If you decide to hang up ridding for awhile I hope you keep working on them.You are one of the most gifted people on here and we may have never met but I still consider you a friend from our post on this forum. Best wishes on your recovery and your new marraige Brad Hurt <ftwflh>