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01-29-2013, 09:06 PM | #1 |
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Caleb Moore seriously injured
I don't know if any of you are also into sleds, but Caleb Moore had a very bad wreck during the Winter X games. It doesn't look good either.
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01-29-2013, 09:14 PM | #2 |
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Hi Mike
I have one i ride during the winter months My thoughts and prayers are with Caleb his family, friends and fans through this most difficult time http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2...x-games-crash/ May God bless and watch over them all Take care and ride safely dear friend Yours Hank
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01-31-2013, 02:13 PM | #3 |
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Hi
Its with a sad and heavy heart that i inform you that Caleb Moore lost his battle and has passed on http://aol.sportingnews.com/sport/st...extreme-sports My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends Take care dear friends Yours Hank
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01-31-2013, 02:25 PM | #4 |
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RIP Caleb, followed you since you were on quads, you were so very talented.
Way too young, but atleast you died doing what you loved to do. |
01-31-2013, 02:51 PM | #5 |
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That sucks his folks are in our prayers
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01-31-2013, 02:53 PM | #6 |
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He had only rode a sled for 4 hours prior to joining the x games. He was one hell of a rider on quads for sure. I hope the best for his family and friends.
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01-31-2013, 02:59 PM | #7 |
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Wow, did they explain any details? Because if you watch the slow mo, it doesn't look deadly bad; the one ski hits him and it should only be displacing 200 lbs of the machine or a little higher due to the downward motion. The only thing I can think is that when the ski hit his head, his body was still turning and the ski forced a fractured spine but he seemed to still have voluntary motion in hands and legs and awareness after. Anybody know if it was brain trauma, broken spine, or other impact trauma causing organ failure?
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Very sad case Moore was diagnosed with a concussion at a local hospital, where doctors later discovered internal bleeding around his heart, according to the Denver Post. He was taken by helicopter to St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado, for emergency surgery. A family spokesman told ESPN on Jan. 28 that the cardiac injury led to a “secondary complication” involving his brain. Take care and ride safely dear friend Yours Hank
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01-31-2013, 03:53 PM | #9 |
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Oh, I get it. The secondary complication involving his brain was doctors ignoring the hemotoma swelling because they got tunnel-vision on the heart trauma. There is no reason they couldn't have done both at once; relieve the pressure on the brain and tend to internal bleeding. Only other thing might have been that they didn't catch the heart problem early, the heart stopped for some period of time and they didn't react quick enough, depriving his brain of oxygen for too long. Sorry if this sounds accusatory; I have trust issues with medical professionals giving vague causes of death; they may well all be perfectly amazing doctors and medical staff. Something just isn't passing the sniff test for me. What a loss of talent. Just my opinion; no drama, please. I'm just sad for the loss and hope it wasn't from negligent causes.
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Even in this day and age brain injuries are mostly a mystery Why does one person die when another only receives brain damage and then another is perfectly fine My Wife runs the ABI program at the Kennedy center and so we have seen lots of this and there is no easy answer http://www.thekennedycenterinc.org/w...in-injury.html Take care and ride safely dear friend Yours Hank
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Its is hard but very fullfilling I take the clients out on a regular basis to breakfast a movie or the ball game etc well you get it I try to help out my wife as much as possible Thank you my friend Take care and ride safely Yours Hank
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