The Story

This is a blog designed to keep my family and friends up to date with my recovery in therapy and life. For those that don't know, I was is a terrible snowboarding accident on March 4, 2010. I was traveling down a trail with my brother-in-law Casey. We were going fast, but weren't out of control. Due to the time of the day, there was what they call " a white out effect", that's when a person has a hard time noticing some elevation changes in the snow. Unfortunately for me, when I reached the point in the trail where it merged with another trail, there was a bad drop off. By the time I realized this it was too late. I sailed off of the drop and was about 15-20ft. in the air before I landed on my tailbone in the hard packed snow. My legs instantly went numb and I was having a very hard time breathing. Casey rushed to me and all I could say was " I just paralyzed myself, go get help!". I was air lifted to Loma Linda Hospital and after hours of test they found that I had shattered my T12 vertebrate. I was put into surgery for 4 hours and received a titanium cage, rods, screws and other materials to rebuild my spine. During the injury my spinal cord was compressed and the broken pieces from the vertebrate actually punctured my spinal cord. After a few days in the ICU, I started to get feeling on the top of my thighs, knees and front of my shins. This was amazing because initially the doctors didn't expect me to regain much, if any , feeling or movement in my legs. I spent 8 days recovering in the ICU before I was transferred to Long Beach Memorial Rehab Center. I spent 2 weeks recovering there, as well as receiving great therapy. I progressed so well that I was actually discharged a week early. Next, I researched outpatient therapy centers and found Precision Rehabilitation in Long Beach. Lucky for me their gym is close and has some of the most qualified therapist in the country. That's the story and the rest will be posted here for you all to enjoy.

As you all can imagine, this has been a terrorizing experience. If it wasn't for the strong support of my family and friends, I know without a doubt, I wouldn't be able to get through this. I strongly look forward to getting back on my feet, so that I can enjoy everyday with my beautiful wife and wonderful boys.


Thursday, June 30, 2011

June 30

For any of you that were having issues watching the last video, it should be fine now. Our Havasu trip was kind of a disaster. It was nice to use Steve's time share at the London Bridge Resort, we love that place, but the fuel pump went out on the boat on the first day. We did our best to salvage the weekend, but it's hard to sit at the pool watching all the other boats drive by. The weather was averaging 115 during the day and 85 at night, pretty hot! It was nice to still get away. I don't have much news other than that, so I hope you all have a great 4th and keep marching!
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  1. Ziad DahdulJuly 21, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    Hey Josh,

    Just wanted to give you an updated link to the video so all your friends and family can take a look at it. There were a lot of changes being made to it, so that's why the link wasn't working. Thanks man

    Ziad

    http://s221293212.onlinehome.us/s221293212.onlinehome.us/TESTIMONIALS.html

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