Re: [ST]: Bob Nixon

["George Cope" <gcope@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>It's now August 31, so I've been here 2 1/2 months. I expect to be out of
the hospital within 2-4 weeks. It's been a rough haul but I don't plan to
quit riding. Cheers..........Bob Nixon


Hey Bob! Great to hear from you.  A rough haul is an understatement.  I
remember your first post with links to your photos of the GSXR and Triumph.
Glad to hear you say you're not quitting riding because riding is life,
enjoyed.   See ya down the road, sometime soon!

- -- George Cope
    Roseville, CA
    '99 ST Midnight


- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Nixon" <bigrex@xxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 It's now August 31, so I've been here 2
1/2 months. I expect to be out of
the hospital within 2-4 weeks. It's been a rough haul but I don't plan to
quit riding. Cheers..........

Bob Nixon12:07 PM
Subject: [ST] Re: st-digest V2004 #471


> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:34:19 -0700
> From: Keith Winter <keith_winter@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ST] Bob Nixon, again
>
> What a see-saw this guy is on.
>
> > Bob is out of ICU .. AND he's totally OFF the dopamine. the
> > cardiologist said there might be enough "good" tissue left on
> > the front  side of his heart to accept a stint. (forgoing
> > bypass or transplantation)
> >
> > Bob is like the biggest miracle. every time something totally
> > threatens to take him out... he kicks it's ass.
> >
> > damn good news.
> >
> > a lot of the phx crew saw him Saturday.  his kids and younger
> > brother were in town so there was a reception of sorts at his
> > sister's house. we went in  small groups to see him.
> >
> > he is in good spirits... and still on his way to recovery...
> >
> > and STILL talking about getting back on the Sprint. :)
>
> Keith, thanks much for the heads-up to the ST list. Due to a nerve
crippled
> left hand I can't type as fast as  I used to.
>
> For the record, here's the way the deer strike went down from the fellow
> riding about 200ft back. Also, I'll list the extent and chronology since
the
> acident.
>
> June 13th 2004 0630AM. : On the downhill loop of Canyon Lake (az88) on the
> last turn before the creekbed near Tortilla Flat, traveling between 35-40
> MPH, a juvinile deer struck me at near 90 degress and pushed me on
> GSXR1000K3 directly into the rock canyon wall.
>
> I have no recollection of the accident, nor anything from June 13 to Mid
> July. The injuries were extensive as follows:
> Shoei X11 chin strap punturing lower jawbone horizontilly and vertically.
> Windpipe crushed requiring an emmergency trac. Multiple rib fractures.
> Fractured pelvis and both hip replacements. Left arm badly fractured with
> nerve damage.
> Both  femers broken and pinned with rods. They initially attempted to
repair
> the crushed right foot using metal hardware, but insuing infection and the
> magnitude of the injury required amputation.
>
> A heart attach was sustained during the initital life saving manuvers.
Near
> release from the hospital another more serious heart attack occured which
> limits my heart capacity to about 25% of normal.
>
> It's now August 31, so I've been here 2 1/2 months. I expect to be out of
> the hospital within 2-4 weeks. It's been a rough haul but I don't plan to
> quit riding. Cheers..........
>
> Bob Nixon
> 01 Sprint ST"Red"45K miles
> 03 GSXR1000K3 DOA
>
>
>
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