I went to a benefit this weekend for a friend of mine who injured his spinal cord and is now a quadriplegic. So sad really. It was a freak accident too. The story:
Emmett's Story
Quoted from his beautiful, strong wife:
Emmett was at his friend's house in Fort Worth, TX where they were swimming and having a guys weekend. Emmett had less than 5 beers the entire night, at 3am Emmett and his friend went swimming and Emmett dove into the 8ft deep end of the pool and by some freak accident he hit the bottom of the pool flat on the top of his head. His friend had to pull him out of the pool; Emmett did kick his legs trying to get out. They thought he just had a busted head but a few minutes later he couldn't feel his legs so they called 911, and about 2 hrs later the test showed he had a broken neck. He went into emergency surgery to relieve the pressure it. The surgery lasted about 6hrs. The doctor was able to fix the broken bone but the fluid sack that holds his spinal fluid was busted and they couldn't repair it at that time. They put a spinal drain to help heal it that way. After the pressure was reduced he can move his arms but does not have full mobility in them. Nothing lower as of now. He can not speak because he has a breathing tube helping him breath right now. He responds to us and is aware of what is going on.
The benefit went really well. They sold shirts with a picture (that Emmett picked up personally) and sold bbq and had a raffle. I don't know the total they raised, as I'm sure I'll probably never know, but it was a good benefit. A lot of people turned out.
After that a few of us went over to a friend's house to hang out, listen to some music, a couple very intelligent talented friends played their guitars and sang, we jumped on the trampoline, wrestled a little, and just hung out- in a garage where it's about 105 degrees out mind you- and had a great time.
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