BRs mom asked me to do this..

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:03 pm

Yikes sorry I can't feed the Snake hate them... :-3 I understand Mamariders feeling totally.

Someone will have just thrown something in there for it...

So glad that BR is showing such great improvement in such a short time this is always a very good sign.:-6

chocoholic · Post by **chocoholic** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:14 am

Glad that again this morning there have been good signs of improvement and that our thoughts and prayers are having an effect.

Criss, sending you more healing and loving thoughts, be strong and know how much we are all thinking of you.:-4 :-6

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:20 am

Reading about the head injuries just makes me SO glad she was wearing a crash helmet.

My husband & 3 kids all ride or have ridden bikes, and between them have broken numerous bones in their bodies through M/C accidents......normally caused by careless car drivers.

The crash helmet almost definitely saved Criss's life........

Get well quickly Criss...I miss you more everyday......:-4

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:05 am

Wow

How nice is it to see some of the members posting who haven't been here in awhile?

I've seen your names but never had the pleasure of 'hanging out' with you.

:-4 It's great to see everyone pulling together for BR :-4

Just beautiful :-6

Lil~Basco · Post by **Lil~Basco** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:14 am

My thoughts and prayers are with you daily Babyrider. Hoping you get stronger and healthier as each day passes. Big ((((hugs)))) to you BR. :-4

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:26 am

cherandbuster wrote: Wow

How nice is it to see some of the members posting who haven't been here in awhile?

I've seen your names but never had the pleasure of 'hanging out' with you.

It's great to see everyone pulling together for BR :-4

Just beautiful :-6

Agreed! It's REALLY LOVELY to see some old members popping their heads around the door. It would be lovely if they came to visit us all everyday again!

Basco, congrats on your wonderful news! :-4 I LOVE your new avatar! :-6

Erinna1112 · Post by **Erinna1112** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:42 am

More good news! They're taking out the chest tube, and doing a "swallow evaluation"...she was having trouble with thin liquids. They're going to monitor her lung function for another six to eight hours. If the swallowing and the breathing remain normal, she's going to get out of ICU!!!

YIPPPPEEEEEEEEE!!! No timeline for sure on that yet, but I wanted to pass on the great news. I'll post more later...have to go retrieve Matt's phones and get some of the numbers off of them.

Keep the prayers/thoughts/wishes/beams coming, folks. I firmly believe that it works!!

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:43 am

That is wonderful news!:)

DesignerGal · Post by **DesignerGal** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:47 am

Erinna, Im praying for you and your family too!!! You guys stay strong for C, she is always being strong for this person or that, so we need to get behind her. IM praying for the whole family to endure this whole mess! Any word on the driver of the car?

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:22 am

How wonderful she is making such excellent progress in such a short time, this is excellent news. Chest tube out possibly out of ICU in record time...:-4 She is strong young, and we know BR can't be kept down long..:-6

MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU BR, AND ALL THE RIDER FAMILY..THIS IS GOOD NEWS..

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:26 am

(That snake must be on a "weight gain" schedule...or it's eating pinkies!)

Isn't this great news? Maybe it's the end of the beginning?

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:33 am

Oh BR this is becoming a feel better thread every day we read about your improvements. We are all (from near and far) behind you all the way and are doing the happy dance everytime we read about your progress. Keep it up girl.

M

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Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:46 am

Stopped at the store this morning on the way to work and bought a stack of funny get well cards. Going to send one every two or three days. One shows a hospital gown fashion show..everyone walking the stage with thier butts hanging out.

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:48 am

" Agh! Eating my what?!"

OH, PINKY! I'm sorry! :-3

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:23 am

Thanks Diane

More encouraging news! :guitarist

Things just keep getting better and better :-6

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:33 am

flopstock wrote: cervical collar removed, real food instead of baby food puree crud..they are making her cough and it hurts and she knows it..lol

Mama got to shampoo her in bed, BR was feeling uncomfortable with the hair..good sign i think... mama says it seemed like she removed a gallon of blood from it and knows she hasn't gotten it all..

MamaRider sounds a lot more confident today. In fact I hazard a guess that if BR gets just a little bit more healed Mama will begin the obligatory 'what were you thinking of being on a bike in the first place?' that we all know is coming..:wah:

Hey, I'm a mom myself.. and I'm here to tell you.. it's a comin'..if not from MamaRider, then from me...

Ahahahahahaha all us moms will be wagging our fingers at her huh

Yay for the updates.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:49 am

Removing that cervical collar is excellent news. Having had a broken neck I know what wearing one of those means. Washing her hair is yet another simple but good sign she want to look good that is excellent. :-4

BEING ABLE TO EAT SOLID FOOD IS THE BEST NEWS OF ALL ... !!

Floppy I haven't heard how BR lower extremities are?? no injuries to her legs at all?? that would be amazing..

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:51 am

SO glad to hear she is doing better today...:-4

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:05 am

:-3 This must be SO difficult for her family! Any mom knows this. (And...any mom knows all the thoughts going through HER mom's head!)

I am not LIKING this part about the right eye!

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:08 am

More good news that BR is getting better each day. This is so good to hear.

The 'beams' are clearly working. So let's keep sending them and maybe BR's sight might also return.:-4

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:09 am

flopstock wrote: Okay kids, focus your thoughts and energies on the right eye.

Mama just got told that the sight is gone in it and will not be returning other then perhaps shadows. Very upsetting for her to hear, as I am sure we can all understand. BR has NOT been made aware of this yet as she is still in and out of it too often at the moment.

Was this the side of her head that was hurt? Maybe swelling or brusing on the optic nerve? I go with the never say never attitude till she is further down the road in her recovery.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:16 am

Couldn't have said it better myself Marie5656 the human body is still a mystery to us it is capable of healing itself when we least expect it. The right eye is where I will focus my prayers as well as all her upper body parts.. :-4

BR has a very long way to go before they can truthfully determine anything. Specialist are just that the best in their field so I will keep the faith as well..:-4

[QUOTE]Was this the side of her head that was hurt? Maybe swelling or brusing on the optic nerve? I go with the never say never attitude till she is further down the road in her recovery.[/QUOTE]

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:18 am

Thanks for that, Floppy!

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:25 am

Flops :-6

Thanks so much for all your detailed updates

We will focus our beams in all the right places

For our girl :-4

cars · Post by **cars** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:43 am

Thanks flop for the comforting news about Criss, seemingly improving by the hour! C'mon next hour, & the next hour & the next! It pains me to hear about her right eye though. But as others have said, give it time, as recovery is still undergoing. So if it winds up that Criss can't see that good in her right eye, it will just mean she'll have to learn how to "aim" better with her left eye!

All the :-4 :-4 :-4 :-4 that can be sent has just been sent, can you feel it Criss!

BEAMS abound to Criss, & all her family!!

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:51 am

I'll continue to pray that she heals completely....:-4

chocoholic · Post by **chocoholic** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:39 pm

Well, still good news, such signs of improvement, thanks Floppy for keeping us all updated so well.

As has been said, the right eye may yet come good but if BR comes through this and this is all she has to be concerned about then that is a good result. However, I shall continue to send healing thoughts and prayers, especially to the right eye.:-4 :-6 :-6 :-4

Erinna1112 · Post by **Erinna1112** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:50 pm

To answer a few of the questions I've seen on here....

Yes, her right side is the side where all the injuries are. The way it looks is that she went over the hood of the car and landed on her right shoulder and the right side of her head. The doctors and the cops all say that the helmet almost undoubtedly saved her life.

As for her extremities - there appears to be no damage there at all. She has been moving all four limbs, and all twenty digits respond to stimuli. Poke her in the toe, in other words, and she'll let you know she doesn't like it

We're being hopeful about her sight. As has been said, it's very early in her recovery and nothing is certain. The opthalmologist (somebody tell me if I spelled that right, please??) does not sound hopeful, however. But...he doesn't know our Criss like I - we! - know our Criss. She's a fighter, and always has been. So I'm a bit more hopeful than he is. The outlook (pun completely intended) is for a tough road ahead, at the very least.

She's gotten her feistiness back - if she ever lost it. She will cooperate with anything medical, and thank the nurses for helping her, but anything else, no way. She doesn't want anyone but herself to comb her hair, and she really protested when the nurse tried anyway. She managed it, too...it's not all done (and it still desperately needs to be washed) but she got the comb through it. Slept for half an hour afterwards, though.

Even with that broken collarbone she's using the arm on that side - the right, again. It amazes me every time she lifts her right arm.

She's doing her breathing exercises. Every hour she needs to take ten deep breaths, to keep her lungs functioning right. She gets through them like a trouper...although the breathing machine that they stick in her mouth to measure how much air she's getting in there "tastes like (something that didn't pass the profanity censor, sorry, but I bet most of you can figure it out)", according to her. Might see if I can bring some honey or jam or something to put on there. Have to check with her dietician.

You guys are so great to come home to. Every evening when I sign on here, I see pages and pages more of people sending love and support, and it's just wonderful. You may think you're not doing anything at all, but I'm here to tell you that ain't so. You're being a source of strength for me, which means I can pass that on to Mamarider (I love this nickname for her, by the way) and Criss. And when Criss can log on again, I know she's going to be grateful too. So...thank you. All of you, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:53 pm

Erinna1112 wrote: To answer a few of the questions I've seen on here....

Yes, her right side is the side where all the injuries are. The way it looks is that she went over the hood of the car and landed on her right shoulder and the right side of her head. The doctors and the cops all say that the helmet almost undoubtedly saved her life.

As for her extremities - there appears to be no damage there at all. She has been moving all four limbs, and all twenty digits respond to stimuli. Poke her in the toe, in other words, and she'll let you know she doesn't like it

We're being hopeful about her sight. As has been said, it's very early in her recovery and nothing is certain. The opthalmologist (somebody tell me if I spelled that right, please??) does not sound hopeful, however. But...he doesn't know our Criss like I - we! - know our Criss. She's a fighter, and always has been. So I'm a bit more hopeful than he is. The outlook (pun completely intended) is for a tough road ahead, at the very least.

She's gotten her feistiness back - if she ever lost it. She will cooperate with anything medical, and thank the nurses for helping her, but anything else, no way. She doesn't want anyone but herself to comb her hair, and she really protested when the nurse tried anyway. She managed it, too...it's not all done (and it still desperately needs to be washed) but she got the comb through it. Slept for half an hour afterwards, though.

Even with that broken collarbone she's using the arm on that side - the right, again. It amazes me every time she lifts her right arm.

She's doing her breathing exercises. Every hour she needs to take ten deep breaths, to keep her lungs functioning right. She gets through them like a trouper...although the breathing machine that they stick in her mouth to measure how much air she's getting in there "tastes like (something that didn't pass the profanity censor, sorry, but I bet most of you can figure it out)", according to her. Might see if I can bring some honey or jam or something to put on there. Have to check with her dietician.

You guys are so great to come home to. Every evening when I sign on here, I see pages and pages more of people sending love and support, and it's just wonderful. You may think you're not doing anything at all, but I'm here to tell you that ain't so. You're being a source of strength for me, which means I can pass that on to Mamarider (I love this nickname for her, by the way) and Criss. And when Criss can log on again, I know she's going to be grateful too. So...thank you. All of you, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.

We're here for you all E, anytime and thanks for keeping us updated. We can't wait to see BR's first post back, I just bet she says something like

"oh you guys shouldn't have" hehehehehe

As was posted by I think Valerie

FIGHT BABY FIGHT!!!!!

Erinna1112 · Post by **Erinna1112** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:54 pm

Oh, Floppy, just wanted to let you know...I told Mamarider about your avatar and she just ROARED laughing. I think you should leave it until Criss can see it. She would get such a kick out of it!

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:10 pm

Thanks for the updates, Floppy and Dawn. :-4

It feels like we're with her every step of the way, encouraging her. :-4

Give her all our love, hugs, beams, best wishes, prayers, cuddles, thoughts and every other good thing to let her know she's loved and missed by us all.

Get well soon BR sweetie! :-4 :yh_hugs XXX

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:13 pm

I'm happy to hear her fighting spirit is still there!! I'm sure her recovery will be a quick one with a spirit like that.

:-4 :-4

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:35 pm

"You guys are so great to come home to. Every evening when I sign on here, I see pages and pages more of people sending love and support, and it's just wonderful. You may think you're not doing anything at all, but I'm here to tell you that ain't so. You're being a source of strength for me, which means I can pass that on to Mamarider (I love this nickname for her, by the way) and Criss. And when Criss can log on again, I know she's going to be grateful too. So...thank you. All of you, from the bottom of my heart, thank you."

+++++++++ Oh, FINE! You wanted to make me cry? Well, you succeeded!

It's inspiring to think of the kindnesses, love and caring shared among a group of people...most of whom have never met, but who have developed a kinship of spirit.

GROUP HUG! GROUP HUG!

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:55 pm

BEAMS!!