03/07/2024
It was a race I barely remember but I will never forget. As I was entering corner 3 I hit a bad gouge in the ice, I remember flying off and seeing my sled going away from me but I do not remember hitting the bales where I was knocked unconscious for a number of minutes burried in bales, apparently i bounced off the second row and bounced forward a few inches and didn’t move, as the medics got there and were scraping me off the ice onto a body board I started to come awake I was very confused and upset with what happened as we were off to a good day with the sleds, as the medics told me they are taking me in to hospital my biggest worry was if I will be back in time for the sportsman 600 final lol , I couldn’t walk as I was so dizzy and had injury’s but I wasn’t letting that stop my love of racing, I was taken to HSC and all the way I was in good spirits cracking jokes about how fast we can get back for my final race, the ambulance attendants were very helpful and helped take my race gear all off before getting into the hospital as they would have cut my gear off, as is they took my track pants off for the MRI and lost them 🤷♂️, I went through a whole bunch of tests and X-rays and was told I would be staying the night which i wasn’t to excited about but as I heard about my injuries I understood why they were keeping me, I was moved from emergency to another room Monday around 11:30am after a few more X-rays and exams I was able to go home at 5:40pm Monday afternoon. My room mates dad heard me laughing about the pants they gave me so he decided to make me some balloons for my wheel chair on the way out 🤣 this is definitely not the way I wanted to end my race weekend, it’s been many years since I was involved in a racing accident and this is the first I ever seen an ambulance, but after my accident I’m lucky to still be here as if I hit the bales a bit different I may not have been so fortunate , thank you to all the medical staff, multiple doctors and nurses at hsc as well as Stephan Carignan and Bub Bennett for coming to my assistance on the track and making sure I was in good hands. Thank you to all the people that have reached out and asked how I am doing and if I need anything you people are real awesome and caring!! Makes the road to recovery feel easier
The photo is with my room mates dad who made me glove balloons for a get well soon after he heard what happened to me and I got my sweet newly acquired scrubs on lol