AACC News

Club treasurer, "A" racer and super-nice guy Dave Gaskin was in a bad bike accident last week. Here's his own status report from yesterday:

Hi Jennie,
I was released from the hospital Monday and finally have made it down the stairs to the computer. My crash was not very heroic, I was trying to avoid 5 chatting teenage girls on a bike path. Four moved aside okay, the last one could not make up her mind which way to go. In trying to avoid hitting her, I skidded out and landed hard on my right hip. I knew not to try to break my fall with hands or shoulders because I've broken bones that way before, but this is not much better. My femur drove through the pelvis and broke the socket into four large parts, which the doctor was able to reconstruct quite well. I have quite a few pins and plates, and look pretty bad but aside from two very bad pain days I am doing a lot better.

I see the doctor next week, and am ready and anxious to begin rehab. It may be a couple of months before I can do any semi-serious exercise, but I hope to work my way back into things. Please let people know how I am doing, and I appreciate all their concern, support and good wishes. Hope this makes sense, with the meds and all. With luck, I'll see everyone at the end of the year dinner.

Then today...

Hi Jennie
Thanks for your kind thoughts! Today was painful because all my nerves are waking up and I can feel all the pins and plates and stuff. And my long incision which goes from my left abdomen all the way around to the right side of my back. But I'm getting more flexible. Anyway, sure, feel free to put my news on the website. Hopefully I can be a success story working my way up from the D's next year.