Ferrari Mailing List: Re: A prayer request for my wife

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Wade: do not despair - they are giving you the worst-case scenario. We always 
do that for cogent reasons. Sounds like a radial nerve + artery. The nerve will 
regrow but only 0.5 mm a month - return of function will be slow and 
unpredictable, but it will happen. The orbital floor fracture will need 
elevation but is fixable. Be thankful she didn't bleed out. Thoughts and 
prayers.  Ken
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From: "AutoWorld [at] RoadRunner.com" <autoworld [at] roadrunner.com>

Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:12:34 
To:ken rentiers <rentiers [at] mail.com>
Cc:The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] A prayer request for my wife


Holy moly Wade. I am sorry to read this! 

One thing I'd like to say about the MD's words of "encouragement." In my 
experience with emergency rooms, surgeries from serious injuries (ski and 
motorcycle racing), doctors are always be painfully pessimistic. They seem to 
offer nothing but gloom and doom (a malpractice tactic perhaps). 

I remember an ER doctor telling me once (after I regained consciousness on the 
table) that I'd probably never walk again (9 broken bones). I told the doctor 
to his face (pumped full of morphine) "f**k you, I'll show you how wrong you 
are." I don't even have a limp. 

Another example: Nine months ago, a niece of mine had a baby born with heart 
complications. The doctor said, as they put the baby on the helicopter headed 
for Children's Hospital: "We'll do what we can, but he's the worst we've ever 
seen." Absolutely devastated the new mom, who had to stay behind in another 
hospital! What an a**hole! 
Long story short, the kid is now a big healthy stud of a nine month old.  

Keep a positive attitude here and we'll all hope she's left only with a few 
light scars and a great story to tell. 

- Bob Prosser

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Wade R. Nunez 
  To: Bob Prosser 
  Cc: The FerrariList 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 10:10 AM
  Subject: [Ferrari] A prayer request for my wife


  Please keep my wife in your thoughts and prayers,  Yesterday morning she fell 
down a flight of stairs while holding a drinking glass, when she hit the tile 
floor the glass broke and severed the arteries in here left hand along with the 
tendon and nerves that control here thumb, index finger, middle finger and half 
her ring finger. She went thought 5  hours of arterial surgery and the doctors 
were able to save her hand, however they said it will be a slim chance that she 
will regain any use at all out of it. On top of that she broke the orbital bone 
in her eye socket, has multiple fractures on the left side of her face and 
possible skull and spinal fractures. She is in for a very long and difficult 
road to recovery, Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers and I will send 
out updates as I get them. 

  Wade

  Her name is Lori Nunez and is at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. 


  Wade R. Nunez
  Sport Classic & Competition
  18635 Starcreek Dr. Unit E
  Cornelius, NC. 28031
  704-892-9440 office
  704-943-0687 fax
  www.sportclassiccomp.com
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