Hello everyone.
Wow, your responses are overwhelming. This seems to be a great, close knit community.
My wife and I went to see Tony today at lunch. He was still in the ICU room, but I think part of that was because there were no other rooms to move him to. That is probably better though, in my opinion, he will get better care in the ICU ward.
Also, in my opinion, he fared reasonable well for a motorcycle accident. The primary injury is to his right leg. There are other cuts, bumps, scrapes and bruises, etc, but all relatively minor. His right leg is in pretty bad shape. They had to insert rods into his upper leg (thigh bone) and his lower leg (shin bone) to stabilize it and his knee. This is where the majority of the damage is and I guess it is pretty severe. He will have to have more surgeries on and around his knee once the swelling reduces and the damage can be fully assessed. There is/was some vascular damage, either from the accident or possibly from the rod attachment surgery, but the veins and blood flow all seem to be back to status normal.
I am still not real clear on the circumstances surrounding the accident itself. To the best of my understanding, he was in a neighborhood, just pulling out from his father's driveway. As he was approaching an intersection to turn left (I believe), a vehicle (car or truck, I can't remember) turned left and was coming at him. Tony maneuvered out of the way of the oncoming vehicle and was forced swerve. Unfortunately, there was a parked car on the street in his path. The rear tire started to skid / slide and Tony and "Busa" collided with the parked car. Fortunately, he was so close to his father's house. He actually got up and walked around immediately afterward, until everyone started yelling at him to lay down, get down, lie still, etc., etc.
I did not think it appropriate to ask him many questions about the bike itself, nor do I think that he would actually know all that much. I do know that it is at his father's house, for the time being. I also did not think it appropriate to ask too many questions about whether he thinks that he will ride again; you know that old "get back up on the horse again" mantra.
I will share with you some of the more specifics about Tony aka "Tonyy1"
His full name is Anthony "Tony" Sumner.
He lives in Hampton, VA.
His address is 32 Westview Drive, Hampton VA 23666
He is currently at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital
1060 First Colonial Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23454
(757) 395-8000 - Main number
(757) 395-8197 - Intensive Care Unit
He is/was in ICU #2, bed / room #3.
Unfortunately, I never got the direct line phone number to his room. I am sorry.
I hope this helps to allay some fears and some worries. Again I am overwhelmed by the support and genuine caring put forth by the members here. I do not have a motorcycle, so ordinarily I would not have ever been introduced (even if just in cyberspace) to any of you. You all seem like a great bunch of folks and I will try and print out the message threads for Tony to read.
I hope to go see him again tomorrow afternoon, so I will continue to share and update as I can.
Thank you all for reading.
Good night,
Jimmy
Wow, your responses are overwhelming. This seems to be a great, close knit community.
My wife and I went to see Tony today at lunch. He was still in the ICU room, but I think part of that was because there were no other rooms to move him to. That is probably better though, in my opinion, he will get better care in the ICU ward.
Also, in my opinion, he fared reasonable well for a motorcycle accident. The primary injury is to his right leg. There are other cuts, bumps, scrapes and bruises, etc, but all relatively minor. His right leg is in pretty bad shape. They had to insert rods into his upper leg (thigh bone) and his lower leg (shin bone) to stabilize it and his knee. This is where the majority of the damage is and I guess it is pretty severe. He will have to have more surgeries on and around his knee once the swelling reduces and the damage can be fully assessed. There is/was some vascular damage, either from the accident or possibly from the rod attachment surgery, but the veins and blood flow all seem to be back to status normal.
I am still not real clear on the circumstances surrounding the accident itself. To the best of my understanding, he was in a neighborhood, just pulling out from his father's driveway. As he was approaching an intersection to turn left (I believe), a vehicle (car or truck, I can't remember) turned left and was coming at him. Tony maneuvered out of the way of the oncoming vehicle and was forced swerve. Unfortunately, there was a parked car on the street in his path. The rear tire started to skid / slide and Tony and "Busa" collided with the parked car. Fortunately, he was so close to his father's house. He actually got up and walked around immediately afterward, until everyone started yelling at him to lay down, get down, lie still, etc., etc.
I did not think it appropriate to ask him many questions about the bike itself, nor do I think that he would actually know all that much. I do know that it is at his father's house, for the time being. I also did not think it appropriate to ask too many questions about whether he thinks that he will ride again; you know that old "get back up on the horse again" mantra.
I will share with you some of the more specifics about Tony aka "Tonyy1"
His full name is Anthony "Tony" Sumner.
He lives in Hampton, VA.
His address is 32 Westview Drive, Hampton VA 23666
He is currently at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital
1060 First Colonial Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23454
(757) 395-8000 - Main number
(757) 395-8197 - Intensive Care Unit
He is/was in ICU #2, bed / room #3.
Unfortunately, I never got the direct line phone number to his room. I am sorry.
I hope this helps to allay some fears and some worries. Again I am overwhelmed by the support and genuine caring put forth by the members here. I do not have a motorcycle, so ordinarily I would not have ever been introduced (even if just in cyberspace) to any of you. You all seem like a great bunch of folks and I will try and print out the message threads for Tony to read.
I hope to go see him again tomorrow afternoon, so I will continue to share and update as I can.
Thank you all for reading.
Good night,
Jimmy
