Cody North, # 244August 2007On August 23, 2007, I was doing motos at Straddline ORV park to get fit for Top Gun which was the following weekend. It was close to the end of the day as I started to get tired. There was this step up, double option line on one section of the track. I was hitting it as a transfer triple all day until the last 10 minute moto I went out for. About the 4-5 lap or so my back tire went flat before hitting the triple which off the face, launched my bike super sideways. I bailed onto the hard pack Straddline dirt, and as a result, I ended up shattering my left ankle, breaking my tibia in 2 places and my fibula in 2 places, dislocating my right shoulder, breaking my shoulderblade, and my humourous. In addition, I stretched/tore my breakial plexus nerve causing my left arm to temporarly paralyze. I was taken to St. Peters after waiting a long and painful 35 minutes for an ambulance at the track. I spent a week at St. Peters well taken care of, and visited by friends, the Ritcheys, and family. Thanks guys for making me feel at home!! I had a 5 hour surgery immediately the next day on my shoulder/leg. I had a plate, 18 inch rod, and 10 or so screws in my leg/ankle, and in my shoulder I had 2 temporary pins which are now removed. This is taken the day after surgery... Horray for Morphine! Gotta wash your hair somehow!!
These were taken about two weeks after the crash. FIRST hard cast! Getting the soft cast off.
UPDATE 12-3-07 looking a lot better! What a rough trip to recovery Cody. We are real proud of you and thanks so much for sharing.
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