CrazyTed
03-31-2006, 01:57 PM
One of our series' young mini riders was injured at a hare scramble at Budd's Creek. He crashed in a high speed section. Here are some posts from our message board...This family has worked to raise money for a young girl in VA in need of a double-lung transplant. The kids donated a ton of money and have really spearheaded the effort to raise money for this young girl. Now Cole has been hurt....
As for Cole Gross: he did break his wrist but he also lacerated his liver and the word right now is that his kidney is a "dead organ" is what the doctor says. They are not expecting the kidney to rejenerate but will know more in a couple of days. He is in Washington, D.C. in a childrens hospital and will be there for at least 4 days if not more.
Post from his mom.
Hello to our vhcss family. First let me say thank you for all your support and prayers. You don't know how much it means to us. I am always overwhelmed by the concern you all have for your fellow racers and their families. I am sitting here at the Washington D.C. Childrens hospital with my mother and it has been a long night. For those who don't know Cole took a serious blow to the abdomen from his handle bars coming out of some whoops. He apparently lost control and went down. He was unconscious for a brief time. SEVERAL of his friends stoped to check on him and I'm not sure who all stayed with him but there were several people who took care of him until the paramedics arrived. I know Kenny Jackson was there and I think Jason was with him as well, Thank's to you both, and to anyone else who helped. The paramedics brought him out quickly and took great care of him. We were told that the wrist was most definately broken but the biggest concern was his abdominal pain and struggle breathing. My mother drives faster and smarter that any ambulance could have(no offence to any ambulance drivers) so we opted to drive him to St. Marys hospital. CAT scan revealed that he had suffered a laceration to the liver and spleen, bruised his pancreas and that the right kidney was no longer functioning. There was no damage to his head or neck. His left wrist was also broken. The doctors told us he would need to be air lifted to D.C. as that is the nearest trauma unit. He is now in Intensive Care here and is doing much better than any one ever expected.The most immediate concern was internal bleeding as the liver and spleen were both torn. Fortunately the liver did not bleed out of it's protective outer liner. The doctors tell me this morning he is doing well and will soon be out of the woods as far as internal bleeding goes. The wrist will be put in a cast once he is stable and can be moved out of ICU. The urologist came in a explained that the kidney itself was not damaged but the vain to it was, and there is no blood flow to the kidney. He also said that there is only a very slight chance that the kidney will recover, but as long as there is a chance I have to believe that it will happen. I think the doctor dosen't believe it will ever function again, but he dosen't know this kid! So if you pray, pray that blood will start to flow back to this kidney and that it will recover. As far as Cole's spirit goes, it is strong and he has even been joking with me a little bit this morning. We will probably be here the rest of the week and hopefully we will be home by the weekend. Thank you all again. Please keep him in your prayers. We are sorry to hear that so many people were injured yesterday, we are thinking of them also.
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Lacie Gross
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Hello all! Cole was able to read most of the posts yesterday and maybe later today I can get him back down before 5pm to read the rest. He can't really type with a cast on one hand and the IV's in the other. But he wants everyone to know how much he enjoyed hearing from you all. He actually had me type a message yesterday, but somehow we forgot to hit "submit".
I want to thank all of you for your support and prayers since Cole's accident. You will never know how much it has meant to us to know you are there. I've said it a million times, you guys are the best. From the moment this acccident occoured, to this very minute we have been surrouned by the best friends you could ever ask for. The phone calls, the post's on the BB,the cards, a surprise visitor( thanks Tom ) and even a care package for Cole(thanks Heather, he loved it!) have been so appreciated. He also really liked the picture that Plugnickle posted! I could tell he felt a little bit better after reading your messages yesterday. I also want to thank you for checking up on the rest of our family at home. It has been hard to be away from Rob ,Wesley and little Wyatt-man. We are missing them like crazy. And it has been even harder for Rob to be at home not knowing whats going on here until he can get an update from me once or twice a day. Thanks to those of you who are taking care of him and the boys for us.
Cole's spirits have been pretty good for the most part. He had felt better on Tuesday but actually feels worse over the last two days. He has been running high fevers at night especially and has not been able to keep food down(only a few bites of potatoes yesterday). His white blood cell count has gotten higher also, so he will have a CAT scan later today. He was expecting it this morning and had to drink all this disgusting stuff only to find out that he had not yet had enough doses of a particular medication to do the scan. He ,needless to say, was just a little bit pissed that he had to drink all that for nothing and will have to do it again later. I was probably even more so. I told his doctor I thought he should have to drink the rest of it for screwing up the order. I have behaved myself pretty well, considering how many different doctors I have had to deal with, but I gave them an ear full yesterday and apparently that works because all the lead doctors have been in to see us this morning. Of course none of them have given us the information we really wanted to hear. They all feel that the chances of his kidney surviving are slim to none. They have told us to prepare for it not to happen. I am still holding out for a miracle. I know that God is in control and he will decide what happens to that kidney. In the mean time Cole is thinking of all kinds of creative ways to protect the other kidney so that when he is ready and his body has healed, he can return to racing.
Please continue to pray for him. If you have time send another message, I will make sure he sees them. Thank you again for everything.
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Lacie Gross
Latest update is he should be getting ready to by moved back to a local hospital...
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Hey everybody! Cole and I are just finding out that he may be getting transfered to Kings Daughters Hospital (Norfolk) today. The nurse came in and told us that the paper work is already being prepared but they are waiting on the doc's to approve it. Hopefully it will happen!!! We are looking for a vascular surgeon to see at home, as we speak. Wish us luck!
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Lacie Gross
Hopefully, everything will continue to improve...
Thoughts are being posted for him to read on our message board..
http://the-vincents.com/viewtopic.php?t=1795&highlight=cole
As for Cole Gross: he did break his wrist but he also lacerated his liver and the word right now is that his kidney is a "dead organ" is what the doctor says. They are not expecting the kidney to rejenerate but will know more in a couple of days. He is in Washington, D.C. in a childrens hospital and will be there for at least 4 days if not more.
Post from his mom.
Hello to our vhcss family. First let me say thank you for all your support and prayers. You don't know how much it means to us. I am always overwhelmed by the concern you all have for your fellow racers and their families. I am sitting here at the Washington D.C. Childrens hospital with my mother and it has been a long night. For those who don't know Cole took a serious blow to the abdomen from his handle bars coming out of some whoops. He apparently lost control and went down. He was unconscious for a brief time. SEVERAL of his friends stoped to check on him and I'm not sure who all stayed with him but there were several people who took care of him until the paramedics arrived. I know Kenny Jackson was there and I think Jason was with him as well, Thank's to you both, and to anyone else who helped. The paramedics brought him out quickly and took great care of him. We were told that the wrist was most definately broken but the biggest concern was his abdominal pain and struggle breathing. My mother drives faster and smarter that any ambulance could have(no offence to any ambulance drivers) so we opted to drive him to St. Marys hospital. CAT scan revealed that he had suffered a laceration to the liver and spleen, bruised his pancreas and that the right kidney was no longer functioning. There was no damage to his head or neck. His left wrist was also broken. The doctors told us he would need to be air lifted to D.C. as that is the nearest trauma unit. He is now in Intensive Care here and is doing much better than any one ever expected.The most immediate concern was internal bleeding as the liver and spleen were both torn. Fortunately the liver did not bleed out of it's protective outer liner. The doctors tell me this morning he is doing well and will soon be out of the woods as far as internal bleeding goes. The wrist will be put in a cast once he is stable and can be moved out of ICU. The urologist came in a explained that the kidney itself was not damaged but the vain to it was, and there is no blood flow to the kidney. He also said that there is only a very slight chance that the kidney will recover, but as long as there is a chance I have to believe that it will happen. I think the doctor dosen't believe it will ever function again, but he dosen't know this kid! So if you pray, pray that blood will start to flow back to this kidney and that it will recover. As far as Cole's spirit goes, it is strong and he has even been joking with me a little bit this morning. We will probably be here the rest of the week and hopefully we will be home by the weekend. Thank you all again. Please keep him in your prayers. We are sorry to hear that so many people were injured yesterday, we are thinking of them also.
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Lacie Gross
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Hello all! Cole was able to read most of the posts yesterday and maybe later today I can get him back down before 5pm to read the rest. He can't really type with a cast on one hand and the IV's in the other. But he wants everyone to know how much he enjoyed hearing from you all. He actually had me type a message yesterday, but somehow we forgot to hit "submit".
I want to thank all of you for your support and prayers since Cole's accident. You will never know how much it has meant to us to know you are there. I've said it a million times, you guys are the best. From the moment this acccident occoured, to this very minute we have been surrouned by the best friends you could ever ask for. The phone calls, the post's on the BB,the cards, a surprise visitor( thanks Tom ) and even a care package for Cole(thanks Heather, he loved it!) have been so appreciated. He also really liked the picture that Plugnickle posted! I could tell he felt a little bit better after reading your messages yesterday. I also want to thank you for checking up on the rest of our family at home. It has been hard to be away from Rob ,Wesley and little Wyatt-man. We are missing them like crazy. And it has been even harder for Rob to be at home not knowing whats going on here until he can get an update from me once or twice a day. Thanks to those of you who are taking care of him and the boys for us.
Cole's spirits have been pretty good for the most part. He had felt better on Tuesday but actually feels worse over the last two days. He has been running high fevers at night especially and has not been able to keep food down(only a few bites of potatoes yesterday). His white blood cell count has gotten higher also, so he will have a CAT scan later today. He was expecting it this morning and had to drink all this disgusting stuff only to find out that he had not yet had enough doses of a particular medication to do the scan. He ,needless to say, was just a little bit pissed that he had to drink all that for nothing and will have to do it again later. I was probably even more so. I told his doctor I thought he should have to drink the rest of it for screwing up the order. I have behaved myself pretty well, considering how many different doctors I have had to deal with, but I gave them an ear full yesterday and apparently that works because all the lead doctors have been in to see us this morning. Of course none of them have given us the information we really wanted to hear. They all feel that the chances of his kidney surviving are slim to none. They have told us to prepare for it not to happen. I am still holding out for a miracle. I know that God is in control and he will decide what happens to that kidney. In the mean time Cole is thinking of all kinds of creative ways to protect the other kidney so that when he is ready and his body has healed, he can return to racing.
Please continue to pray for him. If you have time send another message, I will make sure he sees them. Thank you again for everything.
_________________
Lacie Gross
Latest update is he should be getting ready to by moved back to a local hospital...
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Hey everybody! Cole and I are just finding out that he may be getting transfered to Kings Daughters Hospital (Norfolk) today. The nurse came in and told us that the paper work is already being prepared but they are waiting on the doc's to approve it. Hopefully it will happen!!! We are looking for a vascular surgeon to see at home, as we speak. Wish us luck!
_________________
Lacie Gross
Hopefully, everything will continue to improve...
Thoughts are being posted for him to read on our message board..
http://the-vincents.com/viewtopic.php?t=1795&highlight=cole