[TheForge] Jerry Frost is hurt

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Oh Crap!
Impossible not to like and respect  the guy.
We've lost too many good ones this year.
Not Jerry too please!

Schade wrote:
> clipped from another site....
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> This was the original (edited) notice Deb sent out.
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> Guys, Jer is hurt - he is hurt really bad. it happened monday  
> afternoon. you can reach me (temporarily) at frostygooseAK at Yahoo.com.
> 
> Jerry is at Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage, in the CCU  
> (Critical Care Unit). he was felling a tree on Monday, I found him in  
> the driveway, just out of sight of the house. A big birch tree was  
> down across the driveway and he was on the far side of it so I didnt  
> see him until I got closer - then I realized he was on the ground but  
> was struggling to get to his feet
> 
> The EMTs had to call the Flight For Life helicopter to trasport him to  
> Anchorage and straight to the trauma center. He has a bad head injury  
> (that is the biggest concern), had a punctured lung (quickly re- 
> inflated once he was at the hospital), multiple broken ribs, a spiral  
> fracture to his right (lower) leg and fractures in his right foot. I  
> think the tree most likely kicked back on him and hit him squarely in  
> the chest - but it's just a guess from the injuries and where we found  
> his chain saw lying (next to the just cut stump). What happened to his  
> head is a mystery and may stay that way unless he remembers what  
> happened ... which he probably won't.
> 
> I'm just praying he lives at his point and that WHEN he "comes back",  
> that he knows me. The neurologist says we just have to wait out the  
> concussion. The swelling in his brain hasn't gotten any worse over the  
> past 48 hours ... but they say that could still change either way. He  
> lived through the first 72 hours, which is a good sign. But he isn't  
> out of the woods by any means yet ... and there is a high probability  
> that recovery will be measured in months rather than weeks without a  
> miracle. I believe in miracles, but will take ANYTHING as long as he  
> eventually recovers.
> 
> I am supposed to be up here taking a nap (I am staying at the hospital  
> for now, in their "Alaska House" rooms up on the 7th floor - converted  
> patient rooms, but at least private and I am only a few steps from the  
> elevator.). there is not much we can do right now but pray and wait.  
> I'll call you when I can. In the mean time, if you can contact  
> Frosty's "sandbox" friends and anyone else you know of that I might  
> not remember, I'd appreciate it.
> 
> My family and friends are keeping tabs on me via Facebook (of all  
> things, eh?) ... it seems to be the easiest way to reach everyone at  
> once, especially since I haven't been able to get home to my own  
> computer or e-address book. If either of you are on Facebook, I opened  
> a new account under the name "De Frost" for the time being. I can't  
> access my regular page.
> 
> I don't know what else to do ... just pray. A lot.
> 
> Needing hugs but hanging on,
> -Deb
> 
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> On Oct 3, 2009, at 1:14 AM, James Binnion wrote:
> 
>> Long time forge member Jerry Frost has been seriously injured in a
>> tree felling accident. He has suffered major head injuries along with
>> broken ribs a punctured lung, spiral fracture to his leg and broken
>> foot. His condition is critical, and he may not survive. Jerry is at
>> Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage, in the CCU  Pray for him and
>> his wife Deb.
>>
>> Jim
> 
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