The ambulance arrived at Mercy hospital in Miami and I was admitted to intensive care on the 4th floor of 4 Carroll. Once I was hooked up, Dr. Eduardo Gonzalez-Hernandez from Miami Hand Center arrived along with Dr. Scott McDonald. Thankfully my doctor in Colombia knew Dr. Gonzalez-Hernandez, a hand specialist, and had contacted him [...]
So there I was, in hospital, in Colombia, surrounded by doctors and nurses who didn’t speak English. With my Spanish being pretty much non-existent I could see we were in for an interesting time…looking back it’s quite amusing to think of my wife Kerry using her pocket English/Spanish dictionary to communicate about my medical needs [...]
I was in Columbia on vacation, I’d joined Richi & Annie of Vuelo Libre for 10 days of paragliding in Bucaramanga, Richi’s home town. I arrived with my wife Kerry on Feb 11th 2006 and proceeded to enjoy some great paragliding. Russell Agnew was my flying buddy for the trip and he kept a great [...]
This blog will serve as a record of my life after losing my left hand in a near fatal accident whilst paragliding in Columbia (South America) in February 2006…more of which you’ll learn about in my next postings. I’ve bin a pretty active guy to date; I love to paraglide, snow board, scuba dive and ride sports bikes. [...]
