What happened

The past week has been difficult. No other way to put it.

This is the information Brent and I got from the police report:
On Friday morning September 29, 2008, Rocky was in a terrible "MCA" (motorcycle accident) as the L.A. County Sheriff Dept calls it. He was heading westbound on Gale Ave. in City of Industry going to work. Rocky decided to take Gale, because the 60 freeway was congested. He was on his Harley cruising at 40 mph, under the speed limit. A man driving eastbound turned left into a Nissan dealer where he worked. He was going only 5 mph. Before he knew it he slammed into Rocky. This was 6:20 am, sunrise. It was a complete accident. The man just did not see him, until it was too late. Apparently, Rocky saw him though, there was a 19 foot skid mark before Rocky was hit. The deputy, was on the scene within minutes. Later he had to apologize to us, because the police report is written out as a fatality. He was called out because the paramedics believed Rocky would be dead on the scene or not make it to the hospital. Rocky was air-lifted by helicopter to USC Medical Center in downtown L.A. arriving around 8am.
When we spoke with the deputy, he was teary eyed and very pleased to meet us both. Unbeknownest to us, he had been checking on Rocky's status and to his surprise found out that Rocky was alive! Miracle #1

Since the accident, Rocky has faced many obstacles. When he came in he was at 100% oxygen and the ventilator was breathing for him at 16 breaths per minute. All his ribs are broken, along with his shoulder, collar bone, femur in 2 places, tibia and fibula. Two of the brakes were compound. He had 2 chest tubes and multiple skull fractures. They said he was not going to make it through Saturday. He had severe trauma to his head and major bleeding & swelling on his brain. Increased ICP (intracranial pressure) in the high 40's. (Normal being less than 10) He needed urgery on his leg, to control bleeding. They were not able to do the surgery right away because of increased ICP, due to bleeding. But couldn't control the bleeding because of his ICP. Catch 22. And don't even think about talking to him or touching him they said, because the stimulation will increase it more. The meds weren't working to control it, so they ended up putting in a shunt to relieve pressure and that helped immediately! So, as it was, all Saturday and Sunday, we weren't able to talk or touch him. Which is hard, it's like telling a kid "don't touch that!" It only makes you want to do it more. Made it through Saturday. Miracle #2

Rocky had to get stable enough to go to surgery. While we waited and waited for the ok. They didn't think he would be able to go to surgery, because his ICP was fluctuating. About 12 hours past and then by Sunday things were looking good. Although, they said he might not make it through surgery. And that they would have to stop if any of his vital signs changed, even the slightest. But, like I said, we have seen miracles these last few days and Rocky came through the 6 hour surgery with 3 rods in his leg. Of course, he will have to have surgery at a later date to fix his heel, which was crushed so bad, he doesn't have one at this time. He is now at 50% oxygen and breathing 23/16, which means he is breathing 7 of the breaths on his own. Miracles #3-#5

Rocky has also had temp of 104 degrees. (He is on antibiotics for an infection just in case.) His vitals were all out of whack and the trauma team rushed him to CTscan. Which hadn't changed in days. (good news) and while he was in there, all his vitals came back to normal in front of the staffs eyes. One of the doctors actually said they were "confused" as to what happened. Miracle #6 and more to come...God did it!

So, for now, he is stable. He is still in the trauma unit. But, now has a tracheotomy and a peg tube or g-tube for feeding. He is in a coma on his own, no sedation or medication. But things are looking good, since he is having reflexes and making faces to show signs of pain or discomfort. He is also moving up on the coma scale...he went from a 3 to a 6 out of 15. This is great! There is more to tell, so please stay in touch. God is listening to you so Thank you for all your prayers and support. We welcome it.

PS. prayer for my mom, Linda she is very dehydrated and fatigued!