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WHOOPS! Mountain Biking Pioneer Charlie Cunningham Suffering fromDevastating Brain Injury (Marin County, CA)



 
 
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Old March 22nd 19, 04:51 PM posted to alt.mountain-bike
Mike Vandeman[_4_]
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Default WHOOPS! Mountain Biking Pioneer Charlie Cunningham Suffering fromDevastating Brain Injury (Marin County, CA)

Of course, the mountain bikers "conveniently" omit the fact that this was a mountain biking accident, so they won't have to think about the possibility of this happening to them, and they won't have to explain to school officials why they are promoting another deadly sport just like football - or worse! ...

Mike


https://www.marinij.com/2015/10/14/f...n-bike-legend/

https://www.gofundme.com/w85tn3dg?ut...kvgnRS0DbJPSq8

Charlie Cunningham Medical/Rehab

In early August, 2015, Charlie Cunningham, bicycle builder, inventor and all around amazing person, fell off his bike and sustained several serious injuries.

Charlie suffered broken bones, bruises, and trauma to his head. At the time, he didn't feel his head injury was significant. Unfortunately, seven weeks later, the head injury manifested into a subdural hematoma, a life threatening condition that resulted in emergency brain surgery. Having been about two minutes from death or complete vegetative state, he endured a hell period of about six months, beginning with two months in intensive care, followed by months of doctor's visits and rehabiliitation. His days of getting around by bike were over, or so we thought.

Currently, Charlie is at the "plateau" level. He has no sense of direction, nor much vision (his brain was affected, leaving the upper half of his visual field empty, as well as the periphery). But he is walking, speaking normally, with very little aphasia, and still working on learning the alphabet. he can read a simple news headline after about five minutes of careful study of each letter. We move about Marin on a gorgeous tandem, which will soon get a motor so we can go offroad, away from traffic.

His 'genius' resides now in his efforts to recover what most of us take for granted: balance, literacy and agency, the will to do things and make things, which seems to have disappeared when the brain bleed happened. Your donations will help to offset the costs of his rehabilitation and the visits to UC Berkeley Eye Clinic, and the weekly respite care visits. Thank you for your generosity.

A bit about the fund: it was dreamed up by Caroline James, a good friend of Charlie and Jacquie's since the 1987. She's an artist, web designer and was an early Wombat. Since the end of the first year of the fund, I have taken over most of the administration. Grant Petersen of Rivendell renown, and 1,200 donors like you have helped move us along, for which we're ever grateful.
 




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