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I've been kind of on my pitty potty for the past few days. I don't know...
...just that shyty feeling of gloom and doom.
Many times when I start feeling this way I'll think of my 23
year old step-grandson. This is my husband's oldest child's son.
He inspires me to take it one day at a time, and NEVER GIVE UP!
Travis is a true believer in not letting life get your down.....
Below is an artical written about him this past Nov.
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Life changed in an instant Walters man's recovery progressing after devastating ATV accident WALTERS - A paralyzing racing injury hasn't stopped Walters' Travis Tollet from trying to get his life back in motion.
While racing his ATV four-wheeler with the Colorado Hill Climb Association in a race in Victor, Colo. in June, the 22-year-old Tollett flipped his quad - and his life - upside down.
In a hurry to pick up time, Tollett failed to downshift while driving between 80-90 mph on a curve and ended up going down a 50-foot drop. When the vehicle flipped, he was thrown over the handlebars, pushing his chin into the dirt and forcing his head on his back.
Though clad in his protective gear, some injuries will happen despite armor of protective padding.Tollett's neck was broken at the C7 and C6 verterbrae and the spinal cord severely damaged, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down and with no use of his fingers. He was unconscious his first four days while at at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colo. and didn't remember the accident.
A little over a month after the accident, Tollett was able to go on short trips. In July, he toured the Garden of the God's and then went to the Pike's Peak Racers Dinner. After that, he attended the Pike's Peak Race in which his dad, Mike, finished in second place in the Quad 500 class. Racing is a part of his life for the last 19 years and always will be, he said.
While hospitalized, Tollett was outfitted with a halo - a device consisting of four screws embedded into the skull to hold the neck and spine in place - which allowed his healing to carry on unfettered. The removal of the bulky headframe was on Oct. 3 and he documented the process with a photo blog on his MySpace page. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=14772963
Since being released from the hospital, he stays in Walters under the care of his mom, and grandmother. He has had the support of his mom and dad at his side along with visits from other family members and many friends to give him courage to face each day, he said. While confined in his hospital room, Tollett's walls were literally covered with cards and letters of encouragement from friends, family and his racing community.
Now, Tollett's days are filled with therapy. The fifth-year pre-med major's studies at Cameron are on hiatus while he recovers from the devastating wreck. Doctors have diagnosed him with paralysis from the armpits down, but the young man said he will walk again. "I have always been positive, I believe I can do this and recover."
"I'm moving fingers and occasionally toes," he said. "My arms work fine, just not the hands. My goal is to find a rehab center that won't just teach you to cope with your injury but to do some intensive work on regaining everything."
He is able to use the computer and designs advertisements for Fuel Clothing, a company that makes clothing popular among the racing and extreme sports community. Tollett has been sponsored by Fuel for two years and he has done advertising work for the company for about a year, he said.
On his Nov. 1 blog, Tollett wrote of keeping busy by creating. "Dealing with paralysis sucks, but I can still tear it up on the graphic design side of things, even without the use of my hands," he said. "Exactly 4-months post-injury and I'm wiggling fingers now."
The clothing company is giving away their action sport limousine through a raffle to raise funds to help the fallen Tollett and for another paralyzed racer, Jordan DeLaurier, of California. Tickets are being sold for $10 each and the winner will receive a call or text message on Thursday - Thanksgiving Day. The raffle will be held at a motocross race in Florida. Information about the raffle can be found online at www.fuelclothing.com or www.myspace.com/fuelclothing.
To help
To help with his medical expenses, a Travis Tollett Love Fund has been established in Walters. Funds may be sent to: Walters Bank & Trust, P.O. Box 96, Walters, OK 73572.
COURTESY PHOTOS While racing his ATV four-wheeler in Victor, Colo. in June, 22-year-old Travis Tollett flipped his quad - and his life - upside down. He failed to downshift while driving between 80-90 miles per hour on a curve and ended up going down a 50-foot drop. When the vehicle flipped, he was thrown, as seen in this sequence of photos taken at the scene. Tollett's neck was broken at the C7 and C6 verterbrae, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down and with no use of his fingers.
COURTESY PHOTO LEFT: Travis Tollett managed a smile during the removal of the halo brace on his head on Oct. 3. He broke the C6 and C7 vertebrae in his neck during a 4-wheeler race in Colorado in June.
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Travis went to Vegas the first week of this month...
You can see more pics here: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums&friendID=14772963
Just thought I would share. Life is good!
Keep On Truckin'
Lady
...just that shyty feeling of gloom and doom.
Many times when I start feeling this way I'll think of my 23
year old step-grandson. This is my husband's oldest child's son.
He inspires me to take it one day at a time, and NEVER GIVE UP!
Travis is a true believer in not letting life get your down.....
Below is an artical written about him this past Nov.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Life changed in an instant Walters man's recovery progressing after devastating ATV accident WALTERS - A paralyzing racing injury hasn't stopped Walters' Travis Tollet from trying to get his life back in motion.
While racing his ATV four-wheeler with the Colorado Hill Climb Association in a race in Victor, Colo. in June, the 22-year-old Tollett flipped his quad - and his life - upside down.
In a hurry to pick up time, Tollett failed to downshift while driving between 80-90 mph on a curve and ended up going down a 50-foot drop. When the vehicle flipped, he was thrown over the handlebars, pushing his chin into the dirt and forcing his head on his back.
Though clad in his protective gear, some injuries will happen despite armor of protective padding.Tollett's neck was broken at the C7 and C6 verterbrae and the spinal cord severely damaged, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down and with no use of his fingers. He was unconscious his first four days while at at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colo. and didn't remember the accident.
A little over a month after the accident, Tollett was able to go on short trips. In July, he toured the Garden of the God's and then went to the Pike's Peak Racers Dinner. After that, he attended the Pike's Peak Race in which his dad, Mike, finished in second place in the Quad 500 class. Racing is a part of his life for the last 19 years and always will be, he said.
While hospitalized, Tollett was outfitted with a halo - a device consisting of four screws embedded into the skull to hold the neck and spine in place - which allowed his healing to carry on unfettered. The removal of the bulky headframe was on Oct. 3 and he documented the process with a photo blog on his MySpace page. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=14772963
Since being released from the hospital, he stays in Walters under the care of his mom, and grandmother. He has had the support of his mom and dad at his side along with visits from other family members and many friends to give him courage to face each day, he said. While confined in his hospital room, Tollett's walls were literally covered with cards and letters of encouragement from friends, family and his racing community.
Now, Tollett's days are filled with therapy. The fifth-year pre-med major's studies at Cameron are on hiatus while he recovers from the devastating wreck. Doctors have diagnosed him with paralysis from the armpits down, but the young man said he will walk again. "I have always been positive, I believe I can do this and recover."
"I'm moving fingers and occasionally toes," he said. "My arms work fine, just not the hands. My goal is to find a rehab center that won't just teach you to cope with your injury but to do some intensive work on regaining everything."
He is able to use the computer and designs advertisements for Fuel Clothing, a company that makes clothing popular among the racing and extreme sports community. Tollett has been sponsored by Fuel for two years and he has done advertising work for the company for about a year, he said.
On his Nov. 1 blog, Tollett wrote of keeping busy by creating. "Dealing with paralysis sucks, but I can still tear it up on the graphic design side of things, even without the use of my hands," he said. "Exactly 4-months post-injury and I'm wiggling fingers now."
The clothing company is giving away their action sport limousine through a raffle to raise funds to help the fallen Tollett and for another paralyzed racer, Jordan DeLaurier, of California. Tickets are being sold for $10 each and the winner will receive a call or text message on Thursday - Thanksgiving Day. The raffle will be held at a motocross race in Florida. Information about the raffle can be found online at www.fuelclothing.com or www.myspace.com/fuelclothing.
To help
To help with his medical expenses, a Travis Tollett Love Fund has been established in Walters. Funds may be sent to: Walters Bank & Trust, P.O. Box 96, Walters, OK 73572.
COURTESY PHOTOS While racing his ATV four-wheeler in Victor, Colo. in June, 22-year-old Travis Tollett flipped his quad - and his life - upside down. He failed to downshift while driving between 80-90 miles per hour on a curve and ended up going down a 50-foot drop. When the vehicle flipped, he was thrown, as seen in this sequence of photos taken at the scene. Tollett's neck was broken at the C7 and C6 verterbrae, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down and with no use of his fingers.
COURTESY PHOTO LEFT: Travis Tollett managed a smile during the removal of the halo brace on his head on Oct. 3. He broke the C6 and C7 vertebrae in his neck during a 4-wheeler race in Colorado in June.
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Travis went to Vegas the first week of this month...
You can see more pics here: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums&friendID=14772963
Just thought I would share. Life is good!
Keep On Truckin'
Lady
