Folks Of Interest He's BAAAAACK!

Well, as a lot of you know, my dumb *** ran off the road on May 17th, totaled my car and wound up in Shock Trauma with a broken neck and a busted up rotator cuff. With the grace of God, the help of two very talented surgons and the thoughts, prayers, support and encouragement of a LOT of people, I got cleared Friday to return to work tomorrow! The 17th of this month would have been 8 months that I have been out of work.

I fully realize just how fortunate I am. As busted up as my neck was, I should have been paralyzed. As busted up as my shoulder was, I am lucky to have regained enough use to get past the Company Doctor to get back. I am also very fortunate that I have one of the last Union jobs in America with benefits. I received a check each week and the majority of my medical bills have been covered. I have worked Union since 1979 and had never missed any time from work and like most people, resented the abuse that a lot of Union members have shown. I guess it was just "good Karma" that I have tried to do right and it was there for me whan I finally needed it.

Erin & I just want to thank SO MANY of you for all of the support that you have shown us. She came home from the hospital the first day I was injured and posted up on the Bulldog Skates message board asking for prayers. At that point, we really had no idea how things were going to work out. It has all turned GREAT!!

"lowcab," Bernie, took the information and posted it up on here. Between the two boards, we were overwhelmed by the outpouring of support and encouragement. I truly feel that all of the positive energy DID make a huge difference. We can never thank everyone enough. All we can do is offer our humble thanks and try to be there for others as the need arises.

Please remember, "Keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel!" Thank you and God bless you ALL, Pat & Erin

 

glad it all worked out for ya and that your back on your feet again to start wrenching

 

Pat, Welcome back from South Texas. Everyday above ground it a "Good Day"

Lucky667

 

Glad you are back and everything is working out OK.

 

You are one very lucky and fortunate man to recover from a broken neck. Welcome back !! Any new hotrods in the plans or works?

 

It is good to see you are back.
Even better to see you can go back to work.

See you at Latimore?

 

It's great that you had a job to come back to in this economy! Welcome back and good luck!

 

Dude didn't know this had happened to you. You miss a lot of important **** when deployed. Glad to hear that things are looking up.

 

Glad to hear you are back in the fray!

 

wow, what a story to tell huh?
glad you're alive, now get turning on those wrenches.

 

welcome back!

 

glad you made it .

 

Welcome back to the land of the livin'
Yarrrr

 

Glad it turned out as well as it did. You're very fortunate, but I think you already know that.

 

Great to see you back on Pat, hope to see you soon, maybe Detroit or for sure on our trip out east in Sept.

BB

 

Praise God Pat. I'm grateful for your health and your return here.

 

Good to here your back!

 

GOOD ON Y'

Nick.

 

Thanks to a decent payoff from the insurance company for the totaled PT Cruiser (Erie Insurance), the HAMB cl***ifieds, "g***er57" for posting up the car, Johnny Ace & Kali & "ScaryLarry" for putting up auctions and several VERY generous HAMBers for their bids and donations, we have replaced the late model with this.....

Keep in mind, this isn't a toy or a luxury, it's my new daily driver. It's WAY kooler than the PT Cruiser! Again, thanks to my HAMB family.....

 

now you have a cool car that fits you welcome back .

 

Great news!!

 

Hey Skate, What the hell is a PT Cruiser anyway???? Glad youre sitting up taking liquids. Nice long roof.

 

Pat, glad to hear you are back. I dig the wagon. It's a much cooler daily driver than a CoolPT anyday
Bil

F.A.B.

 

Good to hear you're back in the workforce, Pat......going to Detroit????? After all, going back to work for a couple months, you'll need a vacation!

 

Welcome back. I 'm glad to here a positive word about the Union's. It seems like lately they have been the **** of a lot of bashing. I Hope the coming year is good.

 

Glad you doing better. One more colorful story to add to your book.

 

its great to see you back and well on the road to recovery ..

 

Great news...Welcome back.

 

Good to hear you're back in the trenches Pat.Hopefully we will run into each other(figuratively speaking of course!)sometime soon.Get those brushes wet!
Ray

 

welcome back pat,,,and COOL car.,..