Danny Dean This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. WakeWorld -- News

   www.wakeworld.com/news/2004/de - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/11/2004   Last Visited: 2/13/2004

   Danny Dean Update WakeWorld -- News
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   Danny Dean Update
   
   Sensations are coming slowly, but surely
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   Danny Dean
   
   Things are looking up for the Arizona rider that broke his vertebrae earlier this year. Danny Dean is showing impressive improvement with a bit of movement from his lower extremities in recent days.
   
   Danny Dean is an Arizona local pro and rides in the Outlaw division of the Arizona Wakeboard Association (AWA) events. He volunteers his time and judges for the AWA. He can often be found chatting with his fellow wakeboarders as board4food1 on the WakeWorld Discussion Board.
   
   In January Danny had an accident involving some wakeboarding moves he was performing off a trampoline for his church group and was paralyzed from the armpits down. The good news is that he's been super stoked by all the support he's received from people around the world and had this to say when he finally got around to reading the message board thread from all his well-wishers.
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   Danny has been moved from Scottsdale Healthcare Medical Care Center to downtown Phoenix to the Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital for rehabilitation. This facility has one of the best reputations in the nation for spinal injury rehab.
   
   Through it all, Danny's friends from the Arizona Wakeboard Assocation (AWA) have been visiting and supporting his rehab. They've even solicited donations in order to purchase Danny a Playstation 2 and some games to help with his coordination (and maybe to have some fun) during his revcovery. If you would like to contribute, send donations to the AWA PayPal account at azwakeboardassoc@cox.net. Or if you have games that you no longer use and would like to donate to the cause, contact the AWA at azwakeboardassoc@cox.net. 100% Of the proceeds will go to Danny.
   
   If you'd like to wish Danny well, add your comments to the running thread on the WakeWorld Discussion Board.

2. 2. WakeWorld -- News

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   Published on: 1/28/2004   Last Visited: 1/28/2004

   Danny Dean in ICU WakeWorld -- News
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   Danny Dean It's always tough when something bad happens to one of our own. It's especially hard when that somebody has touched so many people and has been such an ambassador for our sport.
   
   Danny Dean is an Arizona local pro and rides in the Outlaw division of the Arizona Wakeboard Association (AWA) events. He volunteers his time and judges for the AWA. He can often be found chatting with his fellow wakeboarders as board4food1 on the WakeWorld Discussion Board. He's even starting his own wakeboard clothing company called Enemy of Evil. But right now, Danny is dealing with the biggest challenge his young life has ever encountered as he receives treatment in the Intensive Care Unit of Scottsdale Memorial Hospital.
   
   Danny is totally devoted to wakeboarding and has perfected a lot of his moves with the aid of a trampoline. This past Saturday night, Danny was attending "gym party" with a group of people from his church. He was demonstrating some of his maneuvers by bouncing off an inclined mini-tramp into an eight-foot deep pit of foam rubber chunks. On one of his jumps he went extraordinarily high and he got inverted doing a gainer. However,
   
   Danny Dean and girlfriend Natalie
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   Danny Dean and girlfriend Natalie
   
   he didn't get around all the way and came down forehead first into the foam. Although he hit the pit dead center, the impact was too great for the amount of foam and Danny's head hit bottom and snapped backwards breaking two vertebrae in his neck.
   
   Danny has received some very impressive medical care at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital's Osborn Campus from one of the doctors that operated on Jessica Lynch.
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   Danny was unable to breathe or speak on his own until they removed his ventilator on Monday morning.
   
   According to Danny's doctors, the tough part is what lies ahead for Danny. Just about everything that can be accomplished medically has been done and now the boredom sets in as he waits for improvements. This type of spinal chord injury takes about a year and a half to heal, during which physical therapy is the key to bringing the body back. After 18 months, the patient is usually locked into whatever condition they've achieved.
   
   Danny Dean Despite all he's been through, Danny's prognosis is guardedly optimistic.
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   If you'd like to wish Danny well, add your comments to the running thread on the WakeWorld Discussion Board. If you'd like to send a card or something else to Danny, use the following address.

3. 3. Cavaliers: HISTORY

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   Published on: 2/17/2005   Last Visited: 2/17/2005

   by Dan Dean