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Hi all…good news Chris is home!

He has a few follow-up appointments regarding the bones in his face for early next week…it looks like he will be down for at least a month…all doctors have agreed that the best thing for him is to rest, relax, and not have any stress…we’ll see how he does with that…

For the most part his doctors have said it will take some time for his memory to get back to “normalâ€ÂÂ￾ whatever that is. ïÂÂ￾Å  For now at least he knows where he is and remembers everything before the accident. As far as after the accident he as absolutely no memory of the accident and the 24 hours after…from about 10pm Wed night until last night he has about 50% of memory…at this point I would say we are at about 65-70% so hopefully with each day he will continue to get better.

Thanks again for all the help and well wishes!!

Carriann Vliet

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Hi everyone…

Just an update…I do not know exactly what happened, we have a good idea based on what Chris Whiley has told us as to the where and what but we are also getting a few conflicting reports of what happened. However, at this point we have come to the conclusion we will never know exactly how it happened because Chris does not remember any of it, the last thing he remembers is being on the gate. Which I believed is a mixed blessing.

On to the update…yes he did have a helmet on…but it was open face…he has some facial fractures, and a fractured elbow, and lots of road rash on his face…no stitches but lots of scabs!! And a dozy of a concussion!!!!

He was taken to the trauma center in Atlantic City and yes it was not pretty! Yes, there was a lot of blood, but remember your head bleeds like crazy even with a small cut!! The scrapes and cuts were mostly superficial…no one cut was deep enough to warrant stitches. He was admitted into the ICU until about 6 pm last night (Thursday). His short term memory is still very foggy…but all the CT’s have come back clean no bleeding in the brain and the spin is also fine. He was VERY lucky!!!

For now he sleeps about 90% of the time and he is still in the hospital…he may be released tomorrow (Saturday) but they are not 100% sure just yet it might be Sunday… He still has a few more consults that he has to get through.

We are very thankful for all of the well wishes and help that we have received! And when I have a chance I will give another update.

Thanks again
Carriann Vliet

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And people wonder why more don’t volunteer their time…rather then step up and do something I’ll just go on a web site and b***h about what everyone else, including myself, is NOT doing…

For the few that do not know…we had a house fire on April 17th and lost EVERYTHING! So please forgive Chris if his priorities about the track where changed up a little over the past month and a half…

God forbid that making sure that your kids age 7 and 2 have a roof over their heads, an actual bed to sleep in, and clothing on their backs, be more important than the weeds at the track.

I know ridinlow excuses excuses…well everyone in the BMX community has a life and we are more than aware of that…and Chris has NEVER come on this site and bashed anyone for not being able to come our and volunteer their time at our track.

Everyone’s personal time is priceless and many of us have less and less to give, but many still do and we give them a huge THANK YOU!!!!

Ridinlow stop hiding behind you alias on this website…you say that you have been turned away from helping at the track…has Chris turned you away…it’s kinda hard to agree or disagree if nobody knows who you are…step up to the plate or should I be “cuteâ€ÂÂ￾ and say “Step up to the gateâ€ÂÂ￾.

Carri Vliet

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Lee ~ as always…looks GREAT!!! The only things is to maybe slow it down just a little my eyes aren’t as quick as they used to be.

Great Job!!
Carri

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