<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Valentino Is God @ Apr 13 2007, 05:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>According to this article Locatelli cannot stand or speak so a return in about 2 months time seems pretty optimistic!
Good luck to him though!
that's only dated yesterday so i would say your dead right there.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (baldylocks @ Apr 13 2007, 05:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>if I had just recovered from what he's just recovering from.........
i'd never ride a bike again
You're beginning to scare me..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rgvneil @ Apr 13 2007, 04:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Has the cause of the crash been found? I heard that he possibly blacked out. If that was me I'd stop riding.
As I read, they didn’t know the reason, but blacking out was not it because he had some reactions like trying to get the bike right, lower one foot or so when he was already on his way out of track. Hope he keeps getting better and better!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (baldylocks @ Apr 14 2007, 02:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>that's only dated yesterday so i would say your dead right there.
nee chance
get well soon Loca
Well baldy, actually that is pretty possible. If he undergoes intensive rehabilitation therapy,and if all factors points to positive outcomes, walking and speaking actually is possible in just two months. But of course, i don't know the whole situation so i could only play on "ifs"
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (somedamnwriter @ Apr 14 2007, 05:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Well baldy, actually that is pretty possible. If he undergoes intensive rehabilitation therapy,and if all factors points to positive outcomes, walking and speaking actually is possible in just two months. But of course, i don't know the whole situation so i could only play on "ifs"
I think the question was if he was going to <u>race</u> in two months, because that's what he hoped for in the interiew.
As for rehab, if I got it right it's more a physical thing. He need more surgery and as soon as that is done and they can allow movement he will talk as he must have done in the interview. There is no brain damage reported so it's not like he don't remember how to talk.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Babelfish @ Apr 14 2007, 05:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I think the question was if he was going to <u>race</u> in two months, because that's what he hoped for in the interiew.
As for rehab, if I got it right it's more a physical thing. He need more surgery and as soon as that is done and they can allow movement he will talk as he must have done in the interview. There is no brain damage reported so it's not like he don't remember how to talk.
Sorry for not reading the article beforehand.
The walking/standing/putting weight on the injured leg is possible in two months. The talking part, with that damage, could take longer than that so I guess he'll have to resort to alternative ways. For the racing part, possible, but if I am his physiatrist, I wouldn't recommend it.