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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Lehikoinen Injury - Update 3

dari http://www.mattilehikoinen.com

As the first sign of snow starts to arrive in Finland, and 23 days after his serious crash, Matti Lehikoinen is making excellent progress. After a series of weekly x-rays, the doctors have said all is looking very positive and the vertebrae are well stabilized. There is a small compression in one of them, but this is inoperable and not serious in nature.

Matti is walking around the house and has basic mobility, and is able to stand up for 30 minutes at a time without problem, and is now only taking pain killers at night to help sleep. This is a pretty impressive recovery rate to this point and a great relief to all of his family and friends.

Today Matti was interviewed by Finnish TV, and together with the leading newspaper in Helsinki, his story has become one of national media interest as he continues to progress with great positivity.

Also released today are the first photos of his accident. We have agreed with Matti to post these on the 23 Degrees web site, not for any shock value, but to give a better understanding of how this accident happened. There are also photos of his Lazer helmet showing the important role it played in preserving Matti's head.





"I really feel the difference every day. Last Sunday was probably one of my worst days, fighting the boredom and also trying to kick the pain killers, but since then, each day I have felt the progress. For example, today is the first day I have been able to cough without severe pain. And as for sneezing, I have sneezed twice since the accident and you just don't wanna know what that was like. Normally you never remember sneezing, but those two bastards will stay with me forever. I will start working with my new Intense team on projects for next year which will help the time fly by," said Matti today from home as the forecast shows snow as the forecast shows snow arriving Friday, and the start of the long Nordic winter and a recovery that Matti hopes will see him back at World Cup 1, next May in Maribor, picking up where he left off.

Update Cederanya Matti Lehikoinen
23 hari setelah mengalami kecelekaan serius, Matti Lehikoinen sudah mengalami kemajuan yang sangat baik. Setelah setiap minggu dironsen, dokter mengatakan semua terlihat sangat positif dan tulang belakangnya sudah stabil dengan baik. Ada sedikit tekanan pada satu bagiannya tapi hal ini bisa dioperasi dan tidak serius.

Matti berjalan disekeliling rumah dan bisa mengerjakan hal sederhana, dan mampu untuk berdiri selama 30 menit tanpa masalah, dan sekarang minum penahan sakit di malam hari untuk membantu tidur. Keseembuhan ini sangat impresif dan merupakan hal yang melegakan untuk keluarga dan teman-teman.

Hari ini Matti diinterviu oleh tv finlandia dan bersamaan dengan berita di koran utama Helsinki ceritanya telah menjadi perhatian media dan dia terus maju dengan sangat positif.

Juga diluncurkan hari ini untuk pertama kalinya foto-foto dari kecelakaannya. Kami dan Matti menyetujui bahwa dengan memasang ini di website 23 degrees tidak dimaksudkan untuk menghebohkan, tapi untuk memberi pemahaman bagaimana kecelakaan ini terjadi. Juga ada foto yang memperlihatkan peran penting yang dimainkan helm Lazer nya dalam melindungi kepala Matti. (http://www.23degrees-sports.com/news.php?id=580)

“Saya merasakan perbedaan setiap hari. Minggu kemarin barangkali hari terburuk saya, memerangi rasa bosan dan juga berusaha untuk tidak meminum pain killer, tapi setelah itu setiap hari saya merasakan kemajuan. Contohnya ini hari pertama saya bisa batuk tanpa rasa sakit. Juga bersin, saya baru bersin dua kali sejak kecelakaan . Biasanya kamu tidak akan ingat bersin tapi yang dua itu bakalan saya ingat selamanya. Saya bakal mulai bekerja dengan tim Intense baru dalam proyek tahun depan yang sangat membantu saya menghabiskan waktu” kata Matti dari rumahnya sementara ramalan cuaca memperlihatkan salju yang baru turun hari ini, dimulainya winter panjang di Nordic.



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