Suzuki raises money for Wilhite

A's catcher Kurt Suzuki and his wife, Renee, are raising funds for Jon Wilhite, his former college teammate who was injured in the car crash that killed Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others on April 9.

This part made me shiver: "The funds raised by the Suzuki's will help pay for Wilhite's rehabilitation costs after recovering from injuries that included an operation on April 15 to reattach his skull and spinal column after a rare separation."

REATTACH HIS SKULL??? /shudder

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i think it’s called internal decapitation, i’m pretty sure it’s rare that people survive it. i remember reading about a woman in a car accident who survived it a couple years ago.

by TimLincecumIsGod on May 14, 2009 11:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Fuck that sounds awful.

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on May 15, 2009 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I looked it up on Wikipedia and it says it’s what happens in hanging deaths, a dislocation of the first cervical verterbra and the occipital (Sp?) bone at the base of the skull. I went D: when I read it.

I hope Wilhite recovers. Good for Suzuki for helping his friend in need.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 15, 2009 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs