Mike Rea's Recovery Info & Updates

Mike's family created this blog to acknowledge our heartfelt appreciation for all your thoughts, prayers, and well wishes since his accident. Please check back regularly for updates on his condition and recovery process. We know all of you will keep Mike and his family in your prayers!

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On June 16, 2006, Mike was doing what he loves most in the world~training a race horse! One minute, friends saw him go by at a full gallop. Thirty minutes later, he was found unconscious and barely breathing. Mike endured an emergency helicopter ride to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Unit where doctors determined he had suffered a severe brain injury and was placed in ICU in critical condition. After three weeks, Mike was transferred to Kernan Rehabilitation Center, then Sunbridge Care and Rehabilitation. He returned home in October ‘06 and continues to work on his recovery. We have experienced much hope and joy as we have witnessed Mike's miraculous journey towards recovery. Mike IS A MIRACLE (the exact words of his neurologist) and continues to surprise his health care providers. Mike faces each day with courage, faith and perseverance; his new job consisting of physical therapy and theraputic riding. Mike is currently undergoing Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and is experiencing great progress! FOR THOSE WHO HAVE OFFERED ASSISTANCE, A "MIKE REA RECOVERY RELIEF FUND" HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO HELP WITH MIKE'S MEDICAL AND DAILY NEEDS.

Friday, February 01, 2008

Vacation Time for Mike

Hello everyone. Well I had my gallbladder surgery yesterday and everything went great. I never knew you could feel 100% better by removing a body organ. But enough about me. So my sister came from South Carolina to make sure all was well and then her and my mother left to go up north to Pennsylvania to pick up my brother. Yes he is coming for a visit finally. We are all so excited and happy. As I write this they are about 3 hours away from North Carolina and should be here around 7PM. Nancy will stay through Sunday and then go back to home to work. I hope I'll be able to help drive him back home with Mother when it is time for him to go back home. We have a lot planned for him while he is here and I'll write all about it. I will have new pictures to post and stories to tell. So again thank you for all your thoughts and prayers. God bless everyone.

WE BELIEVE IN MIRACLES
WE BELIEVE IN MIKE REA
WE BELIEVE IN THE FOB'S

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