Thursday, 9/20/07 at 12:11 PM
by Tara Llanes
by Tara Llanes
Tara's Update
Tara Llanes continues to recover from the spinal cord injuries she suffered in a mountain bike race in Colorado on September 1. Below is part of the latest update posted to her MySpace page by her coach, James Herrera. The complete update, new photos of Tara and many, many good wishes can be found at:
http://myspace.com/mtbtara
Her family, friends, and supporters are urging those folks who want to help contribute to a special fund set up for Tara’s recovery to visit:
http://www.tarallanesroadtorecovery.com
The latest update from her friend and coach, James Herrera:
Tara was transferred to the Craig Hospital yesterday morning to begin her inpatient spinal cord rehabilitation therapy. Based on everything we know from research, doctor’s reports, and stories from past and current patients, Craig Hospital is the best spinal cord rehab hospital in the country, if not the world. Many patients travel from all over the globe, simply to get the best specialized care for the nature of their injury. We’re all pretty excited that Tara has the best opportunity for care available.
Her new mailing address for the next 6-7 weeks will be:
Craig Hospital
3425 S. Clarkson St.
Englewood, CO 80113
C/o Patient: Tara Llanes
Tara and her family want to thank each and every one of you for the tremendous amount of support she has received to date in the form of emails, text and MySpace messages, calls, visits, cards, flowers, gifts, and many donations to her recovery efforts. Her computer and phone usage have been incredibly limited. But rest assured, she has seen or heard, and deeply appreciates, every one of your messages to her.
Upon arrival at Craig yesterday, she had the opportunity to meet with her physical and occupation therapist, members of her personal rehabilitation team that will work with Tara for the duration of her stay. She’ll be undergoing a few initial evaluations this next 2 days, and will begin an incredibly focused rehab schedule on Monday. Keep the prayers, messages, and positive karma flowing her way.
Tara’s close friend Elke Brutsaert and I will be manning a “Road to Recovery” booth at the Interbike bicycle industry convention in Las Vegas Sept. 24 - 28, both at the Outdoor Dirt Demo and hopefully in the lobby of the convention center. We’ll have some great “Heart of a Champion/Road to Recovery” t-shirts available for sale/donation in addition to tickets for the raffle of a pit bike that was donated to the cause by a great sponsor. At the final World Cup race in Slovenia, a number of athletes donated signed jerseys that will also be part of our fundraising efforts.
We will continue to hold a number of fundraisers for months to come, so the generosity of your donations is not exclusive to Interbike. Friends are holding such a wide variety of fundraisers from salon services, cosmetics, high school booster club efforts, walkathons, and so many others, I can’t keep them all straight. Former gravity superstar and close friend of Tara, Jen Zeuner owner of the Hot Tomato Café & Pizzeria http://www.hottomatocafe.com in Fruita Colorado, will be holding a special pizza, booze, and music night at the restaurant this coming month. More details to come. Through the caring and generosity of Tara’s incredible network of sponsors and friends, we will insure she continues to have every opportunity for the best recovery possible.
http://myspace.com/mtbtara
Her family, friends, and supporters are urging those folks who want to help contribute to a special fund set up for Tara’s recovery to visit:
http://www.tarallanesroadtorecovery.com
The latest update from her friend and coach, James Herrera:
Tara was transferred to the Craig Hospital yesterday morning to begin her inpatient spinal cord rehabilitation therapy. Based on everything we know from research, doctor’s reports, and stories from past and current patients, Craig Hospital is the best spinal cord rehab hospital in the country, if not the world. Many patients travel from all over the globe, simply to get the best specialized care for the nature of their injury. We’re all pretty excited that Tara has the best opportunity for care available.
Her new mailing address for the next 6-7 weeks will be:
Craig Hospital
3425 S. Clarkson St.
Englewood, CO 80113
C/o Patient: Tara Llanes
Tara and her family want to thank each and every one of you for the tremendous amount of support she has received to date in the form of emails, text and MySpace messages, calls, visits, cards, flowers, gifts, and many donations to her recovery efforts. Her computer and phone usage have been incredibly limited. But rest assured, she has seen or heard, and deeply appreciates, every one of your messages to her.
Upon arrival at Craig yesterday, she had the opportunity to meet with her physical and occupation therapist, members of her personal rehabilitation team that will work with Tara for the duration of her stay. She’ll be undergoing a few initial evaluations this next 2 days, and will begin an incredibly focused rehab schedule on Monday. Keep the prayers, messages, and positive karma flowing her way.
Tara’s close friend Elke Brutsaert and I will be manning a “Road to Recovery” booth at the Interbike bicycle industry convention in Las Vegas Sept. 24 - 28, both at the Outdoor Dirt Demo and hopefully in the lobby of the convention center. We’ll have some great “Heart of a Champion/Road to Recovery” t-shirts available for sale/donation in addition to tickets for the raffle of a pit bike that was donated to the cause by a great sponsor. At the final World Cup race in Slovenia, a number of athletes donated signed jerseys that will also be part of our fundraising efforts.
We will continue to hold a number of fundraisers for months to come, so the generosity of your donations is not exclusive to Interbike. Friends are holding such a wide variety of fundraisers from salon services, cosmetics, high school booster club efforts, walkathons, and so many others, I can’t keep them all straight. Former gravity superstar and close friend of Tara, Jen Zeuner owner of the Hot Tomato Café & Pizzeria http://www.hottomatocafe.com in Fruita Colorado, will be holding a special pizza, booze, and music night at the restaurant this coming month. More details to come. Through the caring and generosity of Tara’s incredible network of sponsors and friends, we will insure she continues to have every opportunity for the best recovery possible.
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