6/2/07
Max, Kirsten and Salty attended our CBARRC Fun Day in Berryville,
VA! What a blessing that Max was well enough to spend the day with all of us. He is back to his studies and although
there are still scars on his head and hand as evidence of the injuries, he is doing terrific!!
4/25/07
Max is doing so much better that he is coming home this Friday!! He is no longer
in pain and that is truly a blessing. He will still need to have outpatient therapy and his father is coming to
stay with them for a couple of weeks until they are sure he is steady enough to be alone while Kirsten is at work.
4/19/07
Dear All,
Firstly, thank you for all your good wishes for Max. Hearing
from you means so much to us all. THANK YOU!
Right now he is in surgery to repair his hands. His right hand
was pretty smashed and is being pinned and he lost the tip of his left index finger. They are cleaning and dealing
with that. The very large gash on his head is healing well and his head looks better on the cat scans. He knows
everyone around him and is beginning to feel all the pain that comes with a tree falling on your head! His short term
memory is not there yet but we all, including his doctors expect a full recovery. Tomorrow or Saturday he will
be moved from the trauma unit (which is absolutely amazing and everyone is wonderful) to a brain trauma rehab facility
on the west side on Baltimore. They will work on all aspects of recovery and by starting so quickly and aggressively
they expect a great outcome. Max is very much with us, he just needs some time to recover. The move to the rehab
facility sounds very dramatic but where he is now is a Trauma place but he is now medically stable, so this is just the next
step and we are relieved that we have it available to us.
One day at a time! Thank you all again,
Much love
Kirsten and Salty
And Max's family.
Hot off the press - Max is out of surgery, which went very well.
4/18/07 Conversation with Kirsten.
Kirsten told me how they were training "Salty" a "go home" command
when taking her on walks from their home. Before leaving, they would leave a treat on the doorstep and started getting
farther and farther away, giving her a "go home" command so she would run to the doorstep and find her treat.
Unfortunately, Max still has no recollection of what happened so we
don't now if he actually utilized that command for this 4 month old puppy to find her way home, but it is safe to assume that
the treat would at least get her to go home more quickly!
Max is now conscious and considered in stable condition, but
still needs more surgery for broken bones. Initial surgery was able to stop the bleeding in his brain and the swelling
is lessening. He and Kirsten are in our prayers.
4/18/07 Annapolis "Capital" article:
A Russett man became trapped under a tree near his home last
night as he walked his dog. Max Worrell McCord ate lunchwith his fiance Kirstin Luke at 11:30 a.m. yesterday before she went
to work.
But when Ms. Luke returned, she found her dog with a neighbor
near their home on the 3200 block of Hayshire Street. Mr. McCord, however, was not there and it appeared that he had never
returned after walking the dog. Ms. Luke checked the vicinity and called the police at 6:11 p.m.
Fearful that Mr. McCord had fallen in the nearby Little Patuxent River, which had unusually high
waters and fast currents, or hurt while walking the dog, police began to search the nearby woods.
At 7:50 p.m., a crew in a county helicopter spotted Mr. McCord about 300 yards into the woods. When
firefighters arrived they found him trapped with a 12-inch diameter tree across his legs, said Lt. Frank Fennell, a county
Fire Department spokesman.
Firefighters had to free him by cutting
the tree away with a chain saw.
"It took us about an hour to get
him out," Lt. Fennell said.
Mr. McCord was then sent by helicopter
to Shock Trauma Center at University Hospital in Baltimore with hypothermia and shoulder and leg injuries. He was in critical
condition this morning.
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