Weston gives us an update

thatswhathappens wrote:

I expected much worse, with people speculating that the footpeg was what did a lot of the damage. Great to hear that he’s doing better.

51xc wrote:

you expected much worse? his head looks twice the size and he is breathing through tubes. this isn't a swollen knee or so. this is as...

you expected much worse? his head looks twice the size and he is breathing through tubes. this isn't a swollen knee or so. this is as close to a fatal head injury as it gets.

thatswhathappens wrote:

Just reread my post and saw how that came across, I guess I meant to say I expected more, uh... superficial damage, you could say. Not...

Just reread my post and saw how that came across, I guess I meant to say I expected more, uh... superficial damage, you could say. Not trying to downplay the severity of his injuries at all, it’s obviously extremely serious. I just heard the footpeg speculation and my mind envisioned the worst.

mx_phreek wrote:

Yeah he not going to be doing anything for couple month. But at least its just bones and they'll heal and he will make a full...

Yeah he not going to be doing anything for couple month. But at least its just bones and they'll heal and he will make a full recovery. Looks like they went in above his ears too to fix him from that pic.

plynn41 wrote:

One of the unknowns here is how quickly Weston will acquire clear vision. My brother had similar (but not as severe) injuries a couple of years...

One of the unknowns here is how quickly Weston will acquire clear vision. My brother had similar (but not as severe) injuries a couple of years ago including a broken orbital. He had to go through two eye surgeries. The second was to shim out the eyeball itself, because it had sunk 0.125" deeper into his socket, causing severe double vision. Took him quite awhile to be able to see without getting dizzy after all was said and done.

REED49 wrote:

I have had very similar injuries, not necessarily as bad, but I will tell you the hardest part of my recovery was eye strength. I broke...

I have had very similar injuries, not necessarily as bad, but I will tell you the hardest part of my recovery was eye strength. I broke my orbital bone, jaw, nose, and cracked my skull. I was able to return to everyday life very quickly and I was driving a car regularly no problem. What I realized though as soon as I got back on my bike (about 8 weeks after the wreck) was that I couldn’t see, or focus, going any faster than second gear, it took about 5 months to even feel comfortable going fast again, and another 4 months or so to be back to 100% speed (local Texas pro). I know Weston’s injuries are way worse than mine, I just wanted to share some insight to the recovery time/process.