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2500143 No. 2500143
on October 8, 2010 I wen't to a motocross race to compete ( dirtbike racing for who ever doesn't know). Every thing was going just fine, until my last race of the night, it was 11pm and I had been riding since 2pm earlier that day so i was extremely tired, two laps until i would have finished the race and been done for the night, but unfortuantly i lost control of the bike and crashed terribly. Thinking it was only a broken leg the on site ambulance took me to the hospital, thinking that they would set the bone and i would be going home in a few hours. A half hour later I was sitting in one of the E.R rooms, and I hear a Helicopter land on top of the hospital, a few minutes later the crew comes down and says they are going to airlift me to Erlanger Teaching hospital in Chattanooga Tennessee ( I was in Calhoun, GA ). I, being medicated on morphine, thought nothing of it as i was pretty delusional. 15 Minutes pass in the helicopter and we land, then i get to wait 45 minutes in the Pre-O.R room, with my leg swollen up to think i weighed 350lb. Once i finally get into the O.R they quickly put me under and start the operation, which i don't even know what it is yet.

What feels like 5 minutes was actually 7 hours, I wake up still medicated but i see an external Fixator with 6 pins drilled into me, 2 on in my femur, 2 in my tibia, and two in both sides of my
foot, confuse I asked what happened to my leg? My surgeon came in and showed me the x-rays, i had shattered my Tibial plateau, Tore my meniscus, and ripped and tore apart an artery all in my left leg. It wouldn't have been so serious if i hadn't torn the artery. They did a vein transplant, in which they took a vein from my right leg and replaced my damaged artery with it. They said my leg was without blood flow for so long that i had a 75/25% chance that i would loose it, 25% that id keep it. so i was pretty worried about that for the first day. Friday came along and i was laying in my hospital bed watching t.v bored as hell, I was flipping through the chanels and at 1:30 the very first episode of MLP;FIM was premiering, I am a 15 year old 6" tall 170lb male motocross racer, most wouldn't think i would be interested in a show about ponies, so i just changed the chanell, after flipping through all of the channels they had i eventually got back to the HUB were 2 minutes of the show had already passed, I thought to my self how i liked the animation so i said screw it and i watched the whole episode, I was amazed!!! it felt like i was back in the early 2000's again, the characters, the animation, everything was just perfect.

A week went by and a couple more surgeries, so 3 surgeries done out of 5 that i had done, and part 2 was on at 1:30 Friday the 17th, me being excited watched the whole episode and once again amazed on how good a show about ponies could be, the morals that it taught, and how to always believe and never gave up pretty much gave me the strength to stay strong and don't never give up. They said it was a miracle that i kept my leg, and that i would have full function of it eventually, when I finally got home, i was forced to sleep on the couch because my bed room was up stairs, I had set my DVR for 1:30 every Friday because i had physical therapy on Fridays at 2pm so i couldn't watch it, and every Friday night i would watch it and fall asleep feeling great, aside from the pain in my leg XD

8 months later I am back on the bike, Racing again always keeping in mind that MLP;FIM was the reason i was able to get back on.

Pic is of me like 5 minutes after waking up from my first surgery, so i was completely out of it, i don't even remember my dad taking the picture.
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>> No. 2500144
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>My face when.
>> No. 2500145
Wow, that's a lot you went through!
Glad you're okay. And yeah, ponies are awesome.
>> No. 2500146
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>>2500144
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>Re-read.
>i don't even remember my dad taking the picture.
>my dad taking the picture.
>my dad
...and then my expression changed.
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Glad you're ok bro.
>> No. 2500149
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A 15 year old kid doing motorcross.

Dude, you have a great future ahead of you. I wish you the best of luck.

Oh and your story is amazing!
>> No. 2500150
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I'm glad you were able to recover and continue doing what you love.
>> No. 2500151
>>2500148
>>2500149

Thanks Guys i appreciate it :)


>>2500147

Sorry for Bragging about my dad
>> No. 2500152
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Have an internet cookie, I'm sure there will be many hugs and brohoofs soon.
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You, sir, are motherfflipping amazing.
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>>2500151
Oh no, you're not bragging.
You're just lucky.

Keep being awesome bro.
>> No. 2500155
>>2500146

Wow, I am really quite exited that you were able to get back up on the horse and ride it. I'm also happy that you were able to keep your legs. Words nor pictures could adequately describe the warm, happy feeling I am feeling right now, great job.
>> No. 2500156
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Cool story bro
I really mean it
>> No. 2500157
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I'm no good with words. So uh...
Good job avoiding losing your leg!
>> No. 2500158
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Friendship is Magic man!

NOW WE HAVE PROOF!
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>>2500143
You sir, have won the internet.
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that is a beautiful, i'm honestly lost for words how amazing that story is!

I love you with all of my heart, and it's a miracle what happened

*hugs* you are truly, truly wonderful!
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>>2500143

TL;DR?
Sunshine Blossom is a boss.
Glad you're doing alright :3
>> No. 2500162
Whoa. That's one hell of a story there.

Glad to hear you made it through it all, and glad to hear MLP helped you through it! The heartiest of brohoofs to you, good sir.
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>>2500143
Good to hear it all worked out for you in the end. Hopefully it doesn't happen again anytime soon.
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Thanks all, I appreciate it :)

<--- this was taken my first day of riding after my accicdent :)
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>>2500165
Congrats on being able to race again and the whole leg situation, even though it sucks that it happened in the first place.
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>>2500143
That was a really nice story! It's nice to know how you found the show by chance and how it helped you. It really goes to show the significance of the show to some bronies! And yay for you getting back to the bikes!
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>>2500143
I declare this /arch/ bait.
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>>2500143
So glad to hear your okay! And to get right back on the horse, too!

Also, this picture.

Ever think about putting a decal of it on your bike?
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>>2500169
DO IT YOU FOAL!
>> No. 2500171
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Spectacular :D Glad to hear you made a recovery.
>> No. 2500172
buck for awesomeness
>> No. 2500173
My doubles proclaim that THIS is the happiest ending ever!
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Glad you're feeling better Sunshine Blossom. Cool name~
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>>2500143
>>2500173
Nicely done, both of you!
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>>2500175
>> No. 2500177
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2500177
What an amazing story
>Mar...
*punches him out before he finishes*
Glad to hear you are doing fine now and good luck with the MotorX stuff :)
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This is an amazing story, brony. Buck for /arch/
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>>2500178
Oh hey scallywag.
>> No. 2500180
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arch this, arch this now, this is amazing beyond belief
>> No. 2500181
holy fucking shit.

I am speechless.

I am never speechless.
>> No. 2500182
Fantastic story.

Now you need a rainbow dash cutie mark for the bike. :D
>> No. 2500183
>>2500143
dude I cried reading your story, I'm so happy and proud of you.

YOU ROCK!
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>>2500165
YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!
>> No. 2500185
Dude, that is AWESOME. Glad you're alright!

Friendship truly is magic.
>> No. 2500186
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>my leg swollen up to think i weighed 350lb.

This is an amazing story and all, and I'm glad you made it through that with the help of MLP, but I'm seriously curious as to how your leg weighed ~350lbs when your total body weight was ~170.
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>>2500181
>> No. 2500188
>>2500143
That story... Wow...

You can take so much, and then some. I am also amazed about how you found about the show.

Good luck on the bike, and take it easy.
>> No. 2500189
buck
>> No. 2500190
indeed. Buck
>> No. 2500191
Also Bucking this and hoping it will get arched.
>> No. 2500192
Buck. This story is amazing.
>> No. 2500193
Wow, OP. Glad you're feeling better, your story is crazy!
>> No. 2500194
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Proof that ponies are amazing. I'm glad you got better Sunshine Blossom, just try to be more careful next time.
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>>2500144
That was pretty win OP.
>> No. 2500196
Good to see you are back up and healthy, please try to take care of yourself. :P
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Dayum, that's some serious shit. I'm so glad you managed to push through like you did. You rock, man.
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This story... I don't even

>my face if this isn't /arch/ed
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Holy balls that's crazy. Glad you're ok now
I second the motion of this getting /arch/ed
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ouch hope ya feel better

cool story brony

here have some cute
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Awesome story. Ponies make everything better.

>>2500186
I think he meant it had swollen to the size it would be if he weighed 350 lbs, not that the leg itself weighed that much.
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Thank you guys so much! Also if this gets into /arch/ I would be so happy, not because one of my posts getting into /arch/ but i want everypony to know what this show can do!
>> No. 2500205
I'm very happy that you were able to keep full usage of your leg, losing a limb would horrible beyond comprehension. I'm also glad that the show was able to help you in such a way. Truly magic.

I'd say it's time to get some pony stickers for your bike.
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Gotta say, that's quite a way to get introduced to the show! Hats off to you pulling through and making it back to doing what you love.

Good luck out there!
>> No. 2501140
Nice! Forever in /arch/
>> No. 2501141
>>2500186

What's that now?
>> No. 2501164
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Holy Pinkie pie!
I have no words to say but the whole post was powerful as pinkie pie's songs!

I wish you the best luck and dont forget theres bronies here to support you even more!
>> No. 2502792
haha nice. just dont think ur a pegasus next time there bud. ;D
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>mfw this thread
>> No. 2510462
this thread really struck home with me, cause i ride bikes too (trail really, though i do some mx) and ive seen first hand people suffer terrible injuries from riding (broken bones, concussions, internal bleeding etc, you name it ive probably seen it happen to somepony or been around when its happened).

what i also found amusing is when somepony does go off badly, everypony at the event, be it another racer or the riders parents, will rush in and do whatever the fuck is necessary to help. even just moving the bike out the way or directing other riders around, and i always feel that threads like these, which takes one persons trajedy and focuses on how this silly little pony tv show helped to remove some of the pain, are strangely like a crash on the track, in a very bittersweet and unusual way.

keep riding, nothing ever keeps a man off the bike :)
>> No. 2510476
>i live in chattinooga
>the ridge by mccallie schoool
>i know that erlanger
>i have been airlifted there
>brohoof
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>>2500143
You're a lucky man, OP. A guy in my class had his leg crushed between two trucks, and had to have it amputated below the knee. This was in 2009, so ponies were still mostly in Lauren Faust's head. Luckily, you had an awesome show to watch while you were hospitalized.
You've also given me a wonderful idea: If I have surgery in the future, I'm totally going to marathon ponies while I'm pumped full of morphine and sedatives.
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A touching story indeed. I like to think I've learned a very valuable lesson. Never take up motocross.
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>>2500143
You inspire me.
Everypony who's shared a story like yours does.

When I'm staring down an intimidating project, and the deadline seems impossibly near, I find myself wondering if I can possibly succeed.

But then I think about Twilight Spark1e standing up to his abusive stepfather.
And I think about Anon bringing the light of Pinkie Pie's laughter into a dying girl's final days.
And I think about you, fighting to keep your leg and to get back to riding.
And I don't think I can do it.

I know I can.
>> No. 2511570
>>2500143
That's so weird because I discovered the short-lived G3 on Kabillion on demand and watched it out of curiousity and fell in love with it. I remember the first episode that I watched was dancing in the clouds.
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