Sago survivor stood for the first time since the accident (kisses wife)

[DeepModem Mom]

CNN: Sago survivor stood for the first time since the accident
Friday, January 27, 2006


MORGANTOWN, West Virginia (AP) -- With a little help, the sole survivor of the Sago Mine disaster stood for the first time since the accident, and puckered his lips when his wife asked for a kiss, doctors said Friday.

Randal McCloy Jr., 26, came out of a coma earlier this week.

"In this business of taking care of severe head injuries, little things make us happy," Dr. Julian Bailes said.

McCloy can make noises when doctors cover his breathing tube. Whether he will be able to speak when the tube is removed depends on the extent of the brain damage he suffered from carbon monoxide during his 41 hours trapped underground, Bailes said....

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On Thursday, he was transferred to a rehabilitation center. He stood for the first time that day with help from medical aides, and later puckered his lips when his wife, Anna, asked for a kiss, said Dr. Russell Biundo, medical director at HealthSouth Mountain View hospital in Morgantown....


http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/27/mccloy.recovery.ap/index.html

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I hope he makes a full recovery

and that his employer pays for his rehabilitation.

[boobooday]

2. Aaaaawwwww . . .

I hope he makes a full recovery, and is able to return home soon with his family.

[jschurchin]

3. God Bless this young........

man. Let us all hope that a tragedy like this never happens again.O8)

[Judi Lynn]

4. I also really hope he makes a full return to health.

This is wonderful news. Too bad it took two tragedies days apart to awaken the mine owners to the shrieking need to improve safety conditions. It was probably impossible for them to avoid it, knowing the eyes of the entire country were on them.

A few more contributions to _Bush causes should protect these mine owners all over again when they want to revert to their past indifference to the workers.

[democrank]

5. This is so uplifting.

I wish all the best for that young man and his family.

[DawgHouse]

6. This is good news

I hope he has a complete recovery!