Re: To set the record straight...

... I had a very nasty household accident last week and was admitted to the hospital.
The good news is that I am now back home where I expect a full recovery, albeit somewhat long.
Im nursing 8 broken ribs and 4 cracked vertebrae.
Doctors tell me full recover is about 12 weeks away.
Im taking some strong pain meds therefore Im not posting much.
For those that had already knew thank you for the well wishes.
Ill try to be back full-time as fast as I can.
Happy Porscheing
Pedro

Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 311,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)

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Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar

"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"

"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna

Pedro sorry to hear that, get well.

Get well, soon, my friend! BRBS doesn't sound likely for you, though

Ouch! But relieved you are on the road to recovery. Get well soon and follow DRs orders, when it come to recovering from situations like this rushing won't help

-Eric

In 1980 I flipped my Alfa and I landed outside the car. Rare situation where not wearing a seatbelt probably saved me from being beheaded. Years later I developed severe sciatica and xrays showed that one vertibra had cracked and healed ever so slightly offset, probably causing the adjacent discs to swell and eventually rupture.



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Very sorry to hear! Get well soon my friend.

Dave - 06 987 S coupe SG/NL; gone (but still my first love): 03 986 AS/GG/BK;

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

Pedro, Hope you are well again soon!

Driving a new-to-me '09S in Aqua Blue Metallic. It does .5 past light speed. I made the Kessel run in less than 12-parsecs.
Motto: If you have your top up, that storm outside had better have a name!
Motto 2: Having the top up on a convertible is an oxymoron. Don't be a (oxy)moron.
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Damn, Pedro! Sorry to hear that. Hope you keeping feeling a little better every day.

Take care and have a complete and successful recovery, Pedro.

We want you back firing on all six cylinders.

Ouch Heal quickly and thoroughly Pedro! We are all cheering for your smooth recovery.

ouch! 8 broken ribs and 4 cracked vertebrae does sound like a pretty nasty accident. what on earth did you do?!?!
i hope that you get better soon.
cuidate bien!

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MY 2000 S, Ocean Blue, Metropol Blue, Savanah Beige.
Bought June 2000 - Sold May 2010

take care Pedro!

chrismmm: 2007-987 . jet black . north georgia
PCA PST member

I know those ribs really hurt.....hope you heal quickly Pedro!

Feel better. Get well soon.

Ashley and Jay

12 weeks in the "body" shop, with 8 broken ribs and four vert, if you were a Boxster, I think your insurance would have considered yout totalled. Take it easy, get well, and enjoy the pain meds while they last.

... one thing you can't do to someone in my condition: MAKE HIM LAUGH!
You can only tell me bad jokes.
Happy Boxstering
Pedro

Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 311,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)

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Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar

"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"

"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna

When I was 10, I got appendicitis and didn't get to the hospital until after it ruptured. So I'm in there for a week, and they insisted on turning on "Rowan and Martin's Laugn-In" on like the first evening after surgery. A-ha OWWWW! A-ha OWWWWW!

But your incident sounds like no laughing matter. Get better quick!

So, with this 'extra time' being laid up, are you already planning the next 'Techno' product?

Pedro
Ditto to all of the well wishes that you have received. Best wishes come a little further south than you are from my wife and I down here in south Louisiana. We will pray that everything will be better than new after you heal.
CULATER

Pedro, hope you heal soon. Get some PT as soon as you can. Injuries can come back to haunt you many years later.

Ed B

Wow Pedro. Very sorry to hear about your accident. Take it easy and do what the doctors say! You'll be up and about before you know it.

Wow - sorry to hear that Pedro. Get well soon!

The other guy in that "accident" looks even worse!

Next time you want to fly, Pedro, use a Mooney

Sorry to hear that Pedro. Wishing you a speedy and full recovery

See my other pastime at www.gothamcityracing.net

Get well soon. But enjoy the pain meds while you can!

Wow!! Sounds awful. Get well soon

What they said.

Back to lurking .....

to stay out of the places in Weston which have pole dancing. Those poles are not meant for men to play on. Please follow of doctors orders and feel better very soon.

Take care of yourself and best wishes for a speedy recovery!
Regards,

Roy Turner
Phoenix, AZ
2002 Boxster S Cobalt/Blk/Blk

Are you sure there isn't a woman involved?


Wishing you a full and speedy recovery!

dghii
2000 Boxster S 6speed 112k miles

... my wife, Mary who's doing a great job of keeping me as comfortable as possible.
It's incredible all the little things you take for granted and how much help you really need when you can't do those little things yourself!
Happy Boxstering,
Pedro

Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 311,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)

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Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar

"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"

"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna

Hope you have a speedy recovery!

Ed from Long Island (Tampa)
05S Cobalt/Blue/Blue

Pedro,

Sorry to hear of your accident. You may recall I came to BRBS two years ago with a herniated disk and L4/L5 nerve root damage. I don't recommend it. Missy had to do all the driving - up, there, and back.

Best wishes for a speedy and full recovery.

Wow, that must have been some household accident! Let me add my best wishes for recovery to all those that were already posted. Take it easy, stay safe, and good health (again) to you.

Try to rest as much as possible, take your meds and let it heal.

years, I sincerely hope your recovery is total and complete.

Or so my nurse wife says - I have agreed with her for a looong time (survival skill, but of course you know that)!

and call if i can help with anything - at least remote things.

Grant

Grant

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