An Old Friend Could Use Some Knee-Mail

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:20 pm

A old friend in is hospital in Grand Rapids, MI from a fall from his tree stand. He's pretty well mangled with internal injuries, broken back, shattered pelvis, ruined ankle. Any good thoughts and prayers you could offer up to Don Meyers would be appreciated. Thanks

Post by **Hobie** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:22 pm

Done!

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:25 pm

Done.

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:36 pm

Prayers Up.

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 8:07 pm

Best whishes for a speedy and complete recovery!!!

jb

QCI Winchesters · Post by **QCI Winchesters** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 8:27 pm

Man, that's pretty harsh... prayers sent for fast recovery.

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 8:31 pm

Yes friend, done!

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 8:37 pm

Would be my honor to pray for him. He is on the list.

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 9:14 pm

Prayers up. More folks should use harnesses.

gak · Post by **gak** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:08 pm

Prayers up and done. Godspeed on his recovery.

Hagler · Post by **Hagler** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:41 pm

Done.

Shawn

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:11 pm

AJMD429 wrote:Prayers up. More folks should use harnesses.

I don't know what the heck he was thinking

JerryB · Post by **JerryB** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:18 pm

Blaine, will be praying for you friends recovery.

7.62 Precision · Post by **7.62 Precision** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:34 am

On it.

Steelbanger · Post by **Steelbanger** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 5:30 am

Your friend Don is on my list. Scary when you fall from a stand. I did about 12 feet once which knocked the wind out of me. You can't imagine how many times I thanked our Creator for not having any serious injuries.

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 6:30 am

Done.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 7:49 am

Prayers up.

piller · Post by **piller** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 7:50 am

Done. Back in Jump School during the week on the line and on the Slam Dunk (Swing Landing Trainer), I was put on the platform that one of the BlackHats, a female Sergeant whose last name was Favor. Sgt. Favor weighed about 120, and with the rope and pulley setup the BlackHats could keep you from falling too fast even if you weighed up to about 40 pounds more than they did. The BlackHat who sent me to that particular platform seriously misjudged my weight. The platform is 10 feet above a sawdust pit. I stepped off and swung forward and went straight down on my back and Sgt. Favor went forward about 15 feet and barely missed smashing her head against one of the 6X6 posts. When she could see something other than stars, she ordered me back up onto the platform. I somehow dragged myself out of the harness and went back up on the platform. My turn came again and Sgt. Favor went forward and hit the post this time. I only knew that because I was told about it after the smelling salts. She did not run the ground rope on the slam dunk again while I was there, and I was given the rest of the day off to recover. Knowing what it feels like to land in 2 feet of sawdust after falling 10 feet, I can get a pretty good idea of what your friend feels like. Prayers sent and will be sent daily for about 6 to 8 weeks.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:39 am

Done.

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:48 am

.

Easily done, Blaine - since I suffered a (ladder) treestand attachment failure & fall, about 30 years ago.

I was luckier than your friend Don, since I was fortunate to fall on my back, but between two boulders ILO atop one - I only had the wind taken out of me, and got a quick education in the bargain.

In addition to my prayers, please give him my best wishes for a positive convalescence.

.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 9:43 am

Done.

Canuck Bob · Post by **Canuck Bob** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:25 am

My prayers and thoughts go out to the gent. He got mauled bad!

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:34 am

Prayers sent.

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:36 am

That's a tough one, crappy time of year for it to happen too. We will put him on our prayer list.

arjunky · Post by **arjunky** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 2:06 pm

Done.
Byron

arjunky · Post by **arjunky** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 2:08 pm

Done.
Byron

jazman · Post by **jazman** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 3:48 pm

Done.

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:37 pm

Sounds very bad. Blessings to Don I hope.

Nath.

1894c · Post by **1894c** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 2:15 am

prayers sent...seems many have fallen from tree stands this year... :)

.45colt · Post by **.45colt** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 5:21 am

Done. Had a close call many years ago. ended My tree stand days.

firefuzz · Post by **firefuzz** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 6:00 am

.45colt wrote:Done. Had a close call many years ago. ended My tree stand days.

Yup. Ground blinds and ladder stands for me now. Prayers sent.

1886 · Post by **1886** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 7:33 pm

Done. Any update on your friend? 1886.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 12:52 am

Absolutely!

Dan 444 · Post by **Dan 444** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 4:57 pm

Done!

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 5:33 pm

1886 wrote:Done. Any update on your friend? 1886.

He's at home, in a hospital bed, but is walking around slowly.....

SJPrice · Post by **SJPrice** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 5:46 pm

Thanks for the update and Thanks to the Lord for the improvement.

2571 · Post by **2571** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 5:52 pm

AJMD429 wrote:Prayers up. More folks should use harnesses.

Trees midstate & Grand Raids area have been frozen solid & ice covered all week here. Pretty but treacherous. Power out to 1/2M people statewide. One area was -18 Tuesday.

Nobody hunting from a tree blind this week.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 9:07 pm

2571 wrote:
AJMD429 wrote:Prayers up. More folks should use harnesses.
Trees midstate & Grand Raids area have been frozen solid & ice covered all week here. Pretty but treacherous. Power out to 1/2M people statewide. One area was -18 Tuesday.

Nobody hunting from a tree blind this week.

Be careful....

Ms Boots · Post by **Ms Boots** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 9:54 pm

Hoping for good news.... My friend Tammy in MO is going through this with her dad.. climbing a tree stand and he fell and was found a day later... now alive but only from the neck up.
There is no way to stress safety enough... yeagh your comfortable doing what your doing and done it a million times... this is when accidents happen.
Keep us posted on your friend...

Ms Boots · Post by **Ms Boots** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 9:56 pm

BlaineG wrote:
1886 wrote:Done. Any update on your friend? 1886.
He's at home, in a hospital bed, but is walking around slowly.....

yeagh awesome!!! headway

madman4570 · Post by **madman4570** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 10:00 pm

Ms Boots · Post by **Ms Boots** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 6:59 pm

BlaineG wrote:A old friend in is hospital in Grand Rapids, MI from a fall from his tree stand. He's pretty well mangled with internal injuries, broken back, shattered pelvis, ruined ankle. Any good thoughts and prayers you could offer up to Don Meyers would be appreciated. Thanks

So sorry, TJ's dad fell from his tree stand and is now in a bed forever, hope things turn out better for your friend.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:08 pm

Ms Boots wrote:
BlaineG wrote:A old friend in is hospital in Grand Rapids, MI from a fall from his tree stand. He's pretty well mangled with internal injuries, broken back, shattered pelvis, ruined ankle. Any good thoughts and prayers you could offer up to Don Meyers would be appreciated. Thanks
So sorry, TJ's dad fell from his tree stand and is now in a bed forever, hope things turn out better for your friend.

He's been home for a few days, and moving about the house, albeit slowly...