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Good Morning All. Jacki here. A quick update. The last 24 hours have been a bit of whirlwind. Lou has over achieved at every turn...go figure. I will ask Erme Catino to write up the event and instead will focus on the here and now. A quick overview of the injuries. As Fynn posted yesterday Louis had two fractures in his back, 1 in the cervical region and the other the Thoracic. Around T5 Lou's spinal cord was damaged and has resulted in current paralysis from mid chest down. In addition, the majority of his scalp was torn off presumably by impact with a tree. He was brought to Utah Valley Hospital and spent approximately 8 hours in surgery from Wednesday night to Thursday morning. During the procedure the surgeon fused C6 through T7 and reattached his scalp. The surgery went very well and according to plan with no surprises, great news considering the extent of the injuries. After coming out of the anesthesia (thank God for spell check) and having the intubation tube remove