Guest oldschooler Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 [quote name='WhoDeyForever' post='368332' date='Oct 20 2006, 03:57 PM']r those things actually screwed into his head or how do those things work??[/quote] Yes they`re actually screwed into his head. They drilled 4 holes into his skull and put screws in to hold it in place, to immobilize his neck. It allows the fractured bone to heal, kind of like a cast for your arm or leg would. [quote name='WhoDeyUK' post='368340' date='Oct 20 2006, 04:36 PM']I would settle for one healthy one. Get well soon, David![/quote] X1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WhoDeyForever Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 [quote name='oldschooler' post='368345' date='Oct 20 2006, 05:54 PM']Yes they`re actually screwed into his head. They drilled 4 holes into his skull and put screws in to hold it in place, to immobilize his neck. It allows the fractured bone to heal, kind of like a cast for your arm or leg would. X1[/quote] this may sound stupid but what happens when they take it off and he has 4 big ass holes in his head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldschooler Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 [quote name='WhoDeyForever' post='368348' date='Oct 20 2006, 04:57 PM']what happens when they take it off and he has 4 big ass holes in his head?[/quote] They`ll heal up, and he`ll have some scaring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esjbh2 Posted October 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 [quote name='WhoDeyForever' post='368348' date='Oct 20 2006, 05:57 PM']this may sound stupid but what happens when they take it off and he has 4 big ass holes in his head?[/quote] [quote name='oldschooler' post='368349' date='Oct 20 2006, 05:58 PM']They`ll heal up, and he`ll have some scaring.[/quote] Are you frickin serious? I thought it was just clamped to his head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldschooler Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 [quote name='esjbh2' post='368352' date='Oct 20 2006, 05:06 PM']Are you frickin serious? I thought it was just clamped to his head.[/quote] Not unless they started doing it differently now. I had a cousin that had to wear one. He still has scars. [img]http://img348.imageshack.us/img348/1082/halofa9.jpg[/img] See the two big screws in the front there ? There are two more in the back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WhoDeyForever Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Thats just totally freaky to me for some reason i hope that shit never happens to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest schotzee Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Good man David.Get well soon.And at least he's waiting to see the prognosis of how it's healing.That's a good sign in that he has not already decided to call it quits no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utts Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 All I can say is as miserable as it must be to wear that thing, I bet he thanks God constantly that he's wearing that instead of never walking again. We need this guy back. He's got talent, pride, and CHARACTER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 [quote name='Utts' post='368386' date='Oct 20 2006, 07:10 PM']All I can say is as miserable as it must be to wear that thing, I bet he thanks God constantly that he's wearing that instead of never walking again. We need this guy back. He's got talent, pride, and CHARACTER.[/quote] I couldn't agree more. Sadly, there's a good chance he may never play again. I'm mostly pissed that we never really got to see what he could do on the field due to rookie holdouts, injuries, and now a SERIOUS injury. I hope he can make it back. We know he has the desire and ability. Hopefully, his body let's it be so. We need a pass-rusher specialist in the worst way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAYCAT Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Hope he recovers fully..if he can't go another snap, so be it..better alive to be with your family and walking than ending up like Christopher Reeves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BengalBacker Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 They just showed about a 30 second video of him from his visit to the hospital yesterday on ESPN. I only caught about the last 5 seconds though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BengalBacker Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Also, he won't play again. Of course I could be wrong and I hope I am, but I don't think he will. I guess a lot of it depends on how well he heals and what the doctors tell him, but I think this understandably scared the shit out of him. I do think he's a high character guy, I don't think it's an act. I think he has, or will decide that he doesn't want his wife to have to take care of him the rest of his life. That will override his desire to play. He seems to be an articulate, good natured guy that people naturally like. He could probably have a career in sports broadcasting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldschooler Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 [quote][size=5][b]Pollack connects with kids[/b][/size] [size=3][b]Injured Bengal reaches out during hospital visit[/b][/size] [b]Last Updated: 5:21 am | Saturday, October 21, 2006[/b] BY MARK CURNUTTE | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER David Pollack has visited children in the hospital before. The second-year Bengals linebacker had a different kind of experience Friday morning. His empathy with the patients he saw at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center was greater. Pollack is still wearing the protective halo he was fitted with the afternoon of Sept. 17, after he fractured his C-6 vertebrae early in the Bengals' victory over Cleveland. "The reason I'm here today; you always come to the hospital when you're healthy," Pollack said during a break in the two-hour visit, his first public appearance since breaking his neck. "You always visit kids when you're healthy; it's easy to do. So now I think they can relate to me a little more when they see this big metal apparatus." Pollack can relate better to the children, too. Talkative and funny with patients, Pollack offered specific words of encouragement - advice he's undoubtedly heard and had to tell himself since his injury - to a 15-year-old Lakota East student. Lauren Dooley was hospitalized Tuesday after suffering a severe concussion in a physical education class. It came just two weeks after she suffered a serious knee injury while playing soccer, her favorite sport since she started playing at age 4. "We're trying to tell her she's done with soccer," Pam Dooley, Lauren's mother, said. "... We're trying to tell her that soccer is not what defines her." Pollack will find out in a month or two whether he can resume his football career. "I can tell her it's not the end of the world. Soccer's not the most important thing - just like football's not the most important thing. "It's good to see they can connect with you when you're a little banged up, too. I mean, I think, it puts thing in perspective. And I don't perceive my thing as a big injury; I don't perceive it as a bad injury. You see kids in here, it's a lot worse." Lindsey Pollack and the staff of Pollack's foundation accompanied him to the hospital. Pollack's Empower 99 Foundation - founded in January and taking its name from his Bengals jersey number - is expanding to offer membership for $9.99. The dues supports the foundation's goal, which is to help youngsters take steps to change their lives by providing resources needed to excel in the classroom and life. The foundation is working now at Oyler Elementary and Central Clinic. "Club 99, when you join, it helps," Pollack said. "You get a signed picture and get to be on our team and help people in our community once a year. Wherever you're at in life is about helping other people. You can only help yourself for so long and be happy. We have to use our platform and help other people." Lindsey Pollack, a University of Cincinnati student, watched her husband move in and out of patients' rooms with ease and energy. "He has a great attitude about this," she said of the injury and related challenges. "It's a great opportunity to come out and spread the (Christian) word. ... He can still bring hope to these kids and show them that life goes on." Pollack attended the New England game at Paul Brown Stadium and will be there Sunday as a guest in Bengals coach Marvin Lewis' box. The sidelines are not safe. Pollack, in a way, wanted to return some of the goodwill that has come his way since the injury. He said he and his wife have mailed thank-you cards to people who sent flowers and cookies. He plans to write personally to those who sent him cards. "I talked to T.J. (Houshmandzadeh)," he said of one of his teammates. "I play with Tony Stewart, and Domata (Peko) and Sam (Adams) online in video games. "Madieu (Williams) drove all the way out (to the Pollacks' Liberty Township home), Doug Johnson and Landon (Johnson) and Caleb (Miller) - so many guys who've come out and seen me. I've gotten so many letters from people, the inspiration, they just make you cry." E-mail mcurnutte@enquirer.com[/quote] [url="http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061021/SPT02/610210425/1066"]http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art.../610210425/1066[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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