Michael Martinez, Golden Gate

[DerbyCat]

For those that are interested, GGF has established a fund to help Michael (this is from the track website):

FUND ESTABLISHED FOR MICHAEL MARTINEZ
**** A fund for jockey Michael Martinez, seriously injured in a spill last Sunday at Golden Gate Fields, has been established for those who wish to provide financial aid to the 24-year-old rider and his family.

*** Checks should be made out to “Michael Martinez Fund” and sent to Golden Gate Fields, 1100 Eastshore Highway, Berkeley, CA 94710.


I'm not gambling this weekend, I'm donating the money I would have lost to the fund.

[DerbyCat]

Things are looking a lot better for Michael:

http://www.drf.com/news/sudden-chang...well-liked-man

Lots of track folks supporting this kid, he's one of a kind!

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers, everyone here in NorCal has been behind him and will continue to be - hopefully the recovery continues!

[chucklestheclown]

Ditto to what Homer said. I'm not sure how things are looking better. Yes...he's alive...but he's permanently paralyzed.
Maybe all connections will suddenly turn Democrat and vote for more stem-cell research?

[westcoastinvader]

Originally Posted by chucklestheclown

Ditto to what Homer said. I'm not sure how things are looking better. Yes...he's alive...but he's permanently paralyzed.
Maybe all connections will suddenly turn Democrat and vote for more stem-cell research?

In California, we vote for stem cell anything, I think.


Happily so, if it involves research and possible new knowledge and learning,

And I usually vote Republican.

[MaTH716]

Two page story in this mornings NY Daily News.


http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/mo..._michael_.html

[Kasept]

Stem cell therapy not an option for Martinez..
By Matt Hegarty

Specialists at Northwestern University near Chicago have decided that the rider Michael Martinez is not a candidate for a clinical trial using embryonic stem cells to treat spinal-cord injuries, according to the track physician at Golden Gate Fields, where Martinez was severely injured in a fall on Sept. 12.

Dr. David Seftel, the physician, said that the neurosurgeons conducting the trial had concluded from Martinez’s medical records that the jockey’s spinal cord had been too severely damaged to consider Martinez for the trial. Seftel and Martinez’s family had hoped that the treatments, which have shown some promise in studies on rats, would be able to mend the rider’s severed spinal cord. Martinez is paralyzed from the waist down.

[Arletta]

Feel really bad for him and his family. I know everyone was anxiously awaiting and hoping that he would be a Candidate.

[Patrick333]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Stem cell therapy not an option for Martinez..
By Matt Hegarty

Specialists at Northwestern University near Chicago have decided that the rider Michael Martinez is not a candidate for a clinical trial using embryonic stem cells to treat spinal-cord injuries, according to the track physician at Golden Gate Fields, where Martinez was severely injured in a fall on Sept. 12.

Dr. David Seftel, the physician, said that the neurosurgeons conducting the trial had concluded from Martinez’s medical records that the jockey’s spinal cord had been too severely damaged to consider Martinez for the trial. Seftel and Martinez’s family had hoped that the treatments, which have shown some promise in studies on rats, would be able to mend the rider’s severed spinal cord. Martinez is paralyzed from the waist down.

What a shame.