Fenty and the Mitre Trust

From TBM Forum :: View topic - Life Changes (long)

" Some of you may or may not have noticed but I haven't been on the forum for a while. Well, since 26th August actually.

Thats because that was the date I came off the XR and hit a tree ending up with a broken back and complete paralysis from the chest down.

The prognosis soon after the accident, and ever since is that I'll never walk again such was the damage to the spinal cord. The bike was unscathed, the accident happening at about 30-35 miles an hour. I spent 3 weeks in the Royal Victoria Hospital then 7 weeks at Musgrave park in rehabilitation. This consisted of teaching me how to do things in a wheelchair and look after myself out of it.

I've been out of hospital since the end of November getting back into family life (my son was 7 weeks old when the accident happened) and getting back to work. "

One of the forum members came up with the idea of collecting money for Fenty. Fenty decided that the money should goto the Mitre Trust

" MITRE Trust is a charity based at Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast. It aims to raise money to improve patient services and to fund new developments at Musgrave, the regional centre for orthopaedics and rehabilitation in Northern Ireland. "

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A fund-raising page has been setup at Justgiving: Mark Fenton's Fundraising Page for those that wish to donate.