{"id":8511,"date":"2011-08-01T11:38:09","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T15:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=8511"},"modified":"2011-08-01T12:15:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T16:15:26","slug":"sammy-says-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/sammy-says-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Sammy Says \u201cThanks!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

As many of you know, I (Rock Town Hall’s<\/span><\/strong> own sammymaudlin)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em> suffered a “traumatic brain injury” on February 16 of this year.\u00a0\u00a0 It was really just a freak accident. Sadly no drugs or alcohol were involved. Even though I only fell in my hallway the “scale” of the fall was recorded as that of a “backwards fall from a 2-story building.” I was induced into a coma for 2 weeks to control the brain swelling. And to boot, my 12-year-old son’s appendix burst while I was holed up in a hospital for 6 weeks.<\/p>\n

Anyhoo…It was quite the stressful time for both my family and me.<\/p>\n

So many folks came to our aid with supportive emails, snail mailed cards, financial contributions (Q:<\/strong> Ya know how much money a self-employed guy makes when he can’t work? A:<\/strong> Zip!), meals for the family, yard care… It was amazing and beautiful to see how many people did so much to help out. Without a doubt I now feel more connected to life, love, people, and more.<\/p>\n

Blah, blah, blah. The purpose of this post is to personally thank my peeps here at RTH<\/span><\/strong>. The posted support, emailed support, and community\/financial support via Sausages For Sammy<\/a> was overwhelming and deeply appreciated. Many of you I know personally and my love for you is el grande<\/em>. And many of the RTHers that helped out I have only met once and some I’ve never even met in person at all! For these folks I don’t so much take your support personally as much as I do a testament to this cool community that we have all built together. A place so great to many of us that when one of us was in need, you did what you could. The Reverend sums it best for me here:<\/p>\n