• Diesel Dave Galloway was hit head on by a car in the wrong lane during his lunch time bike ride.
• Initial prognosis was a broken leg, maybe a broken arm.
• Diesel was airlifted to Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville, NC.
• Actual prognosis:
• Broken and sprung pelvis
• Internal bleeding from the pelvis break
• Shattered kneecap
• Dislocated elbow
• Broken wrist, legs, ribs
• Cracked vertebrae
• Bruised lungs
• Emergency surgery to cauterize the bleeding in his pelvis
• Cuts, scrapes, and bruises everywhere

December 15, 2006

• Fluid in the lungs
• Blood numbers show more internal bleeding so he is given clotting agents
• Surgery to open his abdomen to relieve some of the intense swelling
• His spleen removal and scar tissue from 1978 made the surgery much riskier and more difficult
• High blood pressure from the surgery
• Another surgery to locate and stop the bleeding in his pelvis

December 16, 2008

• Surgery to stabilize the broken leg and dislocated elbow
• A "halo" was placed around his upper leg with pins going though his knee and several pins going into his shin
• A stabilizer was put on his elbow to keep it in the socket and hold his arm at a 90^o angle
• Filter put into his inferior vena cava to prevent any blood clots from getting into his heart
• Tracheotomy

 December 19, 2008

• Increased enzyme levels in his blood, indicating deteriorating muscle tissue