After breaking his elbow, 14 ribs, his hip, a bone in his lower left leg and severely damaging his heart and left lung in a motorcycle crash, doctors told Dennis Crowder that he had a 1% chance of surviving his injuries.
He credits his recovery to wanting to be there for his 5-year-old daughter.
NEW AT 11 - BEATINGOVERWHELMING ODDS.
DOCTORSSAY DENNIS CROWDER HAD A ONEPERCENT CHANCE OF SURVIVALAFTER A MOTORCYCLE CRASH.LAST JULY - CROWDER TOOK ACORNER TOO QUICKLY INCOVINGTON AND HIT THE SIDE OFA MOVING TRUCK.
FROM THERE -THE REST WAS A BLUR."I remember waking up and ihad a feeding tube down mynose, swelled up all the wayup and down my body."DENNIS BROKE HIS ELBOW AND14 RIBS... FRACTURED HIS HIPAND A BONE IN HIS LOWER LEFTLEG.
ON TOP OF THAT - HISHEART WAS IN CRITICALCONDITION AND HIS LEFT LUNGWAS SEVERELY DAMAGED.they told me with the surgerythat they had to take my lungout and the traumatic stressthat i was in that there wasless than 1 percent chance ofthatsurgery.THE OPERATIONS WERESUCCESSFUL - BUT DENNIS STILLHAD A LONG WAY TO GO.
BUT HESAID HE WANTED TO PULL THROUGHFOR HIS 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.DOCTOR VANESSA NOMELLINI ISONE OF THE TRAUMA AND CRITICALCARE SURGEONS AT U-C HEALTH.SHE SAYS IF HE WERE TO GO TOANY OTHER HOSPITAL - HEPROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT.dr. vanessa nomellini: "buthis chances of survival arereally, really low.
So thefact that became, number oneget out of the hospital in amonth, that isn't of itself isactually surprising.
And thenhe actually got out of hisfacility within about a monthor two and kind of walked outtalking and alert and orientedable to function."DENNIS SAYS HE CONTINUES TORECOVER - HE STILL HAS MONTHSOF REHABILITATION.
HE HAS SOMENERVE DAMAGE THAT KEEPS HIMFROM STRAIGHTENING OUT HISFINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND.
BUTHE SAYS THAT'S A SMALL PRICETO P