Hit and Miss

Leave it to a little snow on the road to ruin one's day. February fifth 2014, while I was driving to northern New Jersey to follow up on a friends jobsite I unfortunately hit a patch of snow on the edge of the road and is pulled my Jeep off the road into a telephone pole. Unfortunately, I was holding the steering wheel with my left hand when I collided with the pole. The result was a fractured and dislocated left wrist. It kind of folded up like a cheap suit. Luckily, when I reached the emergency room at the local hospital, they were kind enough to call in an orthopedic surgeon who was able to twist and yank my wrist back into place. After setting it in a hard splint and taking a follow-up x-ray he informed me that my wrist had set better than he had expected and that I probably would not require surgery.

I was originally told that the complete healing process would be 8 to 12 weeks, tomorrow I go for my hard cast which I am being told I will only have to wear for three weeks, which I was very happy to hear. So it looks like the recovery time will be considerably less hopefully. I have given it a lot of thought as to which color cast I will get and I decided to go with either pink or hot pink to support breast-cancer awareness in memory of my mother whom I lost to this terrible disease back in 2001.

The accident and condition of my wrist at the time, as it looked like a pretzel, is no more painful than the bills that followed. As of this date, the bills have exceeded $23,000. Unfortunately I am still out of work, have no medical insurance, nor can I collect unemployment because my claim has run out.

Anyone willing to help out with my situation can visit www.gofundme.com/helpdjdarkgift as I would appreciate any help that I can receive. It is bad enough that I had to let the station go down because I cannot keep up with those bills. Anyone willing to help with the station can also visit www.gofundme.com/darkgiftradio as I am trying to raise funds to get the station back up on the air. God knows that I will have more than enough free time on my hands recovering and getting the station back up Will raise my spirits by giving me something to do which I love immensely.

I have been fortunate enough to land A spot on www.neueregelradio.com where I will be doing A weekly show on Saturday nights from 8 PM to midnight. Hopefully you can all stop by, hangout and give me a listen.

That is it for now, I shall write some more when I am feeling up to it and let you all know how I am doing. I would like to thank all of you out there who have helped me so far since the accident.

Shawn P. Cosgrove
aka DJ DarkGift