A year after biking accident, Kit Manchester is training for triathlons
Two weeks before her 50th birthday celebration, during an April 1, 2006, group training ride near Pedernales Falls State Park, Kit Manchester flew off her bike, suffered a serious head injury and went into a coma. She was wearing a helmet. She woke up a week later, unable at first to recognize her husband at her side. She had apparently pitched onto the pavement of a two-lane country road. There were no witnesses and she does not remember what caused the accident. Doctors gave her husband, Harry Thompson, no guarantees. For three weeks after she came out of her coma, she was minimally conscious, unable to do much more than open one eye. Doctors said she might never improve. She was hospitalized a total of 2 1/2months. At first, she didn't know the faces of some of the people who came to wish her well. Memories were vague. Physically, the muscles in her arms were constantly clenched and her legs always extended. She had to wear temporary casts to help regain her range of motion. She spent six months in out-patient rehabilitation at St. David's Medical Center.
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