Kim McLain Medical Fund

[Horton]

A lot of you  know SkiDawg, aka Ward Mclain. Or his Uber-Athlete kids, Logan and Landrie.  But fewer know how deep the competitive DNA runs in the Mclain family. Ward’s wife Kim is an OG baller herself.  She used to get out and hold her own on a waterski when they lived at Olde Oaks in Shreveport. But her real forte is mountain bike racing. I recall her showing up at a waterski tournament to ski looking like she’d been in a brawl with a mountain lion.  Only to find out she’d come straight from winning a mountain bike race to ski in a tournament. 

Unfortunately, Kim did take a hard spill on her mountain bike on Monday April 26th, which had her being airlifted to a Level 1 Trauma center.  She was left with a fractured left hip, the head of her right hip was pushed through the hip socket, a pelvic fracture, 2 sacrum fractures(I had to google that ouch!), and fractures in her L4 and L5 vertebrates.  One monstrous 10 hour surgery later, humpty dumpty is put back together with bailing wire and duct tape, and back home on the mend.  According to Ward she is looking at 8+ weeks non weight bearing on both legs. And faced with who knows how many months of physical therapy.

Even worse than the trauma from the injuries to Kim and watching her go through this for the rest of their family, Kim and Ward’s insurance wasn’t set to start for 2 more weeks. So now they are faced with the financial perils of not just a lost income for a significant part of the year, but also the mounting hospital bills as they arrive.

Ward and Kim have given so much to all of us, as well as  to multiple sports.  Friendship, first of all. Not to mention places to stay when we’ve been in town and mental support during races and tournaments.  If you can afford to give to help out a great family in a time of need, please do so.  

Donate to the Kim McLain Medical Fund

[Wish]

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[Cooper_Trelawney]

This is rotten news :'( But if anyone is equipped to overcome this, it would be Ward and Kim. I'm sending prayers for healing. ?

[Horton]

can those of you with Facebook accounts share my post about the fundraiser?

[Horton]

We passed 12k in donations this morning. thank you to everybody. please share the campaign and if you can spare a few coins please do

[bigtex2011]

We plan on donating at the Cottonwood tourney. Ward and family are as good as it gets. We are all blessed to have our health and hopefully with help, Mrs. Kim will get back on her feet.

[Horton]

 

[The_MS]

Let’s keep it up

[Horton]

Thanks to everyone who threw in a few dollars.

[Horton]

we are at $22,950 currently.

[BS74]

Could she also sign up for Obama care because they don't exclude preexisting conditions? Seems I remember people waiting to sign up till they needed it.

[Horton]

@BS74 they now have insurance. The problem is they were transitioning between policies and were not covered when Kim needed to be airlifted and surgery. She is now covered and recovering but the bills are also still there.

[BraceMaker]

Add to it airlifts are famously almost never in network. Patients aren't able to say no or cost compare so airlift companies never negotiate to be in network and it's always $$$$.

 

Even for folks with coverage it's nearly always a 20K noncovered flight.

[Horton]

I don't know what's going to happen with the medical bills My attitude is the money we've raised will allow Ward to not think about his day job while he nurses Kim and his son Logan back to health.

 

In a completely separate incident Logan was on a road bike he got run over by a car. Had surgery yesterday. At least he is fully insured. Injuries are not minor but he will fully recover quickly because he's young and a badass

[ski6jones]

I had a hard time comprehending the Logan thing after the Kim thing. Double body blow.

[skidawg]

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[skidawg]

 

[jimbrake]

Damn! Bad run for the McLain family. I hope everyone is going to be OK. Sorry to now hear about Logan, too. Did that happen on the roads in Arkansas?

[skidawg]

Yes, Jim...an older lady hit him 2 Miles from our house on a road training ride.

[skidawg]

Heads up ballers, I tend to be direct and to the point....no lengthy pages of dialogue deep from within expressing inner most thought! But, the past month has been a literal SHIT storm like nothing I could ever imagine. @Horton , @Dirt & @ForrestGump ser up this GFM page, I would never ask for it but it is appreciated none the less. My family is at a loss of words from the absolute overwhelming support received from the ski community. Chasing bouys drove me for the majority of my adult life and I have created friendships that I will cherish till my last breath. For this I am forever grateful and I am thankful for each and every one of you. Much love and respect!! Cheers

[jayski]

Just as an addition to the gofundme efforts, Cottonwood is hosting a 9 round tourney this weekend, 100% of entry fees (and any other donations) will go directly to the McLain's. There is also a funraising dinner Sat night at Taqueria San Miguel which they have generously agreed to donate 10% of all their sales from 5pm to close...so if any of you are within ther area and want to come ski, have a great meal, and a chill relaxed fun time come on over and rip some turns and guzzle some Margaritas!!

 

[bigtex2011]

out-of-town chris is already predicting advil and gatorade

[Horton]

we met and exceeded the goal. thank all of you guys for helping out in the Skidawg family!!!

 

[skidawg]

Speechless

[RichardDoane]

Bump. For people who are interested in the Reflex boot auction/giveaway.

[Horton]

@RichardDoane I'm sorry I missed that. where are the details?

[bigtex2011]

I learned a lot about corn, margarita's, advil and the dark side at @jayskis tourney. I hope to get another hall pass next year after my probation expires.

 

 

[teammalibu]

@bigtex2011 you Devil you!

[bigtex2011]

That's was i was told. "we have a special place for you and @jayski

[jayski]

Besides all the skiing, axe throwing, the "circle of trust", mass amounts of laughter and fun the fundraiser tourney at the Wood raised just over $6000...thank you to all those that came out and made it an amazingly fun and relaxed event, and thank you to all that just donated without participating!! One of the best tournaments at The Wood yet...

[Clydesdale]

Donation made in exchange for Richard’s Reflex gear!