NACHI/ASHI inspector fell off a 25 ladder and needs our help. Please help!

[John McKenna]

Originally Posted by gromicko

John M. Your post says the link sends money directly to Greg... it actually sends it to Ray, the member who fell.

http://www.choosesuperiorinspection.com/payments.asp

Whoops... my mistake in the name.
Good link... and yes it sends the money to the right guy!

[Nick Gromicko]

If someone will pledge $50, I'll donate $100.

Any takers?

[Jae Williams]

Nick, check your email...(fastreply)

[Jae Williams]

You're a good, good guy, Nick...

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

I may be new to NACHI...but we need to take care of our own !!! My $20 is on the way through Paypal !!! How about the rest of you NACHI brothers and sisters ???

[Jae Williams]

Just got off the phone with Ray T --he's doing as well as can be expected. Says it's painful.

He promised to get on the board this evening and give us all an update.

Stand by for further developments...

[Stephen Mark]

You'd be really surprised by the reaction I received from "another" association when asking to help him. Nick YOU are the man. NACHI, you are the team! The "other" association said it was up to me to do something local, and there was nothing they can do! They even referred to ladder safety brochures. Personally in my opinion, thats sad! A fellow inspector gets injured, and that's what we get! Rays got my money on him! Lets see if we can help him through this difficult time just as we all would appreciate the same should something like this happen to us! RIGHT?

Good lesson learned for all of us, we ALL need short and longterm disability insurance. It's money well spent if you look at it in the long run! If anyone takes anything away from this, get covered.

[Richard D. Slocum]

I want to wish Ray a speedy and complete recovery. $50 on the way through PayPAl. Thanks for the link Nick!

[RAY THOROMAN]

Hello Everyone,

Nick has asked if I would give everyone an update. First I would like to thank everyone who called, emailed, or sent donations. I am truly thankful for this and it means more than you know. I am thankful for NACHI for being there for me from the start of my inspection career until now. I feel there is not a better or more caring organization in the world this is something we can all be proud of. Nick is a class act and is willing to lend assistance when needed.

I am doing well considering the circumstance. I am experiencing major pain. It is most difficult at night (no sleep). I am thankful to be alive, to be able to hug my wife and 2 boys. I broke 2 vertebrae, bruised muscles, and some scraps on my legs and nose. The Doctors expect a full recovery. It may be several months before I can inspect again, and yes I do plan on inspecting again!

This unfortunate accident made me realize that yes it can happen to anyone no matter how well you prepare or how cautious you are. There is a big risk we take every time we inspect a building ( especially for those who use ladders and walk roofs).

I plan on uploading pictures of the accident and my injuries for those who are interested. I will try and put a link in here in the next few days. I will give regular updates for those interested as well.

Thanks again,
Ray Thoroman
Superior Home Inspections
Gainesville, GA
www.choosesuperiorinspection.com

[cwhite2]

Ray,

I feel your pain - I was thrown from a horse & landed on my back across a log & broke 3 vertebrae a few years back. The nights are horrible. One thing that did help me was taking a LONG hot shower and going directly to bed - Hot as you can stand it, it helps to relax the muscles. I would think a hot tub would be wonderful for it - but I didn't have that luxury. I never take any pain meds unless I absolutley cannot stand it. Those new stick on heat therapy things are great for theraputic heat too - they have the same stuff in them as the hot hands packs.

Keeping you & yours in our prayers for a speedy recovery. Keep us posted & maybe someone else can stay a bit safer with the information you share with us.

[wforsyth]

Originally Posted by cwhite2

Ray,

I feel your pain - I was thrown from a horse & landed on my back across a log & broke 3 vertebrae a few years back. The nights are horrible. One thing that did help me was taking a LONG hot shower and going directly to bed - Hot as you can stand it, it helps to relax the muscles. I would think a hot tub would be wonderful for it - but I didn't have that luxury. I never take any pain meds unless I absolutley cannot stand it. Those new stick on heat therapy things are great for theraputic heat too - they have the same stuff in them as the hot hands packs.

Keeping you & yours in our prayers for a speedy recovery. Keep us posted & maybe someone else can stay a bit safer with the information you share with us.

Yep, I was thrown onto jumps and large boulders straight onto my back as a kid. Don't know if anything cracked or what, but I've never had a pain free day in my adult life.

So good to hear from you Ray! God bless you and your family and if you would like to talk to someone who's been there write anytime: inspector_wendy@yahoo.com .

[Jae Williams]

Originally Posted by cwhite2

Ray,

I feel your pain - I was thrown from a horse & landed on my back across a log & broke 3 vertebrae a few years back. The nights are horrible. One thing that did help me was taking a LONG hot shower and going directly to bed - Hot as you can stand it, it helps to relax the muscles. I would think a hot tub would be wonderful for it - but I didn't have that luxury. I never take any pain meds unless I absolutley cannot stand it. Those new stick on heat therapy things are great for theraputic heat too - they have the same stuff in them as the hot hands packs.

Keeping you & yours in our prayers for a speedy recovery. Keep us posted & maybe someone else can stay a bit safer with the information you share with us.

I had a hangnail once...

[wforsyth]

Wanna kiss it?

[Richard L. Bennett]

We have done this ask for $$ for a fellow inspectdor before and in short this is a mess. When someone is in need our support the system must be better.

It is sometimes hard to get the $$ to the person and family FAST and the problems go on and on.

If at all possible I would like to see a fund set up from donations that could be used for said NACHI members.

First of all it should be tax deductible like any other charity and could be a voluntary surcharge added to our membership fee

$20 and 10,000 members even if only 1/2 the members kick in is a lot of $$.

I am sure a lot more that can be rased than by just posting on this board

Remember -- The ladder that dumps the next inspector might be yours

Maybe this is something that MAB can address

In conclusion, this should not become a LONG and LARGE project


Kissing an praying are not the answer. $$ pay the rent

rlb

[wforsyth]

I was talking about the hang nail, and I agree, having been on the bad end of this thing that something should be organized and monitored to save him the trauma I went through from all the "help".