SALT LAKE CITY, UT (January 1, 2010) Friends and Fans of U.S. Snowboarder Kevin Pearce (Norwich, VT) can follow updates and share their notes of support through a fan site started by family and friends on Facebook Fan Page. Pearce remains in critical but stable condition in a Salt Lake City hospital following an accident in Park City on Thursday, December 31, 2009. The Facebook Fan Page, Well Wishes to our Frend Kevin Pearce, will be updated by family and friends with news as soon as it is available allowing well wishers to stay in tune with his recovery progress.

Well-wishers are encouraged to send cards to Kevin. The hospital will not accept flowers, gifts or other packages.

Please send all cards to:
Mosaic Sports Management c/o Kevin Pearce
829 Second Street Ste B
Encinitas, CA 92024

 

 

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (January 2, 2010) Snowboarder Kevin Pearce (Norwich, VT) remains in critical condition at the University of Utah Hospital intensive care unit in Salt Lake City. Doctors indicate that his condition is stable and that he is continuing treatment for a head injury sustained on December 31, 2009 while training in the halfpipe in Park City, Utah. Pearce was in the process of completing a cab double cork (a twisting double back flip which he has landed before) when he caught his toe-side edge while landing. Pearce was wearing a helmet at the time of his fall. Kevin was airlifted to the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City where he is being treated.

One of Kevin’s doctors, Holly Ledyard, M.D., a Neurointensivist (a physician with specialized education and training in critical neurological conditions) at University of Utah Health Care states….“Kevin sustained a severe traumatic brain injury. He is currently in intensive care and in critical condition, but stable and has not needed to undergo surgery at this time. He is intubated and being kept sedated. The focus over the next week will be watching for any swelling in his brain and keeping his brain pressure normal. Kevin has a long recovery ahead of him.”

Family and friends remain positive and are thankful for the outpouring of support. The family has created a Facebook Fan page, Well Wishes to our Frend Kevin Pearce, where followers can receive information and updates on his condition and show their support for Kevin .