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Prayers go out from all of us at 1620 to Doug, his family, and his team for a speedy recovery.

Hope you get better soon, Doug. :)

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I'm glad to hear that Doug is making progress. These accidents are terrible to hear about. It is obvious by the comments that Doug is a special person.

Al - thanks for the photos. FIRST is such a big community that we see the faces, but don't always have the names to go with them. I recognized Doug immediately and remember all the events I and my team had been to where he was either a team member or volunteer.

God bless. Our prayers are with Doug, his genealogical family, and his Daisy family.

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On the same note of Mr.Larock, Team 204 and myself wish Doug a speedy recovery. Also, fondly working with Team 341 and competing with them at the Philadelphia Regional, we wish them good news to come from this point on.

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Even though I never met Doug, or really many people on 341, I find myself reading Doug Tales every day, and getting tears in my eyes for the sad & happy parts of the stories.

My heart goes out to the family & the team, and I do hope Doug Tales comes to a speedy & happy ending.

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I along with Team 75 hope Doug feels better. Doug will be in our prayers.

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Kim:
Thanks for caring so much. I know from speaking to many people that this type of injury does not show very linear progress. there can be long periods when nothing changes, followed by sudden, incredible improvements.
We are all just praying for the day that he makes those giant leaps.
Thanks again.

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My freshman year 4 freshmen students joined the robotics team- by the time i graduated only two of us were still there- I wouldn't have wanted the other person to be anyone but Doug.

Looks like he's doing much better now, I'm thankful for that.



How about this for irony: my four years Doug was always a materials junkie, wanting to implement titanium, carbon fiber, and such exotic materials in our projects. He went to Drexel for materials engineering and just had a titanium plate inserted in his arm. I bet within a year he'll be asking to have it replaced with carbon fiber or some kind of super-light alloy..

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all of team 1923 wishes Doug a speedy recovery!

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For those that have not checked his caregiver site, Doug had a great day!!!

Much to everyone's surprise, He wrote down his soc. sec. # for a Doctor. Later he sat up on the edge of his bed for a moment. He still can't speak or keep his eyes open for very long, but he is displaying pretty strong cognitive abilities. We are so excited and can't even imagine the joy his parents must feel at this development.

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That's great news!
He'll be in my prayers and on behalf of 1351, I hope he recovers quickly and fully.

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Thanks for caring. Doug is finally starting to speak. He even throws in the occasional joke. His memory is not perfect and his left side is weak. But he was walking for a while this week He is starting Physical Therapy. Hopefully he will continue to improve at a rapid pace.

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Glad to hear Doug is making such a speedy recovery, and I do hope he continues to do so. :)

As far as the accident goes... some drivers need to learn that they are not the only ones on the road :mad:.