In 2014, my wife Adelaide (girlfriend at the time) was struck by a car while training for a HITS Series triathlon. I described riding up on the scene and finding out that it was her who had been struck in my blog. I believe some of you guys may have come across that story, as it touched on the fears a lot of us have about training with speeding traffic just feet away. After riding to the hospital, I found out that she'd gone through the driver's side window, fracturing every bone in her face. The lacerations required more than 700 stitches from her lip down to her collarbone. She spent 11 days in the ICU but the real recovery process took quite a bit longer than that.
She wrote and published a book about the crash, which details her long road to recovery, getting back on the bike, dealing with PTSD, earning her pro triathlon license, and fighting to change Colorado law to help protect vulnerable road users, all while coming to terms with her recent bipolar II diagnosis. The underlying focus of the book touches on the difficulty of healing from emotional trauma. While surgeons can (mostly) put us back together, healing the mind after a traumatic event is quite a bit more complicated.
The book is called Degloved: Every Scar Has a Story. You can find out more about it at Adelaide's website: https://www.adelaideperr.com/
If you're interested in purchasing a copy, the best place to do that is through BookShop. If you're in Boulder, it's available at the Boulder Book Store and Full Cycle.
If anyone has questions, please feel free to ask. Degloved is meant to give an honest look at what going through a serious injury or traumatic event entails, yet gives hope for survivors (you just have to make it past the first half!). More than that, it's an inspirational story about perseverance, mental health, and fighting an uphill battle for change.
-Kennett Peterson
https://kennettpeterson.com/
She wrote and published a book about the crash, which details her long road to recovery, getting back on the bike, dealing with PTSD, earning her pro triathlon license, and fighting to change Colorado law to help protect vulnerable road users, all while coming to terms with her recent bipolar II diagnosis. The underlying focus of the book touches on the difficulty of healing from emotional trauma. While surgeons can (mostly) put us back together, healing the mind after a traumatic event is quite a bit more complicated.
The book is called Degloved: Every Scar Has a Story. You can find out more about it at Adelaide's website: https://www.adelaideperr.com/
If you're interested in purchasing a copy, the best place to do that is through BookShop. If you're in Boulder, it's available at the Boulder Book Store and Full Cycle.
If anyone has questions, please feel free to ask. Degloved is meant to give an honest look at what going through a serious injury or traumatic event entails, yet gives hope for survivors (you just have to make it past the first half!). More than that, it's an inspirational story about perseverance, mental health, and fighting an uphill battle for change.
-Kennett Peterson
https://kennettpeterson.com/