Help Heal Simon Lynge's Hand
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Simon sustained a very serious injury to his right hand this week. As a musician, this is a crushing blow to his livelihood and very scary. In Simon's words: (Dansk nedenunder)
Dear Friends
On Wednesday night June 20th, one of my worst nightmares came true.
By an accident in the kitchen with a very sharp knife I cut myself very deeply in three fingers on my right hand. I severed both tendons, a nerve and partially the artery in my right ring finger and at least a tendon in my little and middle finger. I saw a hand specialist in Seattle yesterday and there’s a relatively small chance that I will fully regain my fine motor skills in my right hand. Everyone who has seen or heard me play knows that my songs and my way of playing guitar is based on finger picking and then there’s also the piano. My heart is broken. The guitar and music is such a big joy in my life and I provide for my family with the music. I have to go through a big surgery on my hand in Seattle on Tuesday and after that a long period of rehabilitation. Hopefully I can find a way to play my songs again; I will do everything I possibly can and I choose to believe in a miracle.
The accident was indirectly caused by a verbal and nearly physical attack from a neighbor earlier that evening. I would rather not go into detail here, but I was deeply shocked and scared senseless and it was while Janna and I were talking about this event that I got distracted and in anger cut way too hard through a hotdog that I was holding in my right hand. I cannot explain why I was cutting with my left hand when I’m right-handed; I was still in shock.
I need your help. I have health insurance which will hopefully cover the cost of surgery and the ambulance to the emergency room and the emergency room stay Wednesday night and Thursday morning, but there’s a big chance I’m going to have to pay for the cost of rehabilitation and physical therapy. Aside from that I have to cancel many already planned shows this summer and fall, including a tour that Janna booked and that we were going to embark on next week with our boys. I may also have to postpone the release of my new album.
I need peace and time to heal and I cannot perform and earn money for a yet to be determined length of time. Janna now has the additional burden of caring for me and taking on more household tasks. Your donation will help sustain our family for the next few months of recovery, as well as cover the cost of physical therapy, which my surgeon explained is absolutely crucial to healing and regaining the use of my hand.
Thank you for whatever way you can help. I am very grateful for your support.
-Simon
Simon pådrog sig en meget alvorlig skade på sin højre hånd denne uge. Som musiker er det en stor trussel mod hans levevej og meget skrœmmende. I Simons egne ord:
Kœre venner
Onsdag aften d. 20. juni blev et af mine vœrste mareridt til virkelighed.
Ved et uheld i køkkenet med en meget skarp kniv skar jeg mig selv meget dybt i tre fingre på min højre hånd. Jeg har skåret begge ledbånd, nerve og delvist blodåren over i min ringfinger, samt mindst et ledbånd i min lillefinger. Jeg var hos en håndspecialist i Seattle igår og der er relativt lille chance for at jeg fuldt ud genvinder min finmotorik i højre hånd.
Alle der har set eller hørt mig spille ved at mine sange og min måde at spille guitar er baseret på fingerspil og så er der selvfølgelig også klaver. Mit hjerte er knust. Guitaren og musik er så stor en glœde i mit liv og jeg forsørger min familie med musikken.
Jeg skal igennem en stor operation i hånden i Seattle på tirsdag og derefter en lang periode med genoptrœning, hvor jeg forhåbentlig kan finde en måde at spille mine sange igen; jeg vil gøre alt hvad jeg overhovedet kan og jeg vœlger at tro på et mirakel.
Uheldet var indirekte forårsaget af et verbalt og nœsten fysisk angreb fra min nabo, som jeg helst ikke vil beskrive i detaljer, men det var mens Janna og jeg talte om denne hœndelse, at jeg distraheret i vrede skar alt for hårdt igennem en hotdog som jeg holdt i højre hånd. Jeg kan ikke forklare hvorfor jeg skar med venstre hånd når jeg er højrehåndet; jeg var stadig i chok.
Jeg har brug for Jeres hjœlp. Jeg har sundhedsforsikring, som forhåbentlig vil dœkke operationen og ambulancekørslen og opholdet på skadestuen onsdag aften/torsdag morgen; der er dog stor chance for at jeg kommer til at kœmpe om omkostningerne for genoptrœning. Derudover er der stor chance for at jeg må jeg aflyse mange allerede planlagte koncerter denne sommer inklusiv en turne Janna har booket for os og jeg måsandsynligvis udskyde udgivelsen af min nye plade.
Jeg har brug for fred til at hele og jeg kan ikke optrœde og tjene penge i en endnu uvis periode. Janna skal nu bœre den ekstra byrde det bliver at hjœlpe mig og tage sig af børnene og husholdningen. Jeres hjœlp vil holde min familie ovenvande de nœste måneder mns jeg heles og også bidrage til omkostningerne for genoptrœning, hvilket min kirurg siger bliver meget vigtigt for min hånds rehabilitering.
Dear Friends
On Wednesday night June 20th, one of my worst nightmares came true.
By an accident in the kitchen with a very sharp knife I cut myself very deeply in three fingers on my right hand. I severed both tendons, a nerve and partially the artery in my right ring finger and at least a tendon in my little and middle finger. I saw a hand specialist in Seattle yesterday and there’s a relatively small chance that I will fully regain my fine motor skills in my right hand. Everyone who has seen or heard me play knows that my songs and my way of playing guitar is based on finger picking and then there’s also the piano. My heart is broken. The guitar and music is such a big joy in my life and I provide for my family with the music. I have to go through a big surgery on my hand in Seattle on Tuesday and after that a long period of rehabilitation. Hopefully I can find a way to play my songs again; I will do everything I possibly can and I choose to believe in a miracle.
The accident was indirectly caused by a verbal and nearly physical attack from a neighbor earlier that evening. I would rather not go into detail here, but I was deeply shocked and scared senseless and it was while Janna and I were talking about this event that I got distracted and in anger cut way too hard through a hotdog that I was holding in my right hand. I cannot explain why I was cutting with my left hand when I’m right-handed; I was still in shock.
I need your help. I have health insurance which will hopefully cover the cost of surgery and the ambulance to the emergency room and the emergency room stay Wednesday night and Thursday morning, but there’s a big chance I’m going to have to pay for the cost of rehabilitation and physical therapy. Aside from that I have to cancel many already planned shows this summer and fall, including a tour that Janna booked and that we were going to embark on next week with our boys. I may also have to postpone the release of my new album.
I need peace and time to heal and I cannot perform and earn money for a yet to be determined length of time. Janna now has the additional burden of caring for me and taking on more household tasks. Your donation will help sustain our family for the next few months of recovery, as well as cover the cost of physical therapy, which my surgeon explained is absolutely crucial to healing and regaining the use of my hand.
Thank you for whatever way you can help. I am very grateful for your support.
-Simon
Simon pådrog sig en meget alvorlig skade på sin højre hånd denne uge. Som musiker er det en stor trussel mod hans levevej og meget skrœmmende. I Simons egne ord:
Kœre venner
Onsdag aften d. 20. juni blev et af mine vœrste mareridt til virkelighed.
Ved et uheld i køkkenet med en meget skarp kniv skar jeg mig selv meget dybt i tre fingre på min højre hånd. Jeg har skåret begge ledbånd, nerve og delvist blodåren over i min ringfinger, samt mindst et ledbånd i min lillefinger. Jeg var hos en håndspecialist i Seattle igår og der er relativt lille chance for at jeg fuldt ud genvinder min finmotorik i højre hånd.
Alle der har set eller hørt mig spille ved at mine sange og min måde at spille guitar er baseret på fingerspil og så er der selvfølgelig også klaver. Mit hjerte er knust. Guitaren og musik er så stor en glœde i mit liv og jeg forsørger min familie med musikken.
Jeg skal igennem en stor operation i hånden i Seattle på tirsdag og derefter en lang periode med genoptrœning, hvor jeg forhåbentlig kan finde en måde at spille mine sange igen; jeg vil gøre alt hvad jeg overhovedet kan og jeg vœlger at tro på et mirakel.
Uheldet var indirekte forårsaget af et verbalt og nœsten fysisk angreb fra min nabo, som jeg helst ikke vil beskrive i detaljer, men det var mens Janna og jeg talte om denne hœndelse, at jeg distraheret i vrede skar alt for hårdt igennem en hotdog som jeg holdt i højre hånd. Jeg kan ikke forklare hvorfor jeg skar med venstre hånd når jeg er højrehåndet; jeg var stadig i chok.
Jeg har brug for Jeres hjœlp. Jeg har sundhedsforsikring, som forhåbentlig vil dœkke operationen og ambulancekørslen og opholdet på skadestuen onsdag aften/torsdag morgen; der er dog stor chance for at jeg kommer til at kœmpe om omkostningerne for genoptrœning. Derudover er der stor chance for at jeg må jeg aflyse mange allerede planlagte koncerter denne sommer inklusiv en turne Janna har booket for os og jeg måsandsynligvis udskyde udgivelsen af min nye plade.
Jeg har brug for fred til at hele og jeg kan ikke optrœde og tjene penge i en endnu uvis periode. Janna skal nu bœre den ekstra byrde det bliver at hjœlpe mig og tage sig af børnene og husholdningen. Jeres hjœlp vil holde min familie ovenvande de nœste måneder mns jeg heles og også bidrage til omkostningerne for genoptrœning, hvilket min kirurg siger bliver meget vigtigt for min hånds rehabilitering.
Organizer
Janna Knudson
Organizer
Port Townsend, WA
