Friday, November 30, 2012
Local tennis players will come together tonight to raise funds for one of their own who was injured in a crash in Marborough.
Local tennis players are coming together tonight (Nov. 30) during a fundraiser for Mike Mashkevich, a Staples employee, who was severely injured in an Marlborough crash that sent three to the hospital. “I think the tennis community is really rallying around him and doing everything they can," said Steve Winer, director of Tennis at the Wayside Racquet & Swim Club who explained Mike is making strides in his recovery after recently coming out of a coma. "He is in the right place medically. We are trying to do what we can as a club." Mike is a United States Tennis Association 5.0 rated player of Central Mass League who plays in the Men's A League from Wayside Racquet & Swim Club. He also teaches part time at the club as a tennis pro, said …
Mike Mashkevich is out of his coma but faces months of rehabilitation as he works on how to speak and access memories before physical therapy.
Those that survive an intense car crash can face months of rehabilitation towards a life that will be much different than the one they used to lead. “(Mike) is getting better every day but he is quite confused sometimes," said his girlfriend Nela Rudicka, explaining that it will be six to twelve months before his true mental state is known. “We are not sure how he is going to be or how much he remembers." Mike Mashkevich, who recently turned 25, lives in Marlborough and is a Senior Programmer Analyst at the Staples Corporate Office in Framingham. He was one of two passengers in an crash that sent three to the hospital, with Mike making the trip by helicopter to UMass Worcester. The other people in the car were released from the hospital …
Friday, November 9, 2012
An October car accident that resulted in a Marlborough man — who has since been in a coma — being life flighted has pushed a family friend to action.
It was an accident that sent three to the hospital, with Mike Mashkevich making the trip by helicopter to UMass Worcester, where he is in a coma recovering. “He is making progress to getting better but he has so many broken bones," said Jessie Seiders who described Mike as her best friend and who has started a fundraising effort to help the family. "He just started opening his eyes.” Mike was sitting in the front passenger seat and took the brunt of the accident, she said. The driver and rear seat passenger — who fractured his legs — have been released from the hospital, said Seiders. Mike is 24 and living in Marlborough. He is an active member of Sudbury River Tennis Club and Wayside Tennis Club, a Senior Programmer Analyst at the Staples…
Susan Petroni
8:38 am on Friday, November 9, 2012
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