Kyle Lehman

On Dec. 15th at around mile 4,700 of a 5,000 mile bike trip across the United States with three of his best friends, Kyle Lehman was struck by a mini van on a highway outside of Daytona Beach Florida resulting in a serious traumatic brain injury. Kyle was lucky to survive the collision and escaped with no other major injuries . He was airlifted to Halifax hospital where he spent over two weeks in the ICU in an induced coma while the pressure in his head was closely monitored. Kyle was slowly brought out of his sedation as the bleeds in his brain healed and his pressure stabilized. On January 18, after Kyle became medically stable, he was moved on a medical jet flight from Halifax to Craig hospital in Denver where he will spend the duration of his rehab and recovery. Recovering from a traumatic brain injury is a long and uncertain road. Every day in tiny incremental steps Kyle and his team of therapists work toward getting back movement, memory, speech, and everything else he lost in the accident. How far his rehabilitation will take him and whether he will be left with physical or mental deficits is unknown. We his friends and family are trying to raise money to help pay for the numerous expenses involved in his recovery and life after recovery.

About Kyle
Kyle Lehman is 24 years old and grew up on a small farm outside of Portland, OR. before moving to Missoula, MT to study print journalism at the University of Montana. After graduating, he spent his time exploring the mountains of Alaska, Colorado and Montana. Last summer Kyle worked as a wildland firefighter for the Helena DNRC before embarking on a ten week bicycle tour from Portland, OR to Miami, FL. Kyle is an avid rock and ice climber, mountain biker, and generally spends little time indoors. Besides his outdoor hobbies, Kyle has pursued writing as a career and has contributed to a variety of publications.

For more information about Kyle’s trip visit the trip blog here.

Kyle’s friends and family have chosen to fundraise with HelpHOPELive in part because HelpHOPELive assures fiscal accountability of funds raised and tax deductibility for donors. Donors can be sure that funds donated will be used only to pay or reimburse medically-related expenses. For more information, please contact HelpHOPELive at 800.642.8399.

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