Tred Barta Paralyzed

Charlie P · 05-20-2009, 05:23 AM

Love him or hate him this is bad news. He had a spinal stroke on his way to Alaska.

"On his way to Alaska to tape his TV show, Tred Barta suffered a rare occurrence called a spinal stroke affecting his T2-T10 vertebrae. Since there are only 12 of these Thoracic bones, that"™s a very large area. He is currently paralyzed from just below the chest down. Prognosis is way up in the air at the moment. Some medicos predict permanent paralysis while others have given him up to a 60-percent chance of at least partial recovery. His message to everyone is"¦ Don"™t take a single second of your life for granted."

Bullet Hole Bailey · 05-20-2009, 05:57 AM

Wow...

virginiashadow · 05-20-2009, 06:01 AM

That is terrible----I wish him the best and I like the guy a lot from what I have seen over the years. Come on Tred, you can beat this thing!

CIDEERHUNTER · 05-20-2009, 06:31 AM

wow tred is one cool dude i cant fathom this? i hope the best for his recovery and his family

2 Lunger · 05-20-2009, 06:47 AM

I've never even heard of such a thing. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but is he the one that hunts strictly traditional and spot and stalk?

Western MA Hunter · 05-20-2009, 06:53 AM

That is too bad... "love him or hate him"...
I have always respected what he does...
Will certainly keep him in our thoughts and prayers for a good recovery.

MGH_PA · 05-20-2009, 07:29 AM

That's terrible. Hopefully those saying a recovery is possible are right.

buttonbuckmaster · 05-20-2009, 07:42 AM

Any word on what happened? Was he in an auto accident or injured while hunting? Terrible news.

GR8atta2d · 05-20-2009, 08:36 AM

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Any word on what happened?

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Tred Barta suffered a rare occurrence called a spinal stroke affecting his T2-T10 vertebrae

Don't know anything of or about the man, but wish him the best in his recovery

Rob/PA Bowyer · 05-20-2009, 08:44 AM

I hope for everyone involved in his show, his family and himself that this is not true but if it is, I pray that God blesses him and his. It would be my worst feel, I'd rather be, well..dead.