On Friday, August 7, Supercross and Motocross Privateer rider Tevin Tapia suffered a major crash at Fox Raceway in Pala, California. The 28-year-old was injured while practicing for the first round of the 2020 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship. He was immediately transported via Air Ambulance to a nearby hospital where he underwent a successful surgery to address fractures to the C6 and C7 vertebrae on Friday evening. Surgeons performed a spinal fusion connecting the two fractured vertebrae and installed stabilization hardware from his C5 to C7 vertebrae.
Tevin is in stable condition with feeling throughout his body however he currently has no movement or muscle control in his left leg. It is expected that he will remain in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for a few more days, then moved to the in-patient rehabilitation division of this hospital for one month. Doctors are optimistic that with intensive and long-term therapy, Tevin will regain full movement and control of his left leg.
The medical bills are anticipated to be substantial as Tevin was without any medical insurance coverage, therefore, the Road 2 Recovery Foundation has opened a fundraising campaign to assist Tevin with all medical bills.
If you are able, please donate to Tevinβs R2R Fund here. You can leave a positive message and well-wishes below for Tevin and his family to read.
Stay strong brother, you got this!! πππ
Stay strong Tevin!
Speedy recovery Tevin. The determination you have and drive you will show them docs that you will be 100% again. Stay positive and keep smiling like you always do man. Me and the family are praying for you.
We have been praying and will continue!! We hope Tevin recovers fully and your family can be together again soon!! Brandy, to our little cuz…Love you and your family π
Weβre praying for you & we love you!
You’re gonna be ok my man! Stay positive. By the way, this link is a little hard to find, the one from ’18 is what comes up & it’s not connected to this one. Anyways, stay focused on rehab, sending positive thoughts your wayπ
Get well soon Tevin. Praying for a full a quick recovery.
Praying for you Tevin
Love the Aeckβs
Sending love from the Ruminer family!π stay strong you got this!
Praying for you. Dr Kim and Robert from Mission Imaging
Get well soon ππΌ Stay focused you got this
Praying for you and your family Tevin ππ»π
This will be a grind. You got this! GWS man.
Wishing you all the best. DONT EVER GIVE UP.
Keeping you in our prayers daily! Keep your head up and stay strong, you got this! β€οΈ
Will be praying for you buddy. Hope your recovery is speedy and you come out of this well! You are strong and determined you got this!
I just said a prayer for you, get better soon I hope you have a fast recovery!
Get well soon buddy
God is in control. Praying for your recovery. ππ
Tevin! With Christ ALL THINGS are possible! Stay faithful and talk to your Heavenly Father daily! Great things will happen!!!
Remember, each day you will heal a little more. So don’t look at your daily progress, look at your progress weekly and monthly. Pretty soon it will all pass away. Stay strong,
stay positive and be grateful for what you do have and everything will turn out alright!
Tevin get well quickly.
You got this Tevin! Keep your chin up – everything is gonna work out for you and your family. We love you man!