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Condition of Humble High School baseball coach improves
By STEFANIE THOMAS
It’s been a rough couple of days for family members of David Sitton, standing vigil at the bedside of the Humble High School head baseball coach. But thankfully, said Robert Sitton, David’s brother, the family has been getting mostly good news.
The 49-year-old married father of four daughters, currently undergoing treatment in the Memorial Hermann Trauma Shock ICU, was upgraded from critical to stable but guarded condition yesterday, Jan. 13. And as of last night, David’s vital signs continue to improve steadily.
“The good news is that he has no internal injuries that we know of, all his vital organs seem to be fine,” Robert said. “They just did an MRI this morning, looking for surprises, but they didn’t find anything.”
David was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital downtown via Life Flight Monday evening, Jan. 12, following a serious motorcycle accident in which he collided with an oncoming SUV that made a left turn in front of him on FM 1960 in Atascocita.
He was originally scheduled to undergo surgery for his fractured pelvis Tuesday morning but the operation had to be postponed due to two blood masses on his brain.
“He has some bleeding on his brain but as of yesterday mid-day it was improving and even getting better last night,” Robert said. “The two blood masses seem to be dissipating, getting smaller, and his body is responding well to treatment. The doctors are extremely happy with how he’s doing.”
Robert added that the number one priority at this point is to treat his brother’s brain trauma and to repair his pelvis which is, he said, cracked into two pieces. Doctors are currently stabilizing his brother’s body with a wrap he said.
“David will also need extensive surgery on his face, which has multiple fractures,” Robert said.
In addition, David suffered multiple fractures on both hands, as well as two cracked ribs, and two of his fingers were nearly severed.
“His right thumb and left pinkie had to be reattached,” Robert said. “It doesn’t appear that all the nerves had to be reattached but the fingers had to be sewn back on. No extensive surgery was needed.”
Robert felt his brother was blessed to be alive. Since he was admitted to the hospital, things have gone much better than expected.
“He still has swelling and he’s still pretty bruised and battered,” Robert said, “but this morning when we were talking to him, for the first time he opened his eyes for me and raised up his hand for me to hold.”
Robert said the family has experienced an amazing outpouring of support from the community. David’s wife, Dianna Sitton, and their daughters - ages 12, 16, 18 and 21 - are holding up well, he added.
Karen Collier, spokeswoman for Humble Independent School District, said that Humble High School Junior Varsity Baseball Coach Randy Pope visited all of Coach Sitton’s classes Tuesday to inform students of the accident.
“Students were naturally worried but reassured that doctors were already working to treat Coach Sitton’s injuries,” Collier said. “The administration and athletic staff are committed to keeping things as normal as possible for the students. A substitute teacher already is in place for the four U.S. history classes that Coach Sitton teaches. Humble High School Coach Randy Pope, Coach Cagney Funderburk and Coach Robert Webster are working with the baseball players. Try-outs are scheduled to proceed as planned this winter.”
Although it will take quite some time for David to fully recuperate, Robert said he, too, will proceed with his and David’s plan to organize a huge anniversary party in March to celebrate Humble High School’s 40th year of baseball and David’s 25th year as coach at the school.
“David and I have been planning this for a couple of months, and we decided to go ahead with it,” Robert said. “It will take place the weekend of March 27 and 28. Humble and Kingwood will be playing that Friday night, on Saturday we will hold our annual golf fundraiser, and on Sunday we will hold the first-ever Humble Baseball Hall of Fame Banquet. We hope that David will continue making the same progress he’s making and will be able to participate in some way.”
The family launched a website where David's supporters can check for updates on Coach Sitton's condition at http://www.davidsitton.webs.com/.
The 49-year-old married father of four daughters, currently undergoing treatment in the Memorial Hermann Trauma Shock ICU, was upgraded from critical to stable but guarded condition yesterday, Jan. 13. And as of last night, David’s vital signs continue to improve steadily.
“The good news is that he has no internal injuries that we know of, all his vital organs seem to be fine,” Robert said. “They just did an MRI this morning, looking for surprises, but they didn’t find anything.”
David was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital downtown via Life Flight Monday evening, Jan. 12, following a serious motorcycle accident in which he collided with an oncoming SUV that made a left turn in front of him on FM 1960 in Atascocita.
He was originally scheduled to undergo surgery for his fractured pelvis Tuesday morning but the operation had to be postponed due to two blood masses on his brain.
“He has some bleeding on his brain but as of yesterday mid-day it was improving and even getting better last night,” Robert said. “The two blood masses seem to be dissipating, getting smaller, and his body is responding well to treatment. The doctors are extremely happy with how he’s doing.”
Robert added that the number one priority at this point is to treat his brother’s brain trauma and to repair his pelvis which is, he said, cracked into two pieces. Doctors are currently stabilizing his brother’s body with a wrap he said.
“David will also need extensive surgery on his face, which has multiple fractures,” Robert said.
In addition, David suffered multiple fractures on both hands, as well as two cracked ribs, and two of his fingers were nearly severed.
“His right thumb and left pinkie had to be reattached,” Robert said. “It doesn’t appear that all the nerves had to be reattached but the fingers had to be sewn back on. No extensive surgery was needed.”
Robert felt his brother was blessed to be alive. Since he was admitted to the hospital, things have gone much better than expected.
“He still has swelling and he’s still pretty bruised and battered,” Robert said, “but this morning when we were talking to him, for the first time he opened his eyes for me and raised up his hand for me to hold.”
Robert said the family has experienced an amazing outpouring of support from the community. David’s wife, Dianna Sitton, and their daughters - ages 12, 16, 18 and 21 - are holding up well, he added.
Karen Collier, spokeswoman for Humble Independent School District, said that Humble High School Junior Varsity Baseball Coach Randy Pope visited all of Coach Sitton’s classes Tuesday to inform students of the accident.
“Students were naturally worried but reassured that doctors were already working to treat Coach Sitton’s injuries,” Collier said. “The administration and athletic staff are committed to keeping things as normal as possible for the students. A substitute teacher already is in place for the four U.S. history classes that Coach Sitton teaches. Humble High School Coach Randy Pope, Coach Cagney Funderburk and Coach Robert Webster are working with the baseball players. Try-outs are scheduled to proceed as planned this winter.”
Although it will take quite some time for David to fully recuperate, Robert said he, too, will proceed with his and David’s plan to organize a huge anniversary party in March to celebrate Humble High School’s 40th year of baseball and David’s 25th year as coach at the school.
“David and I have been planning this for a couple of months, and we decided to go ahead with it,” Robert said. “It will take place the weekend of March 27 and 28. Humble and Kingwood will be playing that Friday night, on Saturday we will hold our annual golf fundraiser, and on Sunday we will hold the first-ever Humble Baseball Hall of Fame Banquet. We hope that David will continue making the same progress he’s making and will be able to participate in some way.”
The family launched a website where David's supporters can check for updates on Coach Sitton's condition at http://www.davidsitton.webs.com/.
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