Avamere Rehabilitation of Hillsboro News and Events http://www.avamererehabofhillsboro.com/ News and Events for Avamere Rehabilitation of Hillsboro. Pixelsilk http://www.pixelsilk.com/ http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html 60 Happiest sign holder’s recovery from crash is slow, sure http://www.avamererehabofhillsboro.com/senior-health-news/Happiest_sign_holders_recovery_from_crash_is_slow_sure Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 PST BY CHRISTINA LENT
The Beaverton Valley Times, Feb 17, 2011

The beloved sign holder for the Beaverton-Hillsdale Round Table Pizza is on the mend – slowly but surely.

“I’m sore, but I want to go home, get back to work, pay my own way and be around the boys again,” said Lloyd Lalicker, who everyone in the neighborhood knows as Mick.

The 75-year-old Korean War veteran is recovering from a fractured right femur, fractured left wrist, fractured right hip and six surgeries he underwent after being struck Dec. 11 by a Hyundai Elantra while crossing north on Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway near the Southwest 101st Avenue intersection.

On Feb. 10, Mick also had his gall bladder removed.

“I thought all the soreness was over with,” he said Tuesday afternoon as he held court in his new room at Avamere Rehabilitation of Hillsboro, where he anxiously awaits getting the all clear to go home in March. “I’ve never been one to sit on my butt. View the full article here.

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