FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Elizabeth Bash, who was injured at a race in Texas, came home Wednesday of last week after a 2 1/2 week stay at a hospital. She is reported to be feeling better. Her pancreas injury is healing slowly and she is still on IV nutrition.  This Tuesday (March 18) was the first day that she could eat, but it is still a trial and error process.  A cyst is forming over the lacerated part of the pancreas which needs to be watched for possible draining.  So far, still no surgery.  Her spleen has stopped bleeding and it is expected that it will heal on its own.

She went to see specialists today at the University of California Irvine.  Those doctors are some of the few that have experience with this type of injury.  They are encouraged by her progress and will monitor her closely over the next weeks and months.