The Long Beach Press Telegram featured Mark’s Memorial service. The rider with his head down is Mark’s bother Grant. The caption under the photograph was copied from the Press Telegram article. window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: “364015433630063″, status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true}); }; (function() { var e = document.createElement(“script”); e.async = true; e.src = [...]

Doug Jenen (Mike’s brother) posts Mike’s recovery progress on CaringBridge.org: ( 3-24-11) Buenos Dias, I’m beginning to feel rather repetitive, yet grateful that I can report healing progress and good news. Mike had a good night and is looking better everyday as swelling decreases. It’s amazing how he is healing. No fever, he’s very stable, [...]

Mark’s bandwidth was unrivaled. Below is a list of books he recently sent me for the blog: [Mark] Books I’ve Read on Cycling: •Bicycle Diaries; David Byrne (Talking Heads lead singer; interesting if a bit slow) •Bicycling and the Law; Bob Mionske (For geeks who want a thorough knowledge base from which to argue with [...]

Martin’s gonna break the rules and visit the Mule Man this evening (Monday March 21) so he can tell’em: All the Freddies are getting ahead so you better get it together. Below Status Report Posted on CaringBridge by Doug Carpenter: Mike is resting comfortably..his doctor met with the family this evening and has downgraded his [...]

Doug Jensen (Mike’s brother)  has set up a page on Caringbridge.org/visit/mjensen for Mike’s friends and family to stay updated on Mike’s progress. Mike’s Status Summary: (Saturday March 19, 9:00pm) •Burn Status: approx. 23%  2nd & 3rd degree, rather than 35-40% . •swelling has diminished significantly •sedated, yet he’s responding to nurses requests to move his [...]

March 18 12:00pm Martin Howard has talked with Mike’s brother Doug and his wife Diane: I just got off the phone with Diane…Mike was transferred yesterday evening to the UCI Burn Unit in Orange…and as Dougie Jensen put it “were not in Kansas anymore”..Diane says they have the most amazing surgeon looking after him who [...]

Mike Jensen:  Improved.  Moving to UCI Burn Center. According to Rick Rucker, a friend and Pulmonary MD: 12:30pm They decided to take Mike to the OR today to re-examine the abdomen.  Obviously they thought he was stable enough to go [to the burn center] today.  He went to the OR earlier to recheck his bowel [...]

9:17am Thursday March 17 Mike Jensen:  Improved.  Still Critical. According to Rick Rucker, a friend and Pulmonary MD: Only good news to report today. No more bleeding from his internal injuries and his blood pressure is very stable. He is heavily sedated and on life support. His facial burns and lacerations are not as bad [...]

9:30pm Wednesday March 16 Mike Jensen:  Improved.  Still Critical. According to Rick Rucker, a friend and Pulmonary MD: Mike is better. Bleeding has stopped and blood pressure is stable – [Mike] is off of cardiac meds. They were able to get the oxygen down to 40%.  Still very critical and tenuous, but any improvement is [...]

Mark Bixby: A tragic accident took Mark’s life today. His energy:  limitless His optimism:  unwavering His enthusiasm to learn: boundless His bandwidth: unrivaled It was an honor to be your friend. We loved you dearly. We will miss you deeply. Everyone pray for Mike Jensen’s recovery. Please accept my sincere apologies if you hadn’t yet [...]