MARYSVILLE — A Marysville-area man is fighting for his life after suffering a head wound in a logging accident last month.
Thomas “Tommy” Sidick Jr., 34, remains in serious condition in the intensive care unit at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. His family is asking for donations to help with medical bills.
Sidick was felling a tree for a neighbor near his Lake Goodwin home March 26 when he was struck in the head by a branch 10 inches wide, said his mother, Sue Sidick.
The single father has a fractured skull, a collapsed lung and a broken neck, she said. He is fighting severe pneumonia and relies on a ventilator to breathe.
Tommy Sidick hasn’t fully regained consciousness, only waking up long enough to make eye contact, give a thumbs up or to squeeze his son’s hand, his mother said.
“It’s hard. It’s really, really hard,” she said. “I don’t know when he’s going to get better.”
The family, including Tommy’s 13-year-old son, Ethan, are with him every day at the hospital.
Tommy Sidick for years coached his son’s soccer teams and also chaperoned his school field trips.
The Sidicks moved to Stanwood when Tommy was a teen. The second of three children, he graduated from Stanwood High School in 1999. As a boy, Tommy was the joker in the family, his mother said.
In recent years he has been growing his own business, Northern Landscaping &Excavation, also called Northwest Firewood. The work includes clearing land and selling the firewood to barbecue restaurants.
Throughout his life, Tommy Sidick has faced setbacks but “always gets up and keeps going,” Sue Sidick said. Hundreds of people have reached out, sharing prayers and hope for good news.
As of Tuesday afternoon, an online fundraiser, Tommy Sidick Medical Fund, at www.gofundme.com/qhkcq4, had collected nearly $16,000.
His mother misses her son’s hugs and his strength.
“If you could see his smile, that’s what everybody remembers him by is his big huge smile,” she said. “He’s got a warm heart and he’s kind. He’s just one exceptional hardworking young man.”
Rikki King: 425-339-3449; rking@heraldnet.com.
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