Lots of well wishes to you, Marc. Sounds like you are a tremendous person and skiier. I'm sure we'll see you out there very soon!
I'm sure this is not the end of Marc's career, but perhaps the beginning of a new type of skiing for him.
I went to college with Chris Waddell who had a very bad skiing accident in our sophomore year and was paralyzed from the waist down. Less than one year later he was back on the hill in a sit ski. He went on to win countless golds in both skiing and track in the disabled olympics.
He was named one of Skiing Mag's top 25 skiiers - and an uplifting read about the resiliency the body has:
http://www.skiingmag.com/skiing/face...328910,00.html