I'll add that to my list. He seems to think this is only on him, only him who is affected. He's sad that his wife got hurt and won't let her ride anymore. But I mention him, and his response is "I know what I'm buying into." His days in the hospital, I had kid gloves on. Those come off. I'm going to try to get as many of those who helped, to sit in front of him and for him to look them in the eye and say "I don't care what you did, I'm going to ride again knowing that I'll likely go down."Still praying. It sounds like your son needs a respected friend to sit him down and ask him, "Do you realize how close your child came to being an orphan?" With parenthood comes responsibility. Rough, but that's the way it is.
--Rich
You know, when someone (like my son and DIL) get in an accident and people say "Thank God for the angels who saved their lives," well, you know where I'm going with this (or you're completely blind)....OK. My panic was calmed.
My DIL did indeed go home last night (Monday). She had a difficult night but Tuesday was better. They have a new doctor and new meds, they are working well. She was able to take a quick shower after 30 min prep to cover wounds. But it made her feel better. Still lots of pain, but it is more controlled now.
I wish I could post pictures. They would gross you out. My humor, sorry. (But they are icky.)
My son continues to improve and for him it's just a matter of time to heal completely.
Thank you for continued prayers.
Yikes! Prayers.I remembered a place I can put up some images. You can see all (ok, some of) the gory detail through the link below. At some point in the near future, I'll remove the images; so if the link doesn't work....you waited too long.
Ok, the Nov 23 post included the fact that my DIL had to have her shoulders reworked. She did. The screws are all gone. The bone was fixed with dissolving netting and stiches. They have home health nurse coming by to help them and keep physical therapy home exercises on track (for her). My son is healing quick and well. Some nerve pain still, but tolerable. My DIL, I think, is slightly depressed and feels defeated. Hard to keep a positive attitude with such pain. She did fall down last week, but it does not seem to have damaged the shoulders. They are both under physical therapy. Time will be the healer, it's how we are designed. It's also hard to stay positive and happy when the medical bills are piling up. I'm sure there's remedy and discounts and forgivenesses to be had, but for instance, one of the two helecopter rides (they each had one) cost $50,000 -- and insurance doesn't cover rides (I found that out when my wife had to be taken by ambulance to the hospital (twice) -- $1,200 each).I was just wondering BlessedAnomally how your son and his wife are doing now? The last post here was Nov 23. I hope they have healed up a lot since then and pray they will continue to do so.