My six year old son was injured in a crash on Sunday. We are in Batson Childrens Hospital in Jackson. Which is an awesome place to be if you need it. His right femur was broken, the doctors have used the word "powder" a couple of times, which I could have done without. Anywho any kind of good ju-ju you guys could throw my way would be great. Sorry for the disjointed typing but I haven't really slept yet.
Thanks,
Patrick
OK first off, thank you everybody, you guys are great. Here's the skinny on the crash:
My idiot 23 year old nephew, who was kicked out of the Army for "failure to adapt" and has been unemployed for the three years since, has recently moved back in with my sister in law who is going to "fix" him. She decided to bring him with her to deer camp over the week end. Needless to say he was not helping work and decided to ride my kid around on the Ranger. He was instructed by me not to leave the property and "be careful". He left the property and headed off down the county road at a high rate of speed. He took a curve on the inside and met an F-250 hauling round bales head on. My neice was ejected but my son was wearing his seat belt and was not. He slid forward on his seat and struck his right knee on the dash cutting the knee badly and breaking his femur right above the growth plate. A neigbor came to our camp and got us to come to the scene. I did not have any trauma stuff with me so I grabbed some towels and hauled ass. Upon arriving on scene I saw my neice on her back bleeding from her head and my son on the seat screaming and bleeding from his nose and leg. I got the people attending my neice set up and instructed them how to keep her head still. I asked her simple questions and got appropriate answers, pupils looked good. Got pressure on the wound and moved to my son. First thing I saw was a cut so deep I just about lost my shit. I can tell you it's a different feeling working a wreck with your kid. This is something I have done a million times as a cop and accident reconstructionist. But man when it's your kid, it takes all you've got to keep it together. Any way, leg was obviously broken but bleeding had to be stopped. Not spraying but pumping hard. Cut a towel and got pressure on it. Ambulance arrived and I sent the medics to my niece to get a c collar and get her stable. I wouldn't let the medics put my kid on the back board because I wasnted to do it. I knew it was going to hurt him bad and I couldn't stand to have someone else do that. Got him and my niece loaded on the chopper and flown to the hospital. He now has bars and pins holding his leg together until the swelling goes down enough to do the surgery to fix things. All prayers are appreciated.
Thanks for everything guys.
Patrick
Surgery tomorrow gonna try to fix this!
Thanks,
Patrick
OK first off, thank you everybody, you guys are great. Here's the skinny on the crash:
My idiot 23 year old nephew, who was kicked out of the Army for "failure to adapt" and has been unemployed for the three years since, has recently moved back in with my sister in law who is going to "fix" him. She decided to bring him with her to deer camp over the week end. Needless to say he was not helping work and decided to ride my kid around on the Ranger. He was instructed by me not to leave the property and "be careful". He left the property and headed off down the county road at a high rate of speed. He took a curve on the inside and met an F-250 hauling round bales head on. My neice was ejected but my son was wearing his seat belt and was not. He slid forward on his seat and struck his right knee on the dash cutting the knee badly and breaking his femur right above the growth plate. A neigbor came to our camp and got us to come to the scene. I did not have any trauma stuff with me so I grabbed some towels and hauled ass. Upon arriving on scene I saw my neice on her back bleeding from her head and my son on the seat screaming and bleeding from his nose and leg. I got the people attending my neice set up and instructed them how to keep her head still. I asked her simple questions and got appropriate answers, pupils looked good. Got pressure on the wound and moved to my son. First thing I saw was a cut so deep I just about lost my shit. I can tell you it's a different feeling working a wreck with your kid. This is something I have done a million times as a cop and accident reconstructionist. But man when it's your kid, it takes all you've got to keep it together. Any way, leg was obviously broken but bleeding had to be stopped. Not spraying but pumping hard. Cut a towel and got pressure on it. Ambulance arrived and I sent the medics to my niece to get a c collar and get her stable. I wouldn't let the medics put my kid on the back board because I wasnted to do it. I knew it was going to hurt him bad and I couldn't stand to have someone else do that. Got him and my niece loaded on the chopper and flown to the hospital. He now has bars and pins holding his leg together until the swelling goes down enough to do the surgery to fix things. All prayers are appreciated.
Thanks for everything guys.
Patrick
Surgery tomorrow gonna try to fix this!
