Saturday was a pretty hard day for us! During Kevin's LCQ race up in Heber there was an accident. As he went off the jump, on his way to moving into first place, his and the other guy's bikes hit in the air. This sent Kevin's bike all funny and he ended up wrecking. He pretty much got shot over the bars and hit the ground, the bike came tumbling after and just drilled into him. As I was watching I knew something was wrong because he wasn't getting up, and Kevin ALWAYS gets up! I ran out onto the track, he just kept saying "It's broken, I know it!" and yes he was correct! He definitely had a broken femur! The EMTs put traction on it and ended up stretching his leg 4 INCHES!!! He got an ambulance ride to the Heber Valley Medical Center. There he got some x rays to inspect the damage. The break was very clean, and right in the middle of the bone (which is a great place, because it's not too close to the hip, and not too close to the knee) so for as bad as it was, it couldn't have been any better! We got a consult from Dr. Gordan Olsen, the orthopedic surgeon and set the surgery for 8:30 A.M. on Sunday morning. The surgery went great, and Dr. Olsen said that there wasn't even that much blood loss. Kevin ended up getting a nice rod through his bone and 2 screws to hold it in place, one just below the hip and one just above the knee... and then a bunch of staples to put the skin back together. Kevin was finally released from the hospital at about 8:30 P.M. on Tuesday night. He is now safely tucked away at his parents house for a day or two before he braves the stairs up to our apartment. Thanks to everyone for your love and support! It means a ton to us!
Here is the x ray of his leg, pre surgery.
Right after surgery in his "cute, fluffy" blue surgery hat.
After they brought him back to the room he was so doped up he asked me "I just don't get why they wouldn't let you bring your camera in there with me!!!" Ha ha it was so funny!
Here are the staples. The big set is from where they put the rod in, the smaller sets are where they put in the screw to hold the rod in place. There are also a couple small sets of staples down above his knee where the other screw was put in. The screws hold the rod in place.
Just one of the many patches of road rash. He also has his arms all bandaged up.
Here is the x ray of his leg, pre surgery.
Right after surgery in his "cute, fluffy" blue surgery hat.
After they brought him back to the room he was so doped up he asked me "I just don't get why they wouldn't let you bring your camera in there with me!!!" Ha ha it was so funny!
Here are the staples. The big set is from where they put the rod in, the smaller sets are where they put in the screw to hold the rod in place. There are also a couple small sets of staples down above his knee where the other screw was put in. The screws hold the rod in place.
Just one of the many patches of road rash. He also has his arms all bandaged up.
5 comments:
He lives to tell another story! That kid is crazy, we need to wrap him in bubble wrap! J/K! Glad he is recovering well, let us know if there is anything we can do for him & you!
I must say taht was a crazy night! Ill prob come visit tomorrow if that okay with you guys!@
Yikes! I am glad that he's ok
Eeek! Glad to hear Kevin's doing better. You're both in our prayers.
I know it is so sick.. i saw it on one of my friends blogs, and it totally made me sick, but i couldn't stop staring.. it really freaks me out! Hope that Kevin is healing well.. looks pretty bad!!
Meg
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