Others may not know what has been happening for the past few weeks. Here's the Cliff's Notes:
I was in an awful car wreck on October 30th. The driver and another passenger died in the crash. Myself and the driver's wife survived. I'm not going into details of what happened here on this blog, but I will say that I'm lucky to be here typing this.
I want to let everyone know how thankful I am for the well wishes, the meal train, the gifts, gift cards, prayers and visits. I am so grateful for every single one of you.
I know that my mom, dad and friends were sending updates while I was in the hospital, but those have come to a halt now that I am home. For those of you who hadn't heard about the wreck, then here is the list of things I am dealing with:
Lacerated spleen and left kidney, all of my ribs on the left are broken (we have 12 on each side) and 8 through 11 were broken on the right, bruised lungs and a few vertebrae are fractured. If you have heard of the transverse process, that's mostly what the damage is on the vertebrae.
The road ahead will be long, but I have the opportunity to do it. And for that, I'll gladly do the work. My mom is here with me to push me and help me get better every single day. She is my rock and my hero!!!! She's showering me, helping me in the bathroom (I'll save you the graphic details of this), charting the med schedule, sleeping in bed with me to get me meds in the middle of the night and that's just the basics. There's SOOOO much more. Yeah...... she's a total rock star!!!!
I'm in the bed a lot for now, but I have learned how to log roll to sit myself up ALL BY MYSELF! Then my mom is right there to get me in my back brace. Although my ribs are probably halfway to being healed, the combination of broken back and the amount of broken ribs has presented me with some issues. I also have severe nerve pain in my left arm and hand. I have no answers on that, yet, but will be looking for some VERY soon. Anyhow.... mom gets the brace on me, then I'm set. My exercises include 4 walks around my couch with a walker every day. You know those breathing exercises at the hospital where you blow/suck air into a plastic thing to measure lung capacity? I'm doing that, too. And I have to sit in a chair braced up for a couple of hours a day total. Yup.... super exciting things!!!
So that's where I'm at for now. I will be getting my first car ride since coming home from the hospital on Monday. Mom will pack me in safely in the back seat with the front seat moved forward all the way. Then, we'll make the 5 minute drive to Lago Vista Physical Therapy. Hopefully, they'll be able to provide me with a few exercises to get be back in action sooner rather than later.
That's about it for now. Thank you again for all of your love and support. It doesn't go unnoticed. I love you all!!!!
