Friday, May 30, 2008

Ooo! Ouch!

I'm sorry I don't have a picture but I have a story. Last week my entire family (on my mom's side) had a family campout. We intended to stay for five days but there was an unfortunate turn in events. On our third day my mom gave me the baby and said that she and dad would be taking a quick ride on our brand new ATV. Along the way my mom decided to get of the quad to let my dad have more freedom. The next moment he was falling down a blind hill and landed head first on a rock; a pointy rock. My mother sent my cousins (who happened to be with them) back to camp to get help. When my cousins arrived at camp she was teary-eyed and we had a truck and an Arctic Cat ranger on their way in a few seconds flat. When they got there they wrapped his head and got him to our van. My uncles escorted him t Strawberry (Arizona) where an ambulance met them there. They said that Payson wouldn't do anything for him so they flew him to Pheonix where he was stitched up put in a neck brace. He's got a nasty cut on his head and he fractured his neck but at least he's alive and walking. He has to where a neck brace for three months but it only gets better each day. A big bummer is that we are going to finish our pool in a few days and he won't be able to swim. But at least we're all happy!

1 comment:

Becky said...

Tanner,

I was so glad that I was able to be at the hospital...I'm sure it was hard to stay behind, not knowing how badly hurt your dad was. If you want to use any of the pictures that I posted of him you are welcome to. Just save them to your desktop and then insert them into your blog post. :) Love ya! --Aunt Becky