Following a nice lunch after church everyone settled in for their afternoon activities. Ed and Vin were going hunting, Cathleen was watching football, I was blogging, and the Cowarts were roping in the pen. We got a frantic call saying that I was needed over at the Cowarts--Graham had broken his leg and Jennifer needed help. I called Ed and told him. Then another call came in a more frantic manner that she REALLY NEEDED HELP! I once again called Ed and he got there before I did. I called the Dr. to see who was on call and see what needed to be done. He said get an ambulance and head to McComb. When I got to Jennifer's the EMT's were there and an ambulance was on the way. They thought the bone was through the skin and would not move him. We made it to McComb [Shelly in the ambulance with Graham, Chonda driving Jennifer and me following behind]. There's a really long and gruelling story inserted here but I'll spare you that. Just know that the "Herring" came out of Jennifer and me and the police were sent to get the Dr. on call after an hour and a half of paging him.
Chonda took the picture of the xray over Shelly's shoulder. I can't tell much about it but I did see the xray and his femur is broken in two and the two pieces were side by side. He was lying on the bed after they gave him the first pain med. Someone had to be touching him the whole time-Shelly rubbing his head or me holding his hand. They cut his "almost new" boots off his feet and totally destroyed his jeans. I promised him a new pair of boots! :) The last pic is one of his leg as it was stabilized to the board. They had straightened it a bit before this picture. From his knee down was turned inward.
I talked to Jennifer a few minutes ago and she said that he had a good night-he slept for about four hours. He woke up hungry. That's a good sign.
Please keep Graham, Jennifer, Shelly and the other two boys in your hearts and prayers in the days to come. Learning to deal with crutches and limitations for the months ahead may be stressful.
