The story of a boy and a quad...

Saturday morning started off pretty good. Austin went with some other young men from church and his young men president to go ride quads. I was home with Chase and Ryan. Molly was at a young women camp out and Reid and James were both at an EYO campout on Mt. Lemmon.
I received a phone call stating "Austin's o.k. but he has suffered a concussion and has a broken wrist. What hospital do you want me to take him too?"
Another broken bone for Austin... We joke with him that he is on a four year plan. He broke his arm when he was eight, broke his leg when he was 12 and now his wrist at 17. Each time it happened in the spring time with about six weeks left of school. I told him I'm hoping not to receive a phone call in the spring when he is 21.
He was riding about 30 miles per hour, slowed down at some hills to about 25 mph but misjudged a turn. He remembered from watching the atv safety video that it is important to jump from the quad so the quad does not flip on top of you so that is what he did and thankfully he had on a full-face shielded helmet.
He received wonderful care at the ER, had about a dozen x-rays taken (wrist, ankle, thumb), was put under conscious sedation so the wrist could be moved back into place. James was out of cell phone rang so I sent Chase and Ryan to my visiting teachers home for the day and Austin and I spent our time together at the ER.
So the story of a boy and a quad ends with: a concussion, a broken right wrist and arm, four sutures at the right ankle, a sprained right ankle, a left thumb that's pretty bruised up, along with lots of bumps and bruises and blood.

Here he on Tuesday waiting to get the cast on...


His ankle is looking pretty good in this picture!

Getting in the car after getting his cast on, notice the yucky ankle. He can't use crutches because of the cast arm so he is taking walking very slowly.

He chose green for his cast color this time around. This was taken today, he is finally feeling like he can sit up and work on some missed homework.

Every day is getting better and we're looking forward to a full recovery!