Ethan and the Minivan

As a family we are all very grateful to the love and support of family, neighbors, and friends.  We are blessed by trials so we can grow; fortunately our's is much smaller than it could have been and it is supported by all you.

The Story:

Monday afternoon Ethan, from what we can tell, missed his bus home from school.  As a proactive young man when he sees a problem instead of complain he looks for a solution.  Despite our instruction to call if he needed a ride, he simply decided walking home could solve the predicament in which he found himself.  As he approached the reason for a bus, Fairfield Road, he may have misjudged or not seen a minivan coming in his direction.  He was hit on the left side.

At the time of the accident Annalyn had already mobilized neighbors and the School to look out for Ethan.  It was his teacher that notified Annalyn of the incident.  As Annalyn arrived "on the scene" the ambulance had left the scene transporting Ethan to Primary Children's Medical Center.  Annalyn had the Sargent on the scene contact my work.  I rushed home and together we made our way here (The Hospital).

The first major blessing was Ethan did not suffer anything life threatening and through multiple tests it was determined he had a skull fracture and broken clavicle.  It's a good thing I've always taught my children early on where their clavicle is located.

Our initial optimistic (and the Ogden Standard Examiner's) assessment was met with reality and through an MRI we saw not a simple goose-egg  but a flock of geese.  It is apparent that his brain suffered some sheering (Over-stretching of the nerves) and will take some time, weeks even months before he returns to normal whatever normal is.

The last two days we have watched as he has slept and moaned, today (2/2/11) however he has become more aware and is communicating 100 times better.  We are excited by the ongoing improvement and comforted by the next great blessing that however long it may take his prospect for a full recovery is excellent.

The moral of the story: Kids listen to your parents and cross the road safely with an adult next to you.

We will continue to update this blog daily until we leave the hospital probably sometime next week.  Thank you again for all your support.  We feel very loved indeed.

Steve