David's Busted Up Body

A few days ago, someone ran a stop sign right in front of David while he was riding the BRIGHT RED scooter while David was going about 35 mph (full speed for our little scooter). He was returning from a soda run to the gas station about 3 blocks away, and it was dark outside. Luckily Jason and Art both have medical backgrounds and were able to clean out his wounds and immobilize his foot. A word of caution...THESE ARE GRAFFIC PICTURES AND MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUNGER VIEWERS...

You can't really tell from the picture, but the hole in his elbow is about 1/2 inch deep. You can see stuff you shouldn't be able to. Pretty gross. Jason had to cut away dead tissue from around it. I am so proud of Jason for being able to do that kind of stuff.

Yesterday when woke up and his leg from the knee down was completely purple and he could no longer take the pain, he decided it was time to go to the base hospital and have it checked out. It is official. He has 4 hairline fractures in his foot (the doctor was suprised it wasn't broken all the way through), sprained knee and ankle, and torn ligaments and tendons. He is in a knee immobilizer and a stirrup cast on his ankle. They also gave him a shiny new pair of crutches to finish out his new look. Luckily they said that his open wounds were cleaned out good, so they didn't have to go there. He will be spending some time resting before he can get back to the yard.