Braden’s Accident

Saturday morning I was at the gym and I got a phone call from Braden’s Scout Leader.  He told me that Braden had been in a biking accident and was currently being checked by an EMT.  The next phone call I got was the EMT telling me that they were going to take Braden to the hospital in Moab to be checked out.  She told me that he had been knocked unconscious and they thought his collar bone was broken.  Unfortunately he was three hours away from home and all I could do was sit and wait.  Next, I heard from the doctor at the hospital.  She said that his CT scan had shown a small spot of blood.  She wanted him looked at by a Pediatric Neurologist and monitored overnight.  She wanted him sent to Primary Children’s hospital and so a Life Flight plane was on it’s way from Salt Lake City to pick him up!  I was in shock! Several long hours later, we were finally able to see him and give him a kiss.  He was really being a trooper, but I could tell he was tired and scared.  After another CT scan, they determined that the bleed on his brain must have just been from impact and that it was no longer bleeding.  

After a long night in the hospital, they released him.  He has a concussion and a broken collar bone, but we are all well aware of how lucky we are.  We are so grateful to his wonderful scout leaders who took such good care of him.  We are so thankful to his fellow scouts who were such a support and were so encouraging.  At this holiday season we are the most THANKFUL for Braden and that he is still here with us!!  We know we owe that to our Heavenly Father and to those who said so many prayers on his behalf!