Ryan's Big Accident

Ryan and Koby had planned to go for the day with the Evan and Rand boys to ride motorcycles. I was home washing clothes and packing for Ryan and I's trip to Lake Powell (I was so excited). It was going to be so much fun. I got family to watch our 5 kids and we were all set to have some fun in the sun. Around 1:00 I got a call from Koby which totally surprised me. I wasn't supposed to hear from them until late. Koby said that dad got in an accident and was in an ambulance heading to the hospital in Evanston Wyoming. I said Koby are you kidding me? I thought he was just trying to be funny. He said no mom. This really happened. Dad wants you to meet him at the hospital. I said ok and hung up the phone. So many thoughts were going through my mind. Was he going to be ok? What am I going to do with the kids (Aunt Lyndsie)? Where is Evanston? How do I get there? I called mom for help. That was the longest drive of my life. I cried, prayed, and worried.

I finally made it to Evanston and found the hospital. The day was so windy. Wind advisors were given.  50 + mile an hour gusts were expected. I got out of the van to go into the hospital and thought I was going to blow away.

Ryan and Koby were already there. Koby was waiting in the waiting room. He looked scared. He said he feel asleep in the ambulance. It took them an hour to get from the hills they were in to the hospital.  Thats quite the day for a 12 year old.

Ryan was in good spirits but kept on saying sorry. His nose itched really bad the entire time. Its crazy how much you appreciate body parts when they are not working. They did x rays and both wrist where broken. The doctor decided that he would try to set the wrist and put them in a temporary cast. It was the craziest thing ever!! I couldn't look. Luckily they knocked Ryan out.

Ryan has the best boss (Shane Wiser) ever!! He heard about Ryan's accident and rode his harley to Evanston so he could give Ryan a blessing. Jim Evans came too. They both stayed with us until we got Ryan back home in our bed. Ryan was in so much pain. What a nightmare. This was a Thursday. I was supposed to call and make an appointment with a wrist specialist the next day so we could get cast on or whatever was needed to get moving in the direction of being better. When i called the next morning most of the doctors didn't work on Fridays. The soonest we could be seen was the following Wednesday. Our Lake Powell trip was not going to happen. Boy was I depressed. I really needed that break but the more we thought about it the more we felt is might have been a blessing in disguise. Maybe something worse would have happened at Lake Powell. Who knows. Im just so glad that Ryan is a live and that his wrist are fixable.