September 3, 2008

• Pray for Dan

  On Monday afternoon around 4pm, Dan was in a 4-wheeler accident. He was life-flighted to CMC in Scranton (about 30 min. from us) and was admitted with a whole litany of injuries, but thankfully nothing life-threatening. He has a broken scapula (shoulder blade), 6 broken ribs, his jaw is broken in two places, and a punctured lung. He was in a lot of pain, so much that the pain meds they were giving him weren't really doing much, so last night they gave him a thoracic epidural to numb up his chest so that he is able to breathe easier and without so much pain. He has a drainage tube in that has already drained 850 cc's of fluid out of his lung, and today, if all goes as planned, he'll have surgery to have titanium plates put in his jaw and then have it wired shut for 4-6 weeks. (Those of you who know Dan know that this could be the worst part--- Dan loves (and lives?!) to eat, so a month on a straw could be... disastrous...) Anyway, since he was in so much pain, he wasn't breathing very deeply and wasn't able to cough or inflate his lungs (esp. the one that had been collapsed) very well, and they were pretty worried about him getting pneumonia. Hopefully now that he has the epidural in, he'll be able to get his lungs clear and breathe better.

  That's it for now. I'm posting pics and updates of him throughout the day on Dan's family blog, myblockfamily.blogspot.com, so you can check there if you really want more details.

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