our mighty deerhunter

My dad, James, loves to hunt deer and this weekend opened gun season in Missouri. Dad hunts at a friends property several miles from his home. Opening day, saturday, Dad had a buck in view and stood up in his stand to get a clearer shot. The strap that attaches the stand to the tree broke. Daddy fell about 16 feet to the ground. Landing on his right knee, his entire pelvic area took the shock of the impact. His pelvis broke away from his spine on both sides. On the left side the break is fairly clean but goes all of the way through. The right side is a different story. It was crushed and the break is very jagged and mushy. The front of the pelvic bone has been seperated and will need to be repaired also. The Dr. has ordered a rare piece of equipment that will help stablize the whole pelvic floor. It should be here on Tuesday and he will have the sugery on Wednesday. Mom, Sarah and I met with the surgeon and really like him. He took us to the computer where he showed us the CT scan. That was very cool. It was a 3-D of dad's pelvis, then he printed it for us and for Sarah to take to nursing school with her for show and tell. Seriously though, his bladder seems to have a leak in it and his kidneys don't want to work at full capacity. If the kidney problem persist, he may be put on dialysis for a few days to help them get jump started. It is all a bit overwhelming right now and prayers are needed. Dad is being a great patient as always and has the staff laughing with him once in a while. His pain is intense and meds help but put him into too deep of a sleep. It will be a long week for sure. I'll update here tomorrow.