Bj's accident

What a busy few months we have had. We had Bj involved in a bull riding accident on Feb 11, which sent him to the hospital in a ambulance. Bj was stepped on by his bull and it broke both bones in his left arm. One bone was broke in two and the other was broke in multiple places. Bj went into surgery and it lasted 2 1/2 hrs. They put in two plates and eleven screws. Within 24 hrs he was headed back into surgery and he came out with a wound vac attached to his arm.
The Dr decided to reopen his wound and leave it open to help with the swelling and drainage. he was in the hospital for a week.

Bj packed the wound vac around for a month. He just went back into surgery to have it closed up. He has about 25 stitches. The Dr is hoping the skin will stretch so he does not have to return and open the wound again. They are trying to stay away from a skin graft.

Bj has keep a pretty good spirit with all the different things going on. We are hoping he can return to school by 4th quarter. He now has to attend physical therapy 3 times a week to start getting his fingers and hand moving again. And he is still planning to return to the sport of Bull riding as soon as possible