Snowboarding Accident and Broken Bones

Jarom has been snowboarding for about ten years now, so I guess I figured something would happen sooner or later.  Yesterday Jarom took a bad fall onto some icy asphalt.  He was going over a berm on his way to the parking lot on his last run and didn't see that there was a five foot drop below.  He was knocked out for several seconds and even though he was a little dazed afterward, he knew he was hurt pretty badly.  Thankfully he was with his friends Nick and Mike, both of whom work at hospitals and they were able to help him, especially since the ski trauma center didn't do a very good job with triage and assessment.

Bryson and I met them at the emergency room a few hours after the accident.  After several hours, x-rays, and CT scans, we found out that he broke his scapula (back of shoulder), his first rib, and had a partially collapsed lung, which thankfully resolved without a chest tube.  He spent 24 hours in the hospital so they could observe the  pneumothorax  and will be released later today.  Thankfully he wasn't hurt worse and he has pain medication to help him get through the worst of it.  Of course  his accident occurred the same week flu hit our house and I started experiencing pre-term labor, so not much fun, but we'll just focus on all of us getting better, bones healing, and getting baby boy number two to full term, and we'll do just fine.

Update as of December 19: Yesterday Jarom visited the trauma surgeon for a follow-up and we found out that he has at least two more broken ribs than originally thought and that he might have a fractured hip as well. We'll know more after the x-rays and scans come back. She also told us how lucky he was to be in as good of shape as he was. Apparently, the broken rib is fractured right where the rib articulates with his vertebrae, so he was lucky that he didn't break his back. I'm glad he always wears a helmet, that he was with friends who could help him, and that Heavenly Father was watching out for him so that he's alive and well. Jarom is still in a lot of pain, but he's getting more mobility in his shoulder, is able to work, and is helping me and Bryson around here while I'm on bedrest.