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My Sweet Man is at the Hospital
Hi All,
I can't even begin to tell you what a tremendous reassurance all your comments have been over the last 15 hours, letting me know of so many prayers being lifted on Mark's and my behalf. The Body of Christ is truly amazing and I praise God for how beautiful His Bride is in action.
The Doctors will be making their morning rounds in about 15 minutes, so I will make this as brief as I can. Just to bring everyone up to speed...
Yesterday afternoon, Mark, Christian and I got home from church and Mark decided to run up to the outlet mall near where we live. He had bought a jacket and wanted to exchange it. This man does NOT do malls, but was quite motivated to head up there yesterday afternoon! He actually went to leave and took the car keys, but at the last minute decided to take his motorcycle. We said a quick good-bye and he zipped off. I put Christian down for his nap and went to return a call to a dear friend, then planned on taking a nap myself. A call beeped in on the other line when I was talking to my friend, but I ignored it and listened to the voice mail after I hung up. It was the hospital calling to say that my husband had been in an accident. Shaking and praying, I quickly called Gina back (a counselor) and she gave me a brief report and then let me talk to the trauma Doctor. He gave me a brief run down on what Mark's injuries were and then said they were taking him into surgery.
I quickly made my "post" on Facebook for prayer support, awakened Christian from his nap, gathered my laptop and phones and chargers, my Bible and my son's Leap Frog game and headed for the hospital. He was only about 3 minutes from home, where the accident took place. A young, 18 year old girl ran a stop sign and plowed into Mark. There were no skid-marks, the officer said, so neither saw the other coming. Mark's bike flew one way and Mark flew the other way 39 feet from the scene of the accident. By the GRACE of God, he had no head trauma or injury to his spine or neck. But his injury was great. He broke both his femur bones - one very severely in several places - broke his pelvis, his right knee got completely busted and the bone popped through the skin, and his left ankle got completely dislocated. He had broken ribs and shoulder blade, but they said that other than that, from the neck up he received no major trauma whatsoever. God truly spared him and I praise His Holy name. The police officer who came to see us at the hospital, who had been at the scene, said that Mark was so "lucky" to not have had a head or neck trauma...but I know better. Luck had nothing to do with it.
So, my Mom and step-Dad, along with several close friends and one of my Pastors came to the hospital right away. Mark was in surgery for 5 hours last night, but the only thing they repaired were the femur breaks. He is in ICU now and will stay here until Wednesday when they will put him back into surgery in order to repair the rest of the injuries.
Things you can pray for now are that God would protect him from infection to any of the injury sites, particularly the knee, which was exposed during the accident. Also, pray that he will not develop any other infections such as pneumonia and that his lungs will continue to function fully and healthily. And, of course, pray for the Dr's for continued wisdom as to how to best treat and care for him.
Mark is sedated and so I've not been able to talk to him. Last night I was able to tell him how much I love him and that I am here and would be here overnight. Other than that, he has been on a breathing tube and on lots of pain meds. They said he'd be that way for the most part, the next few days and following the second surgery.
Following his stay here, which could be one to two weeks, he will most likely go to a rehab center near us. We have a great facility about 3 miles from our home, so we're going to request he go there. Not sure how long he'll need to be there, but we are trusting God for supernatural healing and recovery.
The Doctors said that because the two major traumas occurred on two separate legs that it will be about 8 or more weeks before he will be able to get up and around, and even then it will not really be weight-bearing. The recovery will be slow (but of course we will continue to pray!) and there will be lots of physical therapy...up to 12 months in the whole process.
Christian - our 4 1/2 year old - came to the hospital with me last night and stayed for a couple hours in the waiting room just playing. I told him Daddy fell off his motorcycle and hurt his legs a little bit and so the Doctors are fixing him...that he's very sleepy and needs to rest to get better. He seemed OK but said he misses him. My dear friends Jim and Kris Dunlap (friends from Resurrection Fellowship up here) took Christian home to our house in Windsor last night and are taking him to preschool at Rez this morning, as he normally would go. Today was "dress like a bug day" at school for him, so Kris actually helped make the costume last night that I had bought supplies for on Saturday. We were going to make it last night so he could be a BUG today! I'll see him after lunch and take him out for a bit and will probably spend the night with him at home tonight so he can feel like things are normal. The hospital folks have recommended that Christian NOT see Mark at this point, because he is so sedated and can't talk or anything and it could freak him out. So continue to pray for peace for his little heart, as well as Mama's.
This has come as a shock as is overwhelming on a natural level, but in my spirit I feel the deep peace of God. I just keep thanking Him for sparing Mark and for all He will accomplish for His name's sake through Mark's life, as a result of this. His ways are higher than ours and I trust Him - our faithful God.
I will give more of an update once I hear from the Doctors, who should be here soon. Thank you for your continued prayers and love. I feel lifted by His grace and know that the fervent prayers of the saints are availing much.
Love and blessings to you,
Shannon
I can't even begin to tell you what a tremendous reassurance all your comments have been over the last 15 hours, letting me know of so many prayers being lifted on Mark's and my behalf. The Body of Christ is truly amazing and I praise God for how beautiful His Bride is in action.
The Doctors will be making their morning rounds in about 15 minutes, so I will make this as brief as I can. Just to bring everyone up to speed...
Yesterday afternoon, Mark, Christian and I got home from church and Mark decided to run up to the outlet mall near where we live. He had bought a jacket and wanted to exchange it. This man does NOT do malls, but was quite motivated to head up there yesterday afternoon! He actually went to leave and took the car keys, but at the last minute decided to take his motorcycle. We said a quick good-bye and he zipped off. I put Christian down for his nap and went to return a call to a dear friend, then planned on taking a nap myself. A call beeped in on the other line when I was talking to my friend, but I ignored it and listened to the voice mail after I hung up. It was the hospital calling to say that my husband had been in an accident. Shaking and praying, I quickly called Gina back (a counselor) and she gave me a brief report and then let me talk to the trauma Doctor. He gave me a brief run down on what Mark's injuries were and then said they were taking him into surgery.
I quickly made my "post" on Facebook for prayer support, awakened Christian from his nap, gathered my laptop and phones and chargers, my Bible and my son's Leap Frog game and headed for the hospital. He was only about 3 minutes from home, where the accident took place. A young, 18 year old girl ran a stop sign and plowed into Mark. There were no skid-marks, the officer said, so neither saw the other coming. Mark's bike flew one way and Mark flew the other way 39 feet from the scene of the accident. By the GRACE of God, he had no head trauma or injury to his spine or neck. But his injury was great. He broke both his femur bones - one very severely in several places - broke his pelvis, his right knee got completely busted and the bone popped through the skin, and his left ankle got completely dislocated. He had broken ribs and shoulder blade, but they said that other than that, from the neck up he received no major trauma whatsoever. God truly spared him and I praise His Holy name. The police officer who came to see us at the hospital, who had been at the scene, said that Mark was so "lucky" to not have had a head or neck trauma...but I know better. Luck had nothing to do with it.
So, my Mom and step-Dad, along with several close friends and one of my Pastors came to the hospital right away. Mark was in surgery for 5 hours last night, but the only thing they repaired were the femur breaks. He is in ICU now and will stay here until Wednesday when they will put him back into surgery in order to repair the rest of the injuries.
Things you can pray for now are that God would protect him from infection to any of the injury sites, particularly the knee, which was exposed during the accident. Also, pray that he will not develop any other infections such as pneumonia and that his lungs will continue to function fully and healthily. And, of course, pray for the Dr's for continued wisdom as to how to best treat and care for him.
Mark is sedated and so I've not been able to talk to him. Last night I was able to tell him how much I love him and that I am here and would be here overnight. Other than that, he has been on a breathing tube and on lots of pain meds. They said he'd be that way for the most part, the next few days and following the second surgery.
Following his stay here, which could be one to two weeks, he will most likely go to a rehab center near us. We have a great facility about 3 miles from our home, so we're going to request he go there. Not sure how long he'll need to be there, but we are trusting God for supernatural healing and recovery.
The Doctors said that because the two major traumas occurred on two separate legs that it will be about 8 or more weeks before he will be able to get up and around, and even then it will not really be weight-bearing. The recovery will be slow (but of course we will continue to pray!) and there will be lots of physical therapy...up to 12 months in the whole process.
Christian - our 4 1/2 year old - came to the hospital with me last night and stayed for a couple hours in the waiting room just playing. I told him Daddy fell off his motorcycle and hurt his legs a little bit and so the Doctors are fixing him...that he's very sleepy and needs to rest to get better. He seemed OK but said he misses him. My dear friends Jim and Kris Dunlap (friends from Resurrection Fellowship up here) took Christian home to our house in Windsor last night and are taking him to preschool at Rez this morning, as he normally would go. Today was "dress like a bug day" at school for him, so Kris actually helped make the costume last night that I had bought supplies for on Saturday. We were going to make it last night so he could be a BUG today! I'll see him after lunch and take him out for a bit and will probably spend the night with him at home tonight so he can feel like things are normal. The hospital folks have recommended that Christian NOT see Mark at this point, because he is so sedated and can't talk or anything and it could freak him out. So continue to pray for peace for his little heart, as well as Mama's.
This has come as a shock as is overwhelming on a natural level, but in my spirit I feel the deep peace of God. I just keep thanking Him for sparing Mark and for all He will accomplish for His name's sake through Mark's life, as a result of this. His ways are higher than ours and I trust Him - our faithful God.
I will give more of an update once I hear from the Doctors, who should be here soon. Thank you for your continued prayers and love. I feel lifted by His grace and know that the fervent prayers of the saints are availing much.
Love and blessings to you,
Shannon
Published on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 @ 10:59 AM CDT
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