Matt's Accident

Third day after the horse accident...

On Friday the 18th, Matt was leading a 3 year old horse through the pen. It jerked him and threw him into a panel (we think). We also think he was knocked out for a few minutes because he couldn't remember anything that happened or what horse he was working with. (With my fine detective work I figured out it was the horse that had the lead rope on and was out of the pen eating all of the hay.) I drove him to Ontario because I just assumed he needed stitches. He didn't have a black eye or anything at that point and was walking around. They did 3 CAT scans on him and found out he needed more than stitches...so they sent him in an ambulance to St. Al's in Boise. Pastor Chuck was actually in the area and beat me to the hospital! By this point in the day Matt looked pretty bad! We spent the night in the hospital so they could watch him. He had 7 stitches in his lip, small hemorrhaging in his brain, and about 6 fractures in his skull (3 near his eye and 2 near his pallet in his mouth and one on his pallet). His teeth are loose and he has to eat soft things for 2 months. His eye was very bloody from the fractures near his eye but it didn't affect his vision. His black eye has been fading away slowly. He also hurt his hip...it is the longest bruise I have ever seen. He limped for a week or so and is now putting some pressure on it and walking around fairly well (however, not running yet!) He's heeling up very well and we are so thankful that he was not hurt as bad as it could have been. The Lord was really watching out and protecting him that day! He's also been quickly healing him over the past few days. We've been very thankful for all of the love and concern people have shown over the last week and a half! We appreciate you all.