Prayers requested for our son, Shane

Our son, Shane, fell out of our barn hayloft. This is about a ten-foot drop. He suffered facial wounds from the fall. We spent last night (Wednesday) in the Children’s Hospital ER. He was admitted around 2:00 a.m. (Thursday). After CT's, x-rays, and evaluations from surgeons it was determined that he has three nasal fractures and one lower orbital fracture. He was placed on the OR schedule for morning for nasal repair surgery.

He was such a trooper! They stuck him three times to put in the IV and draw blood, he never flinched! Then, the facial surgeon pulled what he thought was a wood chip (splinter) out of his nose only to realize it was a piece of his upper nasal bone! It had traveled pretty far and cut his nose. He then stitched his nose and upper lip. Mom was the only one crying! Around four in the morning they had to draw blood again, however this time they stuck him in the arm, hands, and finally the feet where they were able to get enough blood. Again, he never flinched! He slept through this last blood drawing session. The nurses were amazed!

This morning the facial surgeon and his senior surgeon came into access him. They decided to watch the nose fractures and let them heal naturally since they seemed to be aligned correctly. We have to follow-up on Monday with them.We were discharged around noon from the hospital and headed to the eye surgeon. He saw two different surgeons, which evaluated his orbital fracture and eyes. They are having a specialist in tomorrow from Indianapolis who specializes in this type of fracture. So we have to return tomorrow for another evaluation. These two seem to think he needs the fracture repaired and are worried that his eye muscles or tissues might be entrapped in the fracture. So, potentially they think he will need the fracture repaired and the eye muscle/tissue repaired.

FRIDAY UPDATES:
Shane is scheduled for surgery Saturday morning to repair his orbital fracture. They will move the eye up and “un-entrap” the muscle/tissues. Then they will repair the fracture. It will be an outpatient surgery, so hopefully everything will go smoothly. Please continue to keep Shane in your prayers!