He obviously has 9 lives…. Well, I guess this makes 8.
Being that my education and career have taken me down the medical path, most stories of injuries don’t impact me a lot. I have heard and seen some crazy things, and it never ceases to amaze me what people can do to themselves in a moment’s time. And then there is the story of my friend Richard.
A simple plan to take an afternoon jog down a path that he had probably been on several times before lead to an unbelievable moment in which his whole life changed. There was a split-second decision. A miss-step of his feet. And a fall. An agonizing 50 foot fall. And there was concrete. ….And a guardian angel.
Richard is now laying in a hospital bed with metal in almost every bone in his body as he recovers from “some of the worst” orthopedic injuries the doctors have ever seen. But, unbelievably, he suffered nothing internal, nothing that affects his brain or spine, and nothing that a lot of physical therapy wont eventually heal. The boy is a living miracle.
Please keep him and his family in your prayers. He has months and years ahead of him of healing. Most importantly, I hope he finds his strength in knowing that his job here must not be done and that there is an amazing plan for him.
Its his birthday tomorrow. Not exactly the celebration he was hoping for, but one definitely worth celebrating!
Follow his story here.
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