So some of you might know that our past two weeks have been anything but easy. Two weeks ago this Tuesday (the 19th I think?) Casey was bow hunting and I was home to fend the wild animals we call children on my own. It was supper, bath, bedtime at home, so I was crazy busy and my phone was on the charger downstairs. Apparently it rang three times as I gave Jacie and Kamry a bath, but I didn't hear it. Just as I was about to pray with Kam, I heard Casey downstairs, and something didn't feel right, so I ran down there to see what was up.
Turns out while Casey was waiting on a doe to turn broadside, the strap holding his tree stand about 15 feet up in the air broke, and he, the stand, his bow, and two live arrows fell. After a few minutes of catching his breath and wiggling his toes to make sure he could, he walked out of the timber (albeit slowly) praising God he could walk. I got the girls down to bed, nursed Eden and put her down, and we called a girl we have watch the girls once in awhile over so that we could head to the ER. He had a hard time catching his breath so I wanted to make sure he didn't break a rib and puncture a lung or something crazy like that. Turns out he really did "break his back" with a compression fracture on L2 (mid to low back) and also what they called a limbic fracture. Nothing really we can do, but it is pretty painful for him, and it's been tough around here with the three little girls (okay, and me too) who like to hang on him. He's been going to the chiro several times a week (we usually go at least 2x a month anyways for wellness) and that is helping some too.
Anyways, keep us in your prayers! We keep saying to each other, "Just put one foot in front of the other" as we tackle the everyday chores in maybe just a little different way. I've really had to conquer my fear of the basement because Casey isn't supposed to carry the laundry up. ScArY! :)
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praying for you and your family. that's scary, but praise God he's ok.
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