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Thursday, April 3, 2008

Crash and Burn

My stubborn husband... Went riding the other weekend, without a helmet on and what happens?! So apparently he was going quite fast when he came up on a small ditch that he didn't have time to slow down for by the time he saw it. The last thing he remembers is doing a handstand as the quad is flipping... Luckily for him he wasn't alone. His cousin saw it happen said he got about 15 ft of air before landing... And when he came up on Collin, he was completely unconscious!! It took him about five minutes to fully come to before realizing what had happened...maybe it was the blood gushing out of his head and running down his side, or the fact that he and the quad were no longer in tact...they brought him home and he was so out of it, and probably going in and out of shock with a concussion. It was so scary and I felt so bad for him! But he has managed to heal up and the big bruises are just beginning to clear up. Anyhow, these are just a few pics of his battle wounds. He had road rash everywhere- back, butt, shoulders, legs, even on his head where it had scraped along the ground... and one huge gash in his head which a day later, I managed to pull a rock out of! Poor guy! We also decided to go back and find where he had crashed, which was quite easy as there was blood on the ground marking his crash... I wanted to pass out when I saw how far he actually got tossed! He landed bout 30 feet from the ditch where he hit!! Cringe... Not so much one for pain, so we fought forever about going to the ER and letting me clean it out. Needless to say- he totally won! But I did manage to clean the thing a week later! There was STILL tons of dirt on it, yuck!





2 comments:

Unknown said...

YIKES!!! Dang boys... when will they learn?? I'm glad he's ok though- Looks like some nasty cuts!

Unknown said...

OUCH!!
I have heard so many horror stories that come along with riding!
Thank goodness he is okay!