Cader Tot!

My nephew Cade was involved in a pretty bad dirt bike accident on Friday. He was on the practice track at a race and a 14 yo kid came around a corner going the wrong way and hit Cade head on. Cade has a broken femur and several deep gashes (to the bone) on his knee. They had to stitch the flesh back together and he had to have so many stitches that the Dr. actually lost count. There is literally layer upon layer of stitches. On Saturday he had surgery to place a nail in the bone. This will be in place for about 1 year and then it will be removed. He actually walked on it today with a walker already. He is pretty sore all over, but he is an incredibily tough kid. He has not cried once since it happened. When my brother approached him after it happened he looked up at him and said "Dad, my leg is broke." I guess this runs in the family...my brother didn't realize he was having an appendix (sp?) attack. He just told mom his side hurt and Cameron gets bad ear infections with no pain or anything. He finds out he has them when we go to the Dr. for something else. He had his first one at age 3! We only went in because he was having trouble hearing! He actually had one a week or so ago and had no clue. We took him in for a bad sore throat and cough and she asked him if his ear hurt. He was like, "No, why?"

The other boy was injured also but I don't know much about him. I heard he had a broken collar bone and some cuts on his face. I had heard originally he was worse off then Cade because he was only wearing shorts and Cade had on all of his safety gear.

They say Cade will be able to go home tomorrow, though I think Chris and Trisha would like him to stay a little longer. We will see... Chris has some pictures of the cuts on his facebook, but if you are weak stomached don't look. They are deep! It is amazing the medical advances that have happened. Years ago, he would have been in traction for weeks or in a complete lower body cast. Please keep Cade and his family in your thoughts and prayers as he heals.