Yesterday marked one year since Shad's dirt bike accident. I can't believe it has already been a year. I have known that this day was coming for a while. On Friday Shad's mom and her husband, Les, came down from Idaho to buy a truck from Shad and spend the night. On Saturday morning we were woken up by Shad's mom saying that there wasn't running water upstairs and that we may have a frozen pipe. This really started the day off right :) After Shad and Les did some investigating upstairs and in the crawl space they decided that Shad needed to access the area above the garage to find the pipe to see if it really was frozen. A few weeks ago we found out that we didn't have insulation in our attic or spacing between the two floors so we had R-49 blown in. The insulation is very light, slick and all over the trusses. Shad climbed into the access and was walking on the trusses/beams to find the pipe. Apparently, when he reached for the pipe his foot slipped on some of the insulation, broke through the dry wall and he almost fell onto the concrete below. I was in the kitchen with my mother in law making breakfast when I heard a loud crash. I admit I wasn't in the best of moods and on edge to begin with. I ran out to the garage to see drywall and insulation all over the ground and Les looking as shock as I was. Shad wasn't responding to my desperate questions of concern. Finally, he let Les know he was okay. Somehow Shad was able to hold himself in the rafters to prevent himself from falling onto the concrete. He ended up breaking a couple ribs. I am just grateful that he is okay. It could have been a lot worse. I think Les got hit in the head with some dry wall, but other than that everyone is alive!!! Les was so great to help Shad put the insulation on the floor into bags, get a new piece of drywall and help Shad put it up over the hole. My mother in law help me with Brinley, do some laundry and all the dishes! I can't express how grateful I am for the help!!! We did have a frozen pipe which didn't break. Shad and Les were able to get the pipe taken care of so it hopefully won't freeze again. What a day. Despite Shad's injuries he has been able to do a lot more than he could a year ago at this time. It took about 8 months for Shad to be able to lift a large amount of weight like he use to and another few months to really start to feel back to normal. There are times he still comes home and hurts really bad after a long day and after falling on his ribs and back it may be pretty painful for a while. I am so proud of how far he has come. He has worked through the pain to make sure Brin and I are taken care of and safe. It means more to me than I can express. I am thankful that the Lord has let him live and not have any serious complications!!!
Some of you may remember our close friend who we consider family that passed away last September. His wife actually fell off of a ladder last week and hit her head (and hurt her toe). We are grateful that she is doing well and has no serious injuries! What a week!
