In my prayers
Update Ping to Sarah's List! ~ Sorry for Two Updates in a row, but I just felt it was important.
It sounds painful, but they are repairing everything. It does Not sound like there was any Spine or Head Injuries, but I still want too keep Praying.
From Sarah's Facebook, apparently Mat-Su Regional Hospital is better than KU Medical Center where I come from, God Bless whoever it was who found him:
"A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything." - Irish Proverb
Thank you for lifting Todd up in prayer. He's still in ICU under care of a superbly skilled staff. A long surgery repaired numerous breaks in Todd's upper body, docs essentially lifted and secured every rib with steel bands, anchored the broken clavicle with plates and rods, set aside repair of a broken shoulder for later (also later are more minor things like ACL/MCL knee injuries), still mechanically inflating one collapsed lung while other bruised lung, liver, etc., are watched; chest drain is working overtime to keep things clear.
Requiring a bit more than our usual fix-all up here - Duct tape - some gnarly incisions to enter his innards will be reminders of how life can change in the blink of an eye. (And skating through TSA detectors with bionic parts will now be anything but the blink of an eye!)
So thankful for today's medical technology including 3-D X-rays, temporary pain blocks and epidurals. I'm voting for their continued use until a resting position is found that allows minimal wincing with each breath.
We say Mat-Su Regional Hospital (http://matsuregional.com) is the best place to start life - all our babies are Mat-Su born - and these ER and ICU days show our local medical experts are most outstanding at continuing life, too... by the grace of God.
It's all good though, and I hope whatever challenges you face today - physical, emotional, financial - you'll have confidence in the care around you, and you'll apply Todd's consistent advice: "Don't sweat the small stuff."
Your care for Todd is more appreciated than I can express. Thank you. And thank you to the still-mysterious snowmachiner(s) who came upon the wreck and provided critical help that night. I hope to meet you soon!"
- Sarah
Prayer up.
I’m selfishly thinking the need to take care of Todd is probably is going to take her out of contention for a cabinet position. She could probably still play an advisory role on energy policies. Rats.
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Yes. Prayers up for Todd. Hoping to read how this accident occurred sometime.
Prayers for Todd’s full recovery.
PRAYERS UP FOR TODD!!!! (it only hurts when he laughs) (no jokes in the hospital room or he’ll bust a stitch)
That IS grim. Prayers for Todd Palin and the Palin family.
Prayers are up for Todd and the whole family...
Sounds like he’s in very good hands and that his prognosis is excellent.
My prayers for Todd and the Palin family. Hes tougher than Chinese algebra. Its just gonna suck to be him for awhile.
Best wishes to Mr. Palin. Here’s hoping he can be made comfortable. This is going to be quite a long journey for him and Sarah.
Thank you for the ping!
Will be praying for Todd, Sarah, the family and doctors.
Sounds like he is lucky to be alive (or saved by grace).
Recovering from injuries like that will take quite some time.
Prayers up for Todd.
When he recovers, if a lot of metal was used to repair his broken ribs/bones, he will have a lot of fun going through the metal detectors at airports.
My wife has a maze of bolts and screws in one of her wrists and one shoulder.
An XRay of one of my feet looks like an ACE hardware add for an assortment of screws/hinges and other metal.
Last year we went to a Football game at the New Levi stadium, and we set off the alarms just barely entering the scan area. The cops and renta cops descended on our area, until they saw a couple of 70 year old bionic people grinning at them.
Prayers for the Palin family!
Prayers for Todd and the Palin family.
Dear Lord prayers for a quick recovery for Todd. Be with Sarah and his children as they go though this traumatic time.
I hope Todd makes a full recovery and has many more happy years with Sarah.
Prayers going up!!!
Those are some serious injuries. Prayers for Todd and the entire family.
It’s almost like someone beat Todd Palin to within an inch of his life, making sure to leave him alive but forever changed. Sort of as a gift to Sarah, maybe after not endorsing someone. Sort of.