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| The Day after Accident |
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| Type of Coupling that hit him... This is NOT the actual pipe! |
So as many of you know, Ben had an accident 3 weeks before Blake was born. Added for some unnecessary excitement, for sure! Ben is a Commercial Plumber, he was working on a Hospital in Twin Falls, ID. (Yep, 3 hours away from home) since June 09. He went to put some elbow joints on the main line when.... KABLAM! A piece of pipe went shooting across the room... actually two rooms. It shot through 2 drywalls and landed in some ducting. The coupling that holds the pipe (Ben is pointing to in the pic) broke in the explosion and smacked Ben in the left side of his face. He suffered a concussion, busted a molar and shattered his cheekbone and eye socket in 8- 10 different spots. Commonly known as a "Blowout Fracture" for those of you who are interested! :D Subsequently, he had to have 4 titanium plates put in around his eye! All of his Doctors were AMAZED that he didn't have any brain damage AND didn't lose his eye.... Oh yeah!- and to be ALIVE!!!! He has healed quite nicely and is looking as handsome as ever! We are soo thankful for the protective hands that guarded him that day. I know that MANY angels, both Heavenly and earthbound, were watching over BOTH of us that day. I'm so thankful to our Ward, Coworkers, Friends and Family that helped and Prayed for us! We COULD NOT have gotten thru this without you! THANK YOU!!!!
BTW- Ben has deemed this incident, "The CURSE of Marrying A McLEAN Woman!"... since my sister's husband, Mario, also suffered a"close call/Lucky-to-be-Alive" jet skiing accident a couple of summers back. I think it's a LOAD OF CRAP!
.... (no plumbing joke intended!!! HA! HA!)
Blake has been a amazing example to me already. He has had to endure more than a newborn should. He has been a fighter LITERALLY from conception. It turns out that I have an extra blood antigen that pretty much ATTACKS anything that isn't me....EVEN if we have the same blood type- which Blake and I do. These antigens that are still in Blake were attacking and killing his Red Blood Cells (RBC) thus causing his already high billiruben levels to soar. His first week of life was spent under HIGH intensity lights. It even got to the point where we weren't able to even hold him for 4 days straight!
We did an IVIG (Intravenous Immunoglobin) Infusion that sent in the "Cavalry" to attack to "renegade"RBC's. That worked and allowed us to go home... FINALLY! Let's just say that I never imagined I'd spend my 30th Birthday in the hospital! :p Blake still wasn't out of the woods yet. His hemoglobin Levels and hematocrit #s were still dropping dangerously low. He endured TWO RBC transfusions and still came out LOVING us! Poor guys has EVERY right to hate needles! This made vaccine shots look like small beans! But, this did the trick- His body has begun taking over and we don't need to intervene anymore! Blake is a Fighter and SUCH an angel of a baby! I LOVE having two kids! It's soo adorable watching them interact and make each other laugh- Mason is a tremendous big brother and has been ever so patient while Mommy takes care of Blakers! I'm so blessed... My cup runneth over!
