Thursday, June 23, 2011

the whole short story of Bryson's crash...

Here is the quick version of what happened to Bryson Perry. Tuesday night he raced in a local crit in Draper. He was racing great and in the lead group when he attacked on the final lap. He had done about 10 sprinting powerful pedal strokes when he started to crash. We are not 100% sure as to what cause it, either it was the chain (which broke) or flex in the bike or flex in the chain rings???? Freaking bike, he is not allowed to ride it ever again :) When the chain broke all his momentum was thrust forward, he nearly saved it but then hit a con. He was then thrown forward into a front flip landing on his upper back, he flipped again then rolled once more forward then slid on his neck/shoulder/back and then finally stopped. It was the most frightening crash I have ever seen. Unfortunately Skyler 8 and Myles 2 were only five feet away, front row action! when I got to him he was in pain and sure something was broken, he guessed scapula. I WAS SO RELIEVED he was talking and able to move. He quickly got picked up in the ambulance and taken to to ER. They found his scapula had been broken into 3 main pieces with fragments around. He broke 2 ribs and bruised and slightly punctured his lung.  He has some road rash, quite minimal considering the crash. And he has a huge hematoma on his left hip. He is in pain, the meds are helping but we are counting the hours for the next dose. His spirits are high and he is changing his goals for the racing season and looking forward trying to keep positive, he is pretty amazing. We meet with a great orthopedic tomorrow to discuss recovery, possible trainer rides etc. Thank you everyone for everything, I know how vague that sounds but I simply can not name names, it seems everyone has helped out. We have been so  and I am so happy that every thing is ok and all will heal. As for me I am no nurse, I'll stick to what I'm good at being a wife and mom! Thank you everyone for all the love :)!!!

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