For anyone who read my blog post two months ago Penrod Art Show vs. Broken Neck about the 22-yr old son of dear friends who broke his neck while my wife and I were at the Penrod (Indy) Show...here is a brief update...
Tanner Gibson and his wife are back in their home and continuing classes at Tennessee Tech. His neck halo brace was finally and mercifully removed. He has movement of all limbs and is rehabbing intensely. He raised his right arm completely over his head recently, a victory.
Like any active, young person, rehab is frustrating and taking too long. He wants to be 100% yesterday.
But he is alive. He is walking. He was/is a miracle. Prayers were lifted up all over the nation and they were answered this time, as requested. A testimony to the goodness of God...for the rest of his life.
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Thanks for this update, Rick. Your original post was so heartrending, and such a 'stepping back' from our usual reports from shows. It put so much of our lives into perspective. I wish him well.
Thx, Linnea, the link worked originally then just stopped...anyway I went back and fixed it again.
Link to your prior post is not working.
The story is the opposite of one of my son's classmates from high school. Within a couple days of graduating from high school thirteen years ago the young man was driving a 4 wheel ATV under the influence of a combination of drugs and alcohol early in the morning about sunrise. He flipped the ATV while driving on a steep curvy road and broke his neck. He got up and ran with the broken neck. He got perhaps 50 yards until the spinal cord severed. He died on the spot. He had prior arrests for impaired driving, thought he would lose his license, and instead lost his life.