what happened

On Saturday afternoon Josh was involved in a horrible motorcycle accident.  He went to lift his wheel over a 5" sprinkler pipe and the bike went up.  The bike kept going and Josh went down hard on his rear end.  He knew he was hurt bad.  Thank goodness he was with a friend and the friend was able to give Josh a Priesthood blessing at the scene of the accident.  He was taken by ambulance to Mount Pleasant hospital. There he was given a cat scan and it was discovered that he had a compressed fracture to his T9 and several smaller fractures to others.  And a broken pelvis.  The decision was made to transport josh to Utah Valley in Provo by life flight.  Josh was given more x rays and an MRI upon arrival.  Josh could feel touch to his legs but could not move them.  Sunday morning Josh went through a 6+ hour surgery to replace his T9 with hardware and to relieve pressure from his spinal cord.  To do this they went in between his ribs horizontally. The had to collapse his left lung and also removed a rib.  The rib was then ground up and put onto the hardware to help with healing. There was no injury to the spinal cord just pressure and bruising, the good news in all of this.  Josh had a rough night as expected.  Monday morning the news from the Dr was promising.  He said that for what Josh has been through he is doing excellent.  The chest tube may be removed as early as tomorrow.  Continue with your prayers.  They are appreciated.