August 12, 2019

As most of you know, Steve was in a motorcycle accident Saturday August 10th. He wasn’t being reckless, just over corrected on a turn when he got too close to the yellow line. Care flight picked him up and brought him to Renown in Reno. On top of some road rash and some bruising, he also suffered a heart contusion and a complete break in his back. They have placed 2 rods between his T2-T6 along with 20 screws. The Dr’s and staff have taken great care of him but said that it is a severe injury and that we need to be optimistic and hopeful that Steve will regain some function and feeling in his lower extremities again. They are expecting that he will be paralyzed from the chest down but that he still has full function in both of his arms and his breathing is not effected. He will remain in ICU and medicated to keep his vitals up and try to regain some blood flow to that section of his spine and spinal cord. He will be out of ICU soon and moving on to the next stage of treatment before rehabilitation. It’s very critical these next few days and weeks that he rests and heals. He is awake and alert and understands the severity of his injuries. We are thankful that it wasn’t a head injury and he is alive. Thank you for all for the overwhelming amount of love and prayers. We will keep this blog updated regularly to keep you all informed since it is incredibly difficult for us to text and call everyone individually. It’s important for Steve and Jenny to both rest and be focused on each other these next few weeks. At this time, we are limiting visitation to immediate family. If you would like to reach out, please do so here. I will make sure that Steve receives all of the love and messages left here for him. We so appreciate your understanding and patience thru this, we are navigating this the best we can, in his best interest. 

Love

Steve and Jenny