I would like to thank you all for the love and support from such a huge extended family. Just another reason why I am so proud to be a member of crappie.com. Bryan was in good spirits last evening, just anxious to get the other surgery done and get out of that hospital. His big brother Casey, the Marine, stayed all night with him last night. Never left his bed side and was still awake this morning when I woke up and went in the room to say good by and head for work. The boys are all doing better and Bryan and his two buddies are starting to recall a bit more of the actual accident. Not a good story to hear. We will all recover but it will be quite some time. They say Bryans leg will be at least 6 - 8 months before it heals then a lot of physical therapy and possible other surgeries in the future. The shoulder will heal in 6 - 8 weeks but will probably be some kind of issue the rest of his life. But they are all alive and we will all recover. We are lucky enough to have some insurance through Michild here in Michigan and my auto insurance, even though my vehicle was not involved, will cover most of the medical. My wife and I both work full time at jobs we love. Some times the job you love doesn't always pay the best and that is true for my wife and I. We make it but that's about it. Being the wonderful mother that she is, she is by his side and will not go back to work until he is out of the hospital. I am now driving 200 miles per day to get to work making sure we can keep our heads above water, and to the hospital to spend nights with my son. 200 miles in a van that is probably not fit for the road right now, but I have no choice. Just a few weeks ago my car died so I had to scrape up funds to keep me on the road. I thought what I made was a great deal, some rust, couple dents, cosmetics but he engine ran fine. Immediately had to replace tie rod and found out the spring mounts on the front are rusted broke and are very costly to have fixed, if they can be found. Then on the way to the hospital, while following the ambulance, as we approached a stop light, the van blew a brake line and I almost hit the back of the ambulance that my son was in. We have a 94 pick up that runs but only gets 10 mpg and also has break issues. And it will definitely not be good for hauling Bryan around.Financial burdens that might bend us to the limits but we will not break. Mental stress and pictures in our heads that none of us ever want to see again and would never wish on our worst enemy, but we will get through it knowing that the boys survived and will be ok.
Bryan is also a member here, "slabkid". You won't see him on much but he stops by once in a while. I will pass along all your thoughts and prayers. If anyone would like to send him a card I think he would really appreciate it. You can send them to me at my business and I will make sure he gets it.
Frank Krajenka
c/o Comfort Center
PO Box 316
Prudenville MI 48651

Once again I thank you all.