My Son's Accident

Thank you all so much for all your thoughts, prayers, phone calls, etc for my son Jon. I just wanted to update you all and let you know that he is going to be just fine.

For those who don't know, my 16 year old was in an accident today. He was shot in the face & head by a 12 guage buckshot.

Here is what happened...

He had been helping his dad for the last few days cleaning out an old trailer at the bottom of our property. While Jon was cleaning today, he ran across a bullet. He took the bullet and pitched it into a box of trash he had been cleaning up ,and the bullet just happened to hit something just right ,causing the bullet to blow up and go in several directions.

One part hit Jon in the head just above his ear. It went in about one inch ,but it went sideways instead of deep...Praise God!!!!! The other piece went in just below his eye and was stopped by his cheek bone (I always knew he was hard headed just like his dad...lol).

They were able to remove both without any further damage. He has a few staples in his head, a few stitches to his face ,minimum swelling, along with a big black eye,but other than that he is just fine and very fortunate. The doctor put this accident into the category of a one in a million...bullets aren't suppose to just blow up, but now we know they can. So please handle all bullets with care and do not ever just pitch a bullet.

I just want to take this time to thank God for watching over my son today. This could have been much worse. I thank God that my son is okay and that he is still here with me tonight. Thank you God. Thank you God. Thank you God. Thank you God. How can I ever thank him enough? Once more he was watching over our family. I am one very fortunate & thankful mom tonight.