One day after work, Tegan decided to go ride at the track. I have a rule that he can't go by himself. He had some friends that wanted to come watch him. I forgot he was going there and I just got done getting my hair colored. While I was drying my hair I received a call from a number I didn't know. I declined the call and it called back. I again declined it but then thought, maybe I should have answered that. Not too long after that I got a call from Tegan's phone. I answered it to Tegan saying "mom I broke my legs, I need you to come to the track right now" I told him I would be right there. I flew out the door and got to the track. Tegan was sitting on the edge of the track just breathing heavy and telling me "mom, I know they are broken, I know they are" I told him I believed him. At this time there were about 5 guys around him. We were trying to decide if we needed to call an ambulance or not. We opted to load him in the back of my car and I would drive him.
As soon as I got onto the highway I was sick that I made the wrong decision. The pain in Tegan's voice was heartbreaking. It was the LONGEST drive I have ever had to McKay Dee Hospital. When we got there they rushed us right back and the social worker pulled me aside. They were asking if I was okay and I told her I was fine. By the time I got to Tegan they had ripped off his riding boots. I don't think they believed him that they were broke. Once the boots were off I told them to just cut off his pants, there was no way they were going to be able to get them off around his legs. They did an x-ray pretty quickly and by that time Zac had gotten off work and had made it up to the hospital with us.
As soon as the x-rays were done I looked at them and it was OBVIOUS, they were broke. He broke both tibia and fibula. The doctor talked to the orthopedic surgeon on call and because he is only 16, they decided to send him down to Primary Children's Hospital. I was able to ride in the back of the ambulance with Tegan and Zac followed right behind us in the car.
The ER at Primary's was PACKED and it was HORRIBLE trying to get Tegan comfortable, but we were finally transferred to the floor for the night. The plan was to operate first thing in the morning. That was the longest night of my life. I wished so bad I could take his pain away. There wasn't much I could do to help him be comfortable. He was so brave though!!
First thing the next morning we were taken back to surgery. Dr. Spiers placed 7 pins in his legs and he will be in a wheelchair for the next 6 weeks. Kind of a crappy start to the summer, but glad he didn't get hurt worse. He is so brave and strong, there is no way I could have handled having broken legs like he did!! He's so tough!!
