The broken collarbone

On Tuesday June 28th after dropping Stephen off at a one day camp session of BYU football, this is the way I saw him next when I received a phone call to pick him up at the Out patient medical center in Provo.  It seems that Stephen tried to run thru his opponent instead of letting him tackle him and he was successful in knocking him down and he believes even giving him a consussion.  However, what Stephen had not been successful at is staying in one piece when he was finished!  He had broken his collarbone in half!

He was looked at by one of the many doctors that work on some of the BYU football players and the following week he was operated on by one of BYU's orthopedic surgeons.



  Stephen felt very confident in Dr. Kimball.  He knew what he was talking about, kind of a no nonsense kinda guy.
Dr Kimball did a great job putting Stephen's collar bone back together!

BEFORE

AFTER

So, now Stephen has a metal plate in his shoulder with 7 screws holding it together.  This will help it heal correctly though and get him functioning and back to normal in about 6 weeks.  Poor Stephen!  It's been a tough road but he sure has been a trooper!  

Well, at least we got the surgery done before Michael returns. 

 So, now he can heal and we can get on with the party!!