Day 1 - June 16 - The Hospital

Another phone call. Eric, Cherié and Joelle are at the hospital in Fresno.

Connor is alive. He apparently was diving into a lake, struck bottom, and fractured two vertebrae in his neck. He drowned before being rescued, was resuscitated, and then stabilized before being transported by helicopter.

Things are not good, but there are good signs. Though paralyzed from the chest down, he is breathing on his own, and talking on and off. His parents are with him, but there is little they can do but hope and pray.

Doctors are more concerned right now with keeping him alive than with the spinal cord trauma. Fluid filled lungs from drowning, damaged blood vessels in the neck, and life threatening blood clots are serious concerns that will occupy all of their attention for the next 24 hours.

Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno is the only Level One Trauma Center between Sacramento and UCLA so he is in good hands from the medical perspective. For everything else, he depends on you for prayer and encouragement.

Commit yourselves to holding Connor up before God in prayer.