Update from Josh Shiskoski’s wife, Charity:
Josh is doing much better! He had a collapsed left lung, punctured right lung and both were severely bruised. The doctors didn’t think he would make it through the first 72 hours, so it’s truly is a miracle that he’s alive!!
He also has a severed spinal cord in the T4-T5, 5 broken ribs, a broken sternum and broken wrist. The doctors performed surgery on his back, last Wednesday, to stabilize the area. There are 2 rods and 14 screws now in place to stabilize his back, which is fused from T1-T8. He also developed pneumonia but they were finally able to take the chest tube out a few days ago and his pneumonia is gone!
Josh welcomes all visitors to come see him and says “Thanks everybody for all your prayers, because without your support and God, I wouldn’t be getting better!!” He is at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg.
Updated: February 15th, 2010
