What happened???

Soooooo... JD aka. John was in route to a call and was invovled in an serious accident. His car flipped and he was life flighted to Memorial Hermann. Another officer was in front of him and able to immediately report the accident. He was transported and remains in critical condition. The major concerns for him are internal bleeding and head injuries. He has a fractured arm, leg and several broken ribs that they have confirmed. He needs our prayers in a very big way. The trauma team took him to surgery from the ER to look for internal injuries. He had many! Their inital concern was he had very low blood pressure and was bleeding from his nose, mouth and ear - not a good sign. Once they took him to surgery they were able to identify the source of some of the bleeding. Lots of abdominal bleeding including bruising to the heart and all that other stuff in your chest cavity!(I suppose I should have studied more in biology.) :0 They did remove his spleen and pack him to help control the bleeding. He was really struggling in the OR after 2 1/2 hours and so the trauma surgeon decided to partially close him up and wait until he could tolerate more surgery. They did remove his spleen - not sure what that even does for you but his is gone now. He was taken to ICU to be warmed up and get his blood pressure more stable. He was given 24 units of blood in the OR and platelets and has received another 24 units of blood and additional platelets since. The latest update the from the team was that his blood was finally starting to coagulate (clot). His blood pressure is up and stabalizing. He is continuing to bleed and will need to go back to the OR but they need to wait as long as possible to let his body recover from all the trauma. The last update was much more encouraging than the previous one post-op. The trauma dr did say at the last update, "he is the sickest patient in this hospital" - a title we really didn't want him to have! She did also say we broke the record for the most visitors for one patient - it's a brotherhood ya know! They have not been able to do any imaging on him yet so they do not know the full extent of his injuries but they did a bedside CT and there are 3 areas of concern on his brain. They are watching for swelling but for now there is just brusising and signs of bleeding but no swelling- they are watching closely. He is at this moment having a bedside surgery in the ICU to relieve the pressure in his forearm. He has multiple breaks in his left arm and all the blood product he is requiring is creating a blockage in his arm. So they are making incisions to relieve that pressure to save the muscle in his arm. He is not going to be a happy camper when he wakes up - please pray with us that he will stabalize. The internal bleeding although under control is still a concern and the extent of the head injuries is a huge unknown as well. He isn't stable enough yet to see past those injuries so buckle up this is going to be a long road.....
Thanks for walking beside our family! We will update as we know more.
Blessings, Bridget - JD's sister