Within the first hour after Devin arrived at the Emergency Room Trauma Center at Harborview medical center he had already had data from the initial MRI’s, CAT Scans and X-Rays that was used to determine the best strategy for keeping him alive, and putting him back together again. Seven different teams of specialists were formed to handle the different injuries. The first procedure was also performed which was to reattached his partially amputated right foot, and get it temporarily set into place using three 6 to 8 inch titanium screws that were screwed directly into the bones of his leg to help hold things in place.
Within the first several hours Devin had multiple MRI’s, CAT Scans and X-Rays as the different teams of specialist determined the extent of his injuries, which included multiple fractures to both feet and heels and lower legs. The Femur of his left leg was badly broken along with the hip and pelvic bone, all of which needed immediate surgery if he was to have any chanced of using that leg again. His back was badly broken with the L4 vertebrae “shattered”. It was not known at the time if the nerves to his legs and internal organs were severed or not. He had an ugly compound fracture to his right arm just above the wrist where both bones were broken and separated causing his arm and hand to appear disfigured. Devin also had several fractures in the bones of his face and his left eye was badly bruised and swollen shut.
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