Jackson was in an automobile accident Saturday night at 9:23pm. He was driving his girlfriend’s car and was tboned on Taylor Road in front of McDonalds. The impact hit his drivers side door. Thankfully they both had on their seat belts. Bella is fine minus a concussion. Jackson was taken by ambulance to Baptist South. Upon exam he has a broken pelvis, contusion to his lungs (from the airbags) and a liver laceration. He also bit his tongue pretty hard on impact causing a nasty laceration on either side. Around 7:30am Sunday morning he was transported to Children’s in Birmingham due to his age and severity of the injuries. Once we arrived at Children’s they determined he would have surgery to repair the pelvis at UAB. Surgery began at 7am Monday. Surgery will last around 2.5-3 hours, it will entail two incisions in either hip to put 2 screws in to stabilize his pelvis. He may have to have another incision on his abdomen. He also will be having a X Fix placed to stabilize the pelvis which will be pins and a metal bar. They won’t know until surgery. We will go back to Children’s for post op care and begin physical therapy. We will be in the hospital at least 3 days maybe more depending on how he tolerates the pain and PT. He will be non weight bearing for at least 8 weeks afterwords, using a wheelchair. This will be a very long road for all of us. Reasoning behind this page is to ask for help from our village with meals and help caring for Jackson post op while mom and dad have to continue working.