Prayers for Logan Longoria

On July 29,2014 My son, Logan was enjoying a sunny day at the Comal river before his Senior year began and took a dive that changed his life. As a former Schlitterbahn life-guard, he was no stranger to the river or safety procedures. Logan did not expect this dive to break his C5 vertebrate and damage his spinal cord. There was no way to know the severity of the injury or how forcefully it would impact our family. What was immediately apparent was Logan's inability to move. Logan was air-lifted from the facility in New Braunfels to a hospital in San Antonio better equipped to handle spinal cord injuries. We later were informed that when Logan was pulled from the Comal River that he was unresponsive no pulse. After two weeks in the neuro-ICU he was transferred to TIRR in Houston. The transfer itself was a bumpy ride but we are thankful to be taking active steps towards repairing the damaged communication between the mind and body. We are very thankful for the science that allows us to save our son's life. We realize these significant advances in medical technologies make a normal life more attainable. Knowing we increase Logan's chance at making a complete recovery has been our only consolation; but it has come at a high price. I'm sure many of you here today would not hesitate to seek the best treatment available if faced with the same circumstances. The difficult truth remains that while medical treatment is readily accessible the hospital bill is high enough to send you back to the E.R.! Logan's hospital bills easily exceed $1,000,000-an astounding figure to a family of modest means. Our family was fortunate enough to have insurance coverage at the time of this accident, but even with this blessing, the costs are astronomical. And as we are finding out there are things that not even the insurance will cover. Which brings us to why we are here today. When a child is injured, I cannot describe to you the emotional stress that follows. The emotional worry of knowing that you need to be at your child's side but also know that you need to go to work to be able to attain the medical needs that he needs. Your emotions are torn in so many directions and every day is a differnet roller coster ride. the day in and day out of fight with our goverment system to try to get Nursing services in place just to be able to go to work with the piece of mind that your child will be safe for a couple of hours it is so fustrating. The ability to focus on the healing process and not numbers and figures has a profound effect on recovery. It allows us to remember what is truly important: our faith, our family and friends, and our future.