Thumbs up!

Papa Belcher was in an accident on July 5th. He was helping tow a trailer when a driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into the trailer Dave was trying to hook up. The trailer went forward hitting Dave in the shoulder, ribs (broke a rib) and hitting his hand and trapping it between the kingpin and tow truck. The owner of the trailer and a UHP officer were hit by the trailer as well and went flying over the cable median. Dave told the owner of the trailer to move the tow truck forward so he could get unstuck. His right hand was damaged extensively and he was in surgery for over 7 hours to reattach the thumb. We are still not sure if he will have mobility but as of now we are so blessed to have Papa Belcher thumb or no thumb.

After seeing the before surgery pictures of his hand it is a miracle that they saved it. The pictures are more grotesque then Paul's leg pictures but if you want to see them I will email them because I don't dare put them on the blog.