Survivors of crash that killed 3 in southern Alberta thankful for community support
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Survivors of crash that killed three people in southern Alberta thankful for community support
Debra Mavin has been staying by her son’s bedside at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. She says his shattered bones will take a long time to heal, as will the trauma of the crash that injured the entire family of 6.
Dalton, 12, had surgery to put a plate and screws in his broken femur. Mavin said during the surgery, doctors put his hip back together, put a boot on his opposite broken foot, and casted both of his arms.
“He’s really traumatized. Even the floor polisher set him off — just the sound of it. He said it sounded like when they were taking him out and cutting him out of the vehicle,” Mavin said.
“I wish I could trade him spots so that he didn’t feel it,” said Mavin who suffered a broken collar bone. “He hurts and he’s traumatized, and he just wants it to go away. He wants to go trick-or-treating.”
Debra spends her time now between the Alberta Children’s Hospital and the Foothills Medical Centre’s critical care unit, where her partner Taylor Monkman is. He’s had surgery to repair his several broken bones.
“He’s got a long road (to recovery). They said a minimum of six months off of work, let alone a normal life. But he’s so strong, he just amazes us. We keep telling him he is our hero because he’s doing so well,” Mavin said.
Monkman is an equipment operator at a coal mine in Estevan, Sask.
The couple and their four kids were on their way to see Monkman’s mom in Airdrie.