Thank you all for your support. Below is a copy of the information I sent out as a up-date to Adam's condition. We appreciate your kind words, thoughts, and prayers.
Dave and Lisa Tierney Just in case those receiving this have not heard: Our eldest son, Adam (19), was in a severe car accident last night. The driver of the car in which Adam was riding was killed. Adam suffered a puncture to his aorta, left lung, possibly bowel, broken ribs, broken left leg, broken left arm, some bones broken in face, and the loss of some teeth. He is now in critical but stable condition after a series of surgeries today. We were told that they had never had anyone with the aorta puncture Adam had make it to the hospital much less through all the surgeries. Part of Adam's chest cavity or a piece of torn flesh actually was resting on the puncture of the aorta and applying pressure which kept him extensive bleeding. We thank God for this and refer to it as God's finger plugging the hole. The two chief cardiologists for the University of Maryland Hospital performed the surgery to repair the aorta. They used a new procedure that has only been done a couple dozen times. Instead of cutting open Adam's chest they went through the groin and placed a stint in the aorta. They said it worked great and that Adam was very stable...we liked the use of the word very! Since this is a new procedure they do not know long term issues. The Surgeon said when Adam is 70 he may have to do something with it. We liked the idea of 70! The next two days are critical for Adam. Please pray that his lungs continue to function well. They believe the left lung will get a lot worse before it gets better. So pray God will keep Adam's left lung from getting too bad and that his right lung will have no problems arise from the accident. I don't know how much this makes sense since I working on 2 hours sleep in the last 46 hours. But we will keep you posted. We ask for no visitors outside of our family to visit Adam at this time. He will be kept in a medicine induced coma of the next several days. We covet your prayers for Adam. Pray that his body will do what God designed it to do and that is to heal and recover. Pray all those working on Adam at the University Hospital live up to their reputation and then some. We trust Christ in all of this and completely recognize our need of Him as the Great Physician. Please remember the Bailey family. Their son John (probably Adam's closet friend) lost his life in this accident. Ask God to surround them with the love of Christ. We thank you for all the outpouring of support. Dave, Lisa, Conor, Ian, Aryana, and, of course, Adam Tierney ************** New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)
