She suffered damaged bones, surgical procedure and a hospital keep over the vacations, now this teenager is recovering at house.
By TJ Banes, IU Well being Senior Journalist, tfender1@iuhealth.org
On a snowy Friday, Cailyn Hurst eats a Taco Bell lunch. Like many youngsters, she has her cellphone shut at hand, and he or she has many achievements to her identify.
When she modifies her place within the room, she rolls her wheelchair ahead. The assisted mobility is new for her. It was on one other winter day a couple of month earlier that Cailyn was in a critical automobile accident.
She would not bear in mind a lot, however she noticed a video and is aware of a bit concerning the particulars of the incident on December 3, 2024. She was 5 minutes from her house in Hancock County, on her technique to a exercise at a close-by gymnasium.
“I turned proper to go to New Palestine and the subsequent factor I knew I awakened on the bottom,” Cailyn stated. The video exhibits one other driver crossing into her lane. Cailyn was transported by ambulance to IU Well being Methodist Hospital the place she was handled for accidents together with two damaged hips, a damaged pelvis, damaged lumbar vertebra and a damaged finger. Within the care of dr. Yohan Jang had Cailyn endure surgical procedure to repair her hips and pelvis with a steel plate. For now, she will’t bear any weight till she builds up her muscle mass. She was launched from IU Well being Methodist on December 13, 2024 and moved to a rehabilitation facility for a number of weeks. Now she is again at house and studying to sit down up, stand and ultimately stroll.
“The toughest factor to take care of shouldn’t be having the ability to stroll and go to the toilet or bathe by myself. It is one thing I’ll by no means take with no consideration and I inform my buddies to by no means take it with no consideration,” Cailyn stated.
4 days earlier than the accident, Cailyn was on the sidelines at Lucas Oil Stadium, cheering because the New Palestine Dragons captured the 52nd annual IHSAA soccer state title. It was the fourth state title by the Dragons. Cailyn has been a part of different state athletics competitions. Her New Palestine cheer squad gained a state title, and her softball group was a state runner-up.
Of all of the athletic pursuits, Cailyn’s major focus is softball, a sport she began as a 4-year-old. Over time, she labored her method right into a pitching place for each her faculty and journey groups.
A Might 9, 2024 story on the NewPalRadio.com praised her abilities, saying, “Cailyn Hurst threw a three-hit shutout, main the New Palestine softball group to a 7-0 win over Fishers.” The subsequent evening, she got here into the sport and shut down the Pendleton Heights Arabians within the sixth and seventh innings as the 2 groups squared off within the Hoosier Heritage Convention.
“I really like having the chance to satisfy new individuals and make new buddies,” she stated. “Softball is what retains me going,” Cailyn stated. “My surgeon stated if I’ve the mindset to return again, I’ll come again. He stated my physique would keep stiff if I did not do remedy. I attempt to stand up each day, get in my wheelchair, go to the sofa, or simply push my ft up and present them, will assist me get again to the place I used to be earlier than.”
As she focuses on enhancing her bodily energy, Cailyn is surrounded by supportive members of the family and buddies. This isn’t the primary time she has been on this circle of care. On August 25, 2008, Cailyn misplaced her mom to accidents sustained in an accident on I-465 in Indianapolis. Amber Hurst was 22. Cailyn was 14 months outdated on the time. She was subsequently adopted by her grandparents Tony and Sherry Hurst. Like Cailyn, Amber Hurst was lively in highschool softball and was additionally a member of a State Champion Cheerleading Squad.
Whereas recovering, Cailyn is staying on the house of her aunts Mandy Hurst and Stacey Nicholson. She focuses on regaining her energy and enjoys spending time together with her buddies enjoying card video games and watching Netflix. She nonetheless has a protracted technique to go to full restoration and can proceed with month-to-month checkups at IU Well being Methodist Hospital. Further surgical procedures could also be wanted alongside the way in which. To assist with the mounting medical payments, her household arrange a GoFundMe web page.
Shortly after the accident, one member of the family wrote: “Regardless of the immense ache and uncertainty, Cailyn is alive, preventing with unimaginable braveness and starting what might be a protracted and arduous street to restoration.”
She hopes to begin her senior yr on time and graduate on schedule. With a number of coaches already eyeing her expertise, Cailyn plans to play softball in faculty and pursue a nursing diploma.
“I feel I want to work in OB/GYN to assist individuals with their being pregnant and infants,” Cailyn stated. For now, she’s taking sooner or later at a time.
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