Take nothing for granted

My nephew Godzilla is in hospital.

Yesterday at school he and some mates were fooling about trying to get someones attention by banging on a glass window. The glass broke and Godzilla's wrist went throgh it. Result - lots of blood, two cut tendons that they could see and some nerve damage. He goes into surgery in two hours after spending the night in hospital. The glass missed his artery in the wrist by a centimetre. It is his right hand.

Today he was supposed to be travelling to Rockhampton to represent his school in athletics. He is also a promising cricketer, having played for Queensland Schoolboys last year. I am praying that the surgeon is able to repair the damage so that he doesn't lose any function in his hand.

It just goes to show that we should take nothing for granted.