Ely’s Story

Site created on December 5, 2022

Welcome to our CaringBridge website. We are using it to keep family and friends updated in one place. We appreciate your support and words of hope and encouragement. Thank you for visiting.  Ely was seriously injured during the Bullfighters Only World Finals on Saturday, December 3rd.  He suffered a lacerated liver and potentially punctured lung, and is currently being treated in the UMC Trauma ICU in Las Vegas.  We will be sharing updates on this site, as the support from around the country has been overwhelming, and Ely has thousands of people praying for him and wanting to know how he's doing.  We appreciate every single one of you, and your prayers are working, so please keep them going up.

Newest Update

Journal entry by Echo Sharkey

Update - Ely and Kayla flew into Omaha last night, and are back in Bennington and settling in for recovery.  Ely's feeling as good as can be expected, and will be following up with a doctor in Omaha to keep an eye on the liver and make sure he's healing properly.  He will be taking it easy, and will have plenty of time to write thank you notes... :)  SO many of you stepped up in so many different ways, and it means more to him than there are words to express. We will keep you updated on his progress.  For now, prayers for continued healing would be appreciated! 
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