John’s Story

Site created on July 10, 2023

Welcome to our CaringBridge. 

On July 8th, 2023 Emily and John Gerding were involved in a horrific vehicle collision. Their van was hit at an extremely high rate of speed by a vehicle that was allegedly fleeing a simple traffic ticket.

Tragically, Emily did not make it. John was taken to the Hospital. He was placed in a medically-induced coma. After initial evaluation, it was determined that John has a broken right leg, right wrist, fracture on right side and base of skull, fractured left clavicle and a collapsed lung. 

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More updates to come.

Newest Update

August 08, 2023

Journal entry by Casey Gerding —

John has now been home for a little over a week. Last week he was able to just relax and spend time with family and some friends. His PT/OT and speech therapy start back up this week. 
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