Player Injury

Wishing Ryan a speedy recovery, I will be thinkng and praying for him.

Scary to read about and I can't imagine what it was like to witness.

Ryan is one very talented player and what a great family the Payne's are!!!! So sorry this happened

Ryan and family.....Colleyville Goldberg and family are so sorry to hear of this accident. We along with all the other Mustangs and families send our prayers. We will be in touch soon.

Great kid and great family. Prayers for Ryan's fast recovery.

Mike, call if you need anything at all!

Thank you all for your prayers and positive thoughts - Ryan appreciates all of it. It was just one of those things where a pitch sailed high and in with no time to duck out of the way. He sustained a broken jaw bone on the left side (with the ball stitches boldly imprinted on his face), and a crack of the jaw bone on the right. Three of his bottom teeth are out of place. . .nine months after the braces had come off. The care he received at a small-town hospital outside of Baton Rouge (a mile down the road from the field we were playing on) wasn't exactly what I would have hoped for, but they did give him some a small amount of pain medicine to get us through the seven-hour ride back home. We immediately headed to our hospital in Carrollton and he was given morphine to help ease his discomfort. He has an appointment with the **** surgeon Monday morning, to determine if the jaw will be wired or not. You play ball long enough, these things happen. My guess is after this is over, he'll never want to eat soup, pudding or jello again. Thank you all for your concern. You are a class bunch and your friendships - even though we are on a different team than the Mustangs - mean a lot.

Hawkman, we're all on the hsbaseballweb team.

FO, right you are! And what a great team of people you all are proving to be.
Not everyone agrees with every opinion tossed out on these boards day in and day out - and that's not a bad thing. Diversity is important, and it's great that everyone can think for themselves. But when something unexpected happens to one of "our" ballplayers, its nice to know that people still have compassion, one of the most underrated of human emotions in my opinion. Again, thank you all. We've received many e-mails and calls and it does help.

May the Good Lord bring quick healing on your son.

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Originally posted by FormerObserver:
Hawkman, we're all on the hsbaseballweb team.

Ryan's dad,

Ryan is in our family prayers and has been in mine since the moment he got hit. We will continue to pray for an improved prognosis and a speedy recovery to solid foods.

I still can't beleive it happened, the moment was just so surreal.

We all look forward to having Ryan back in the dugout to continue being the leader he is on the team.

Danny's dad.

I hope the healing process has begun and that you all have been able to get him in to see the doctors. Our family is keeping Ryan in our prayers.

Hawkman,

Let us know how the doctor's appt. goes today.

Friends,
RP is set for surgery today at 4 p.m. to have the jaw wired. Surgeon said there is no other option based on the break, so here we go. . .an overnight stay in the hospital with, at most, three TV channel selections.

Two teeth were also cracked and, according to the surgeon, the kid will have to have root canal surgery on both near the end of the summer. That may be the most troubling thing to a 16-year-old who brushes his teeth six times a day whether they need it or not.

Thanks for all the well wishes. He's in good hands.

Hawkman, best wishes to your son and we pray for a speedy recovery.

Good luck to your son and a speedy recovery. How do you get your kid to brush his teeth that often? Heck mine might brush his once a day.

Hawkman,
Thank you for the update. We are all thinking about him and hoping for a speedy recovery.

Guess you will be making lots and lots of protein shakes this summer...........and what a bummer of a reason to make these

Good luck with today's surgery and give us a report when you get a chance.

Hawk,

I wish your son a speedy recovery. I know it's tough for him to miss a summer of baseball, but in the big scheme of life (it's just a summer of baseball). Get him well and he'll be back in no time.

Best of luck.

LT

Wow
Your right - we all fear this and my wishes to him for a speedy recovery.

Before long he will be back at it.

May God ease his pain and I wish him the best!

Best of luck and I hope he has a speedy recovery. He's young, so he should.

Good Luck to young Hawkman, hope for a speedy recovery.

Hawkman and family -- Thinking of you all today and the days to come. Praying for a speedy recovery. I am thankful for you all in that it is summer and your son can be at home recovering instead of having to worry about going to school. Keep us up-to-date as to how he is doing.

Thank you all for the calls, e-mails and PMs.

Ryan underwent successful surgery late yesterday and came home early this morning. He'll need some time to get used to the wiring, but it will come.

Your thoughts and prayers have been an important part of dealing with this situation for all of us in the Hawk family. I know Ryan would like to fast-forward through the next 4-6 weeks, but he'll get through it and be fine.

Already one piece of good news arrived via e-mail today; The Rangers have indicated that Ryan would be extended another invitation to the Area Code tryouts next year, and they sent him a nice note about following doctor's orders for a speedy recovery. This means a lot to the boy and provided a little lift. That was a class move by the club and AC organizers.

Again, thank you all very much for every good thought and prayer sent this way. I said it before, and I'll say it again: It helps.

See you on the field sometime down the road. Play ball!