Rexburg father injured in dirt bike accident is home recovering. Here’s how you can help his family.

REXBURG — A section begetter has a agelong roadworthy of betterment up of him aft precocious breaking his backmost successful a ungraded motorcycle accident.

Michael Bailey, 33, of Rexburg, has a passion for riding ungraded bikes. His wife, Brittney, said he often goes riding aft work, connected nan weekends aliases whenever he has time. Last Monday, he’d been riding pinch immoderate friends successful Rexburg but aft they left, he decided he’d make 2 much laps earlier returning home.

“That’s erstwhile it (the accident) happened, erstwhile everyone left,” Brittney told EastIdahoNews.com. “He had truthful overmuch adrenaline — he wrecked, past loaded nan motorcycle up himself and drove himself home.”

Brittney said Michael called her and said he needed thief but it was difficult for her to understand him because his lungs “hurt truthful bad” it was difficult to talk. Brittney ended up taking Michael to Madison Memorial Hospital but they were past sent to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center wherever Michael met pinch a neurosurgeon.

It was discovered that Michael had a burst fracture connected 2 of his vertebrae. Brittney said a burst fracture is when, for example, a personification falls and fractures a bone, but nan splinters of bony spell everywhere, “or burst and flies out.”

“They were worried those small shards of bony were going to beryllium successful his spinal cord and beryllium paralyzed but luckily, location wasn’t immoderate successful there,” Brittney explained. “I was like, ‘You had personification watching complete you.'”

Michael underwent room past Tuesday wherever screws and a rod were placed successful his back. He sewage location from nan infirmary connected Friday. Brittney said Michael, who’s been up and stepping around, will request different room successful astir 9 months to get nan rod removed.

Michael Bailey connected his ungraded bike. | Courtesy GoFundMe

Michael and Brittney person 2 kids, ages 2 and four. Michael was moving full-time astatine Rexburg Motor Sports earlier nan mishap and provided nan main root of income for his family (Brittney useful part-time arsenic a dental hygienist). He will beryllium retired of activity for a fewer months arsenic he recovers.

On apical of this, and anterior to nan accident, nan mates was trying to prevention up for fertility treatments. Brittney had an assignment scheduled pinch a fertility session this Friday but had to cancel owed to everything going on.

A GoFundMe has been group up to thief nan family pinch bills since Michael isn’t capable to activity correct now and to thief pinch nan security deductible. To donate, click here.

“We admit it truthful much,” Brittney said astir nan GoFundMe donations. “It’s going to thief return attraction of our 2 small kids and thief Michael heal truthful he doesn’t person to interest astir trying to get backmost to activity truthful quick.”

Michael Bailey pinch his 2 children. | Courtesy GoFundMe