Show HOW IT FEELS TO HAVE A BROKEN NECK NELS CHRISTENSE r RELATES HIS ms EXPERIENCE HAVING RECOVERED PROM FROM i To break 11 Is neck and to recover from the effects of his misfortune was the r experience of Nels Christensen Perkins avenue and Twelfth East streets Christensen does Tint not see sec anything remarkable in the ex experience and in describing yesterday his sensations and telling the story stor declared de declared declared that his recovery recover was but the result of his stubbornness The story of the accident is brief t o n d a small farm near Butlerville at the mouth ll uth of or Big BIb Cot Cottonwood canyon and was engaged in stacking straw when the accident oc occurred c that in cases out of 1000 results re results results in death Christensen who by too the way is the father of or Jack Christy the pugilist told the story yesterday as follows It was during the week before beCore last Christmas when I broke my neck I had loaded a big load of or straw and just before dark lark I 1 drove up to the stack I had thrown the first forkful of ot straw ono nto to o the stack and had just prepared prep tn to 1 take another forkful when whon I felt my m f feet pt begin lio to slip Well I guess Im going to take a fall I said to myself I was a It little afraid that if I had the fork forIt when I hit the tho ground I might hurt myself on onIt ont onIt It t so I jammed the fork tork into the straw and let go the handle as I gained speed I to stop atop but could not do so 50 Then as ns I was falling failing I turned in the theair theair theair air and hit the tho ground on the back of I Imy my any head and shoulders When I hit the tho ground r I felt badly shaken and was dazed for a minute I had fallen almost under the feet of ot th the e horses and I was afraid they would step on me and break my legs and arms Feeling Gone From Limbs As soon as I could get my wits to t together gether I tried to roll over out of ot the way N but I could not feel teel anything in my m right arm or leg leS or on that side of ot my body bod I believe me ane could have jabbed me with a knife and I would not have feit felt itI it itI itI I tried to shout to my wife to come and help me but my voice sounded like a chicken I did not seem to be able to make malte any noise at all Pretty soon I was able to rise to my feet I stood still aWl a It minute and then fell in is a heap on the ground I was able to throw myself away from the horses who were getting restless and andI I was afraid they would would step on o on me Pretty soon I got up UJ on my feet again and tried to take talce a step Every thing turned black and red and nd I went down again like I was shot As I fell fellI Ill IllI I tried to shout and my mJ wife wIte heard me 1 Wife Tells What Followed Then Mrs Christensen took up the I thread of or the story sto I 1 heard he rd Nels shouting and thought that he must be he hurt in some way or other I looked out toward the barn and saw his team and the th load lond of or straw He had been on top of or the load a min minute minute minute ute before and I was afraid he had fallen down I listened d a moment and heard that sound again and I ran to him He was vas lying near the horses feet teet I asked him if he was hurt and he said that he ho I I a y t r rs ra s a N Nels Neis Christensen could not feel anything on his right t side He told me to roll ron him over so th the e circulation could get started again and andI an anI d I I did so Then in a few minutes I lift lifted lifted lifted ed him up and helped him to walk walle into int o the house He leaned a little of hi his s weight on my shoulders but seemed tobe to tobe tobe be able almost to walk alone I got Nels In the house and put him to bed and sent for tor the doctor The doctor was busy as he had a large practice in the country round about and was not able to come corne to the house until the next afternoon Nels had an an n awful headache and every time he twisted his neck it hurt him worse So he lay quite still sUlI Patient Was Sandbagged When the doctor came he felt of ot Nets Nels N e s neck and said N Nels els you have ha ye broken your y ur neck Then I began to cry because I was sure sure Nels would never get well The doctor packed hacked a lot of sandbags sand sandbags sandbags bags around my husbands head and shoulders and told him hin not to to move ithe if it he did not want to die dieThe dieThe The doctor came nearly every day and cautioned Nels Nel to be This lasted ID ted for two weeks and Nels got tired of ot it Then the doctor took the sand bags away and put a plaster cast on Nels head and neck and shoulders The doctor said that any other man who ho has h broken his neck would have been kept on the sandbags for another v Y t eek cek but that Nels Nela had a remarkable constitution The second day the cast was on my I husbands head he be got up UJ out of ot bed and walked out of or doors He never staid in bed after atter that He was out doors nearly neary all the time when the weather veather was good We did not tell teU the doctor about this for tor a day or two but he found out about It HA Hp said it was all aU right just justs so Nels did not hurt himself The doctor could not understand why I had no fever ferer said Christensen I know why wh It was because I had never poisoned my system with liquor or 01 tobacco I never tasted either My constitution was always good and I Iwas was waa never sick Another thing I was stubborn and would not let a broken neck bother me very much I would not let a thing like that get the best of ot Mme me and I would not give up to it You take lake the Scandinavian fan people and they are all aU hardy They are tough and you cannot hurt them Look Lo k at my boy bo Jack Christy He gets his phy physique physique physique and constitution from a long race of oC people who ho are hardened to stand everything eve thing The only thing that bothers me now is that I cannot use my right arm free freely freel freely ly l It is partly paralyzed and It has hag no strength It is getting better Some Someday Someday day it will be all aU right and as good as asit asit s sIt it ever was Sometimes I have a pain inthe back backof backor of or my neck n ck where here the bone was bro broken broken broken ken There is a big lump there where the bone joined |