As she continues her hospital vigil, Marla said she tries not to think about what Creed was like before the accident or about the future she envisioned for him. “I am [living] completely in the moment,” she said.
Marla Leonard-Waggoner and her son, Creed Waggoner, who was injured while serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Boston.As a former running back, Creed Leonard was used to fighting for an extra foot or yard, but now a different yardstick is used to measure his forward momentum.
Creed’s companion suffered several fractures, including a broken pelvis and a broken knee. After surgery in Boston, Waggoner said, he is now back home and recovering in Tucson, Arizona. However, his son’s injuries were much more severe, and he has been hospitalized ever since. “On the plane, I kept thinking that Creed has a need of angels in my mom and his dad,” Marla recalled. “I had confidence they were with my son and helping to protect him. I kept thinking if they could just keep him alive until I got there, that my being there would somehow make a difference in how hard he held on.”Chad and Marla, who met and married 15 years ago, say they want to do everything they can to give Creed a fighting chance to recover from his injuries.
Still, the initial diagnosis wasn’t good. Chad spent much of the first month at Massachusetts General in a coma and on life support in the hospital’s intensive care unit. He didn’t move or talk and would stare blankly ahead. Soon thereafter, asked how he was doing, Creed raised his left hand and made the OK gesture and was later able to make the thumbs-up gesture. That was followed by her son mouthing the word “amen” at the conclusion of their nightly prayer together.
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