A Second Chance
Rod Walker/Clarion Ledger (8/17/08)
Drew Bouchillon could’ve been dead.
And barring a miraculous twist of fate and heroic rescue after a bush hogging accident in June, he more than likely would have been dead.
“I just know that God was out there with me,” said Bouchillon, who is 17 years old and had hoped to become a starting offensive lineman on the Magnolia Heights School football team in Senatobia. “I was pretty close to not being here anymore.”
This was supposed to be the best time of Bouchillon’s young life, with his senior year of school starting last Wednesday, the first football game of his senior season on Friday and his other favorite season, hunting, approaching.
Instead, Bouchillon arrived at the Methodist Rehabilitation Center on Thursday after a 53-day stay at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. In Jackson he will continue his road to recovery after an accident that took away his legs and nearly his life – but certainly not his will.
That was June of 2008, Rod Walker recently posted an update on his blog about Bouchillon >>> click here to read Drew’s story and how he is doing since the accident.
