Our brother Dallas Nutt is a former Marine and served two
tours in Iraq before his 21st birthday. He is a Geology student on
the Dean’s list at Utah State University, and was on track to graduate with
honors this December. With his girlfriend Laci by his side, he loves spending
any free time outdoors, whether it is hiking, dirt biking, snowmobiling, or
spending time with their dogs.
On February 24, 2012, Dallas experienced a ruptured brain
aneurysm, only three weeks after his 27th birthday. After going into seizures,
he was life-flighted from Logan Regional Hospital to Intermountain Medical
Center in Murray, and spent 3 weeks in the ICU.
Fifty percent of people do not even make it to the hospital after an
aneurysm ruptures (Dallas’s ruptured at least two times), and out of those who
do get to the hospital, 25% of that group don’t make it through surgery. After
a long fight, he has now finally been released from the ICU and admitted to
rehab. Because of the stroke damage, he’s lost pretty much all movement in his left side. As
of right now, we don’t how much of his movement will return or how long it will
take.
Our family still needs prayers! Dallas still has a long
fight ahead of him as he does rehab in the VA hospital in Salt Lake City. For
regular updates, you can check the website www.caringbridge.com/visitus/dallasfnutt.
We so appreciate everyone that has come to visit him, donated
money, said prayers and fasted, and shown your support of our Marine! We are forever grateful.
