Sulphur teen loses lung, survives shooting
SULPHUR, Okla. — Ty Kiser had a better chance of dying than surviving.
He beat the odds after he was accidentally shot in the chest.
Last June Ty went racoon hunting with some friends.
About 30 minutes after they left his house, he was in the back of the family car on the way to the emergency room.
Shortly after that, Ty was in a medical helicopter flying from his hometown, Sulphur, to the Trauma Center at OU Medical in Oklahoma City.
Ty’s body was in shock.
His blood vessels had collapsed.
Ty remembers, “The gun just went off, and then I said, ‘I think I’ve been shot.’”
The .22 calibre bullet had punctured Ty’s pulmonary artery.
The damage was extensive and irreparable.
Dr. Roxie Albrecht runs the trauma team at OU Medical Center.
