Support Brian Ginter's Road to Recovery

Hi everyone. My name is Stephanie. I’m here to tell you what happened to my friends, Brian & Alicia Ginter, and their children, as they need your help, positive thoughts, and prayers more than ever right now!!

On a patriotic holiday when everyone is celebrating with fireworks, Brian suffered a horrific accident on The 4th of July. One of the fireworks had an internal fuse, Brian didn’t realize this, went back to relight it, and it exploded. Immediately, this family’s lives were changed forever. Brian sustained severe trauma. His left hand was gone, part of his right hand also missing, his chest and shoulder had severe burn and explosive trauma, so much so that it would be cruel to show pictures if they existed. He also suffered burns to the face, facial fractures, cornea damage, and blew both ear drums.

Unfortunately, two of their children, Bryn and Holden, were there when their daddy had the accident. I can’t imagine the horror their little eyes must have witnessed as their dad was just sitting there, burned, bleeding, and in shock. (Yes, Brian was awake and alert, but very much in shock.) These kids were so brave and immediately rushed into the house to tell there mom, who was inside with the other children, cleaning up from a day with friends and family. Alicia immediately called 911, went to Brian’s aid, kept a towel around his bleeding limb, trying to keep him awake, alert, and not “lose it” mentally while she spoke to the 911 operator while waiting for the ambulance to arrive. Within minutes, that undoubtedly felt like eternity for her, the paramedics arrived and were rushing Brian to Holy Spirit where he was sedated and intubated, then rushed to Hershey Med by helicopter. That’s when she reached out to me and said, “Brian is not ok.” I was so confused. We were just there! It couldn’t have been more than 20 minutes that had gone by since we left. I called her and with her voice trembling, she was crying, and clearly in shock, she told me what just happened. She said that Brian was already on his way to the hospital, the paramedics were there looking for body parts in the yard, and hosing off her porch from all the blood.

Alicia, is Brian’s rock. They are each other’s rock, really. I can’t tell you how amazing they are as a couple and how strong and loving they are as a family. She is very much stepping up to the plate (because that’s naturally who she is) and adding “at home nurse” to her long list of things that she does for her family of 6. Brian and Alicia have 4 children, Caydence who is 10, Brynleigh who is 8, Holden who is 7, and last but not least, little 9 month old Ryker, who is their little rainbow baby. The Ginter Family are such an incredible bunch! Brian is the owner of Ginter’s Full Service Auto, he’s been an active part in the community, and one of those “go-to” guys when you need something. As many times as he has been there for his family, friends, work family, and the community, I feel honored to be a part of putting something together for him so that we can show him how much we love him!

Ok, so you may be wondering what happened after he got to the hospital. After being rushed to Hershey, he was admitted to the SICU. The doctors kept Brian intubated and heavily sedated at first so that 1. His pain could be managed and 2. So they could carefully assess the damage. The next day he had surgery to clean up his wounds and remove the shrapnel from his chest. They also amputated his left hand and part of his right ring finger. He woke up, realized he survived, and was 100% on board to began healing. Within 48 hours he graduated from ICU to the normal trauma unit. He had another surgery later in the week to clean up the chest wound, he also had a procedure to remove the nerve block, and another procedure to install a manual device to manage his phantom pains from the missing limbs.

Let’s skip ahead a little bit, shall we? Though this is a tragic event that took place there isn’t all bad news. The good news is that through the strength of everyone’s love, support, prayers, and Brian’s sheer determination to heal driven by the love he has for his family and life itself… he began to quickly make a miraculous recovery considering the trauma he endured. After about a week and a half in the hospital, they sent him home to continue his recovery with his family!! He’s now in the comfort of his own home, has a healthcare aid 3 times per week, a 24/7 wife dedicated to his recovery, and the help of 4 tiny humans doing what they can do for their daddy. Ok, so Ryker can’t do much but look cute, but he’s very much a daddy’s boy. I’m sure this is one heck of an adjustment for all of the kids, even that little dude. What a roller coaster ride they are on!

Though, they have every intention of fully recovering from this horrible accident, and their spirits are high, there’s some harsh realities to face. The medical bills will be pouring in soon and they will also need therapy to mentally recover from all of this. When this happened, Brian was sure he would die. He didn’t!! He’s here with us, he opened his eyes, AND he’s breathing!! He has his life ahead of him and he doesn’t plan to waste it, but recovery doesn’t just happen physically. There’s a lot of emotional and mental health recovering to do as well for the entire family.

Through the support and love of our community, and any other generous hearts around the nation that this story happens to reach, we can come together to do this one thing for Brian and his family. To share this fundraiser, to donate what we can, whether it be $1, $10, or $100, every little bit helps. The last thing they need is to stress over the medical bills. We don’t know how much they will need just yet, so we started with $20,000. As the bills come pouring in, and they will, we will provide updates. We will also let you know updates with Brian, the family, and include pictures (if possible) so you can see what your love and generosity is doing for their family. Our hometown community here is trying to come together with other fundraising ideas. Once we know more, we will update you on those efforts too!

We understand that not everyone has the spare change to donate monetarily. If all you can offer is love, positive thoughts, healing prayers, and sharing this fundraiser with others, then that is just as much appreciated.

Here is another way you can help The Ginter Family!! Please visit this meal train link below organized by their friend Kristy. When you get to the link, scroll down, pick a date, provide a meal. That’s it! You can even send gift cards for Door Dash!

Ginter Family Meal Train

Special thanks to Flipping Out Tumbling for their fundraising supports already!