"The Rodeo Community is coming together on behalf of Lee Akin"

Courtesy of the PRCA...

The first of three online benefit auctions for seriously injured bull rider Lee Akin brought in $12,465, according to Nate Morrison of www.thebreedersconnection.com.
The high-selling lot consisted of two embryos with paternal bloodlines to the stellar bull Big Bucks, which were donated by Don Brown and sold to Sadie Bonsall for $2,000.
A second auction was completed March 24, while another gets under way on March 27 and continues through March 31 until 8 p.m. CT.
The Web site also is accepting cash donations to help defray the medical bills for Akin, who remains in critical condition at Baptist Hospital in Montgomery, Ala., after sustaining a traumatic brain injury March 8 during the Southeastern Livestock Exposition and Rodeo in Montgomery. Akin, of Weatherford, Okla., was bucked off the bull Dick Dasteredly of Smith, Harper and Morgan and the bull stepped on his head.
Akin has undergone two surgeries and has been in a medically induced coma, which is very common with traumatic head injuries as it allows the body to relax and recover more quickly
Donations can be sent, payable to Pro Bull Riding Outreach, to: American Bucking Bull, Inc., attn: Lee Akin Benefit; 713 NE Hwy 66; Sayre, OK 73662.