Travis Clyde’s world changed forever the day a welding explosion burned him to the bone, fractured his skull and left him clinging to life.

A month removed from the devastating accident, the 47-year-old Jeffrey City, Wyoming, husband and father of five is recovering and trying to get a grasp on the new reality of his life.

The welding mishap left him with third- and fourth-degree burns to his hand, arm and face.

Clyde’s recovery is just beginning, and initial estimates about how long he will need to remain hospitalized will be shortened if his progress continues, said Clyde’s sister-in-law, Gloria Anderson of Pavillion.

“Right now, he is in therapy, and obviously still in a lot of pain, but they are trying to wean him off the medication,” she said. “He is responding to the surgeries th

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