Over a month after a car accident that sent Evan Chacon to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, he and his mother, Gloria, said they are amazed at how fast his recovery has progressed.

Evan, the passenger of a vehicle struck in its rear-passenger side on Nov. 12, experienced a shattered pelvis, a severe skull fracture, a traumatic brain injury, broken ribs, a spine injury, a broken hip, bone damage to his right ear, lacerations of his spleen and liver, internal bleeding, and a lung injury.

The Smithfield, Utah, teen’s injuries resulted in an 11-day stay in the Intensive Care Unit at Primary Children’s, where he spent his initial days in a body-sling, hardly able to move or communicate.

A far cry from where he — quite literally — stands today.

Though Evan is not currently allowed to bear any weight on his left leg, he insisted on standing on his right leg to show the progress he’s made.

Gloria pointed to “the power of prayer” as being the main factor in Evan’s seemingly impossible recovery.

“We are so grateful to every single person that took time out of their life to pray for him,” Gloria said. “It just seems like that had to be it.”

Jeff Fullmer, who has been a father-figure to Gloria since the passing of her father, assisted the family in more ways than one.

According to Fullmer, information he was able to pass on to Gloria allowed for her to fly with Evan to Primary Children’s Hospital. Fullmer credits a personal friend, who is an Air Methods pilot — and his crew — for allowing him to assist in this way.

Though Fullmer and Gloria can’t pinpoint the reason, the helicopter arrived sooner than anticipated.

“All of the sudden, I remember them saying that they had found another chopper and that it was coming and it was only 25 minutes out,” Gloria said. “I think every single minute would’ve counted for that too.”

Fullmer proceeded to organize a GoFundMe account for the family. The account has seen 454 donations, totaling $28,070.

In an email sent to The Herald Journal, Fullmer said, “His progress is nothing short of miraculous and a testament to his strength, his family’s resilience, and the support of the community.”

As Evan’s recovery progressed in the ICU, he was coined a new nickname.

“We kept calling him Wolverine because he’s — literally — like healing himself,” Gloria laughed.

Though Evan’s skeleton is not made of adamantium like the slicing and dicing X-Man, his pelvis now features at least 16 nails and rods to ensure it heals correctly.

Despite his potentially superheroesque healing, Evan’s road to recovery will still include surgeries, checkups, physical therapy, cognitive therapy and close supervision in the following months.

His next surgery, in January, will repair his skull and ear damage.

In his time since returning home, Evan and his family have spent time playing board games, with Evan winning nearly every match of Connect-4, but he can’t wait to get back on his feet.

Evan’s thoughts on being cooped up?

“It sucks,” Evan said. “I mean, it’s not like horrible just sitting in my bed.”

Evan looks forward to playing catch with his brother, playing with the family’s dog, fishing and snowboarding.

A freshman at Sky View High School, Evan said that’s the first place he wants to walk.

While Evan’s friends have visited him since he’s been home, he misses seeing them every day.

He’s also grateful the two he was with weren’t injured.

Just before Evan was in the car accident, the driver of the vehicle had just dropped off their other friend, who was sitting right where the car was struck. The rear-passenger side of the vehicle was entirely caved in.

Evan and Gloria thanked their family, friends and the community for their continued support. Gloria also thanked the Life360 service, which immediately notified Evan’s family when he was in the accident.

Life360 is a location-tracking service, among other things.