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.

NOBLE, Okla. — This year could be a banner year for rabies in Oklahoma.

It appears the dangerous disease is on the rise.

So far in 2012, Oklahoma has seen 35 cases of animal rabies compared to just 61 for all of 2011.

Bats and skunks are the common Oklahoma carriers out in the wild.

The skunk’s increased population could be the reason for the rise.

Rondi Large with WildCare in Noble said, “Skunks, like all wild populations, will have peaks and valleys in their numbers. This was a real mild winter so I’m not at all surprised that we are going to have increased number of skunks this year and especially babies coming on in the next month.”

Laurence Burnsed is an Epidemiologist with the Oklahoma Department of Health.

The Edmond woman who was stuck in her storm shelter after the recent tornadoes, Debbie Hite, talks with Linda Cavanaugh about her experience.

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