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serious news from Feather
Sep. 10th, 2005 08:06 pmi know some of you have this message already, but i thought i'd post it here for those i might have missed.
Hello everyone,
Well, I wish that this could be a happier e-mail, but I have some serious news. My dad was involved in a rather bad car accident this past Wednesday morning (September 7th). Those of you in the Washington area might have seen it on the news this week. He had a low blood sugar on his way to work, which caused him to speed and drive erratically down a main road. He swerved onto the wrong side of the street, narrowly missing hitting a school bus head-on. He did actually hit two pedestrians, but they are okay, thank goodness. One was treated and released that same day, and one suffered only a broken leg. He ultimately drove through a ditch and into a tree, which fell onto the car. I haven’t been able to bring myself to look at the pictures of the scene, but my mom saw them, and tells me it is a miracle he survived it at all.
He received several facial fractures, including his jaw and eye areas (though both of his eyes are fine), and several cuts, abrasions, etc. He also sustained several neck fractures (from C2 all the way down to the T’s), though has no paralysis (Hallelujah!!), no loss of sensation or mental faculties. He will, however, have to spend the next several months wearing a device called a Halo. This device is a rigid vest, lined with combed wool, attached to a metal framework which bolts into the skull and keeps him from moving his neck at all.
Ever day shows improvement, and they are telling us that they might release him as early as this coming week (he has already been moved from the ICU upstairs to the “Acute Care” ward). Despite overwhelming displays of love and offers of help from every friend imaginable, and aside from the fact that he is not paralyzed in any way, my mom and I are f*cking scared of what is to come. We really have no idea what to expect from all of this, and reading through the “Home Care for Haloes” booklet hasn’t exactly helped our outlook. This is going to be very hard for everyone, most especially my dad, and we’re going to need all of the help we can get.
But already, several groups of friends and co-workers are banding together to get his shop-building finished and to help us around the house. We will have to seriously re-arrange things in our home to accommodate a person who cannot bend in certain ways and who must not fall or startle in any way. I wish there was some way I could get a hold of a Halo, and make a tour of our home wearing it, to see where changes must be made!!
And then there’s poor Carly, thousands of miles away in Australia… It was not easy to tell her, but we managed it somehow.
That’s about it for now. Thank you so much for your support and love, everyone, and I will keep you posted on how things progress.
Feather
Hello everyone,
Well, I wish that this could be a happier e-mail, but I have some serious news. My dad was involved in a rather bad car accident this past Wednesday morning (September 7th). Those of you in the Washington area might have seen it on the news this week. He had a low blood sugar on his way to work, which caused him to speed and drive erratically down a main road. He swerved onto the wrong side of the street, narrowly missing hitting a school bus head-on. He did actually hit two pedestrians, but they are okay, thank goodness. One was treated and released that same day, and one suffered only a broken leg. He ultimately drove through a ditch and into a tree, which fell onto the car. I haven’t been able to bring myself to look at the pictures of the scene, but my mom saw them, and tells me it is a miracle he survived it at all.
He received several facial fractures, including his jaw and eye areas (though both of his eyes are fine), and several cuts, abrasions, etc. He also sustained several neck fractures (from C2 all the way down to the T’s), though has no paralysis (Hallelujah!!), no loss of sensation or mental faculties. He will, however, have to spend the next several months wearing a device called a Halo. This device is a rigid vest, lined with combed wool, attached to a metal framework which bolts into the skull and keeps him from moving his neck at all.
Ever day shows improvement, and they are telling us that they might release him as early as this coming week (he has already been moved from the ICU upstairs to the “Acute Care” ward). Despite overwhelming displays of love and offers of help from every friend imaginable, and aside from the fact that he is not paralyzed in any way, my mom and I are f*cking scared of what is to come. We really have no idea what to expect from all of this, and reading through the “Home Care for Haloes” booklet hasn’t exactly helped our outlook. This is going to be very hard for everyone, most especially my dad, and we’re going to need all of the help we can get.
But already, several groups of friends and co-workers are banding together to get his shop-building finished and to help us around the house. We will have to seriously re-arrange things in our home to accommodate a person who cannot bend in certain ways and who must not fall or startle in any way. I wish there was some way I could get a hold of a Halo, and make a tour of our home wearing it, to see where changes must be made!!
And then there’s poor Carly, thousands of miles away in Australia… It was not easy to tell her, but we managed it somehow.
That’s about it for now. Thank you so much for your support and love, everyone, and I will keep you posted on how things progress.
Feather
