Post by deafpea on Aug 7, 2022 2:40:31 GMT
Friday, 8/19 FINAL UPDATE:
Maddy is home! My SIL sent a picture of her standing by a Welcome Home sign on the garage door. She was standing on her own two feet. The only evidence of the accident was she has casts on both arms and a bandage on her neck/collarbone. The funeral for her boyfriend was on Monday and she was able to watch it online. I'm sure it was hard but I'm glad she was able to have that closure.
Thank you so much for all your thoughts and prayers. They definitely made a difference to Maddy and her family.
Merilee
Wednesday 8/10 update:
More great news! Maddy has been moved out of the ICU and is feeling much better. She will have surgery on her right thumb sometime in the next few days. She's still on major pain meds due to bruising and bone fractures but is out of danger and may be going home in a week or so.
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Monday 8/8 update:
SIL texted that the vertebrae surgery was successful. Maddy can move her legs. Hallelujah!
Thanks for your continued prayers and good wishes.
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Original post:
I got a text from my sister-in-law this morning that her 17-year-old granddaughter (her daughter's daughter, my great-niece) was involved in a terrible accident last night. A drunk driver hit the car she was riding in. The other two occupants--my great-niece's best friend and boyfriend--were killed. My great-niece survived but she is so broken. Broken vertebrae, broken collarbone, broken left arm, broken right thumb, broken ribs and a broken orbital bone in her face. She also has a brain bleed and ruptured spleen. She will go into surgery tomorrow for the vertebrae, and likely will need other surgeries to fix other broken bones. Doctor says one thing at a time.
Most of all, her heart is broken over the loss of her friends. And I'm heartbroken. I'm heartbroken for her for all the medical trauma she's experienced and will experience, and for losing two close friends. I'm heartbroken for her that her senior year of high school isn't going to be what it should have been for her. I'm heartbroken for her family for all that they went through last night and what they will go through as they help her recover. I'm heartbroken for the families who lost their children.
And I'm mad. The driver who hit them already had 2 DUIs. I don't know anything else other than that. I hope he gets the book thrown at him for causing the deaths of those two lovely teenagers and injuring my great-niece so badly. I'm mad that he thought it was OK to get drunk and then get behind the wheel of a car. I'm mad that someone didn't stop him from drinking so much or from getting in the car. I'm mad that even with 2 DUIs he still could get access to a car.
It's all so sad. I'm not looking for advice or anything--just wanted to vent. But I would very much appreciate prayers and good thoughts for my great-niece (her name is Maddy) and her family.
Merilee
Maddy is home! My SIL sent a picture of her standing by a Welcome Home sign on the garage door. She was standing on her own two feet. The only evidence of the accident was she has casts on both arms and a bandage on her neck/collarbone. The funeral for her boyfriend was on Monday and she was able to watch it online. I'm sure it was hard but I'm glad she was able to have that closure.
Thank you so much for all your thoughts and prayers. They definitely made a difference to Maddy and her family.
Merilee
Wednesday 8/10 update:
More great news! Maddy has been moved out of the ICU and is feeling much better. She will have surgery on her right thumb sometime in the next few days. She's still on major pain meds due to bruising and bone fractures but is out of danger and may be going home in a week or so.
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Monday 8/8 update:
SIL texted that the vertebrae surgery was successful. Maddy can move her legs. Hallelujah!
Thanks for your continued prayers and good wishes.
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Original post:
I got a text from my sister-in-law this morning that her 17-year-old granddaughter (her daughter's daughter, my great-niece) was involved in a terrible accident last night. A drunk driver hit the car she was riding in. The other two occupants--my great-niece's best friend and boyfriend--were killed. My great-niece survived but she is so broken. Broken vertebrae, broken collarbone, broken left arm, broken right thumb, broken ribs and a broken orbital bone in her face. She also has a brain bleed and ruptured spleen. She will go into surgery tomorrow for the vertebrae, and likely will need other surgeries to fix other broken bones. Doctor says one thing at a time.
Most of all, her heart is broken over the loss of her friends. And I'm heartbroken. I'm heartbroken for her for all the medical trauma she's experienced and will experience, and for losing two close friends. I'm heartbroken for her that her senior year of high school isn't going to be what it should have been for her. I'm heartbroken for her family for all that they went through last night and what they will go through as they help her recover. I'm heartbroken for the families who lost their children.
And I'm mad. The driver who hit them already had 2 DUIs. I don't know anything else other than that. I hope he gets the book thrown at him for causing the deaths of those two lovely teenagers and injuring my great-niece so badly. I'm mad that he thought it was OK to get drunk and then get behind the wheel of a car. I'm mad that someone didn't stop him from drinking so much or from getting in the car. I'm mad that even with 2 DUIs he still could get access to a car.
It's all so sad. I'm not looking for advice or anything--just wanted to vent. But I would very much appreciate prayers and good thoughts for my great-niece (her name is Maddy) and her family.
Merilee