Here it IS! The Official 'unofficial' AKL LITE thread!

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

Merry Christmas day Animal kingdom lovers! Hope you are all having fun :-)

[tiggrbaby]

[Pinkocto]

Merry Christmas everybody

Alison those pictures are just too cute!

[kimmar067]

....could it get any worse? My DSis and her family visited my house on Christmas Eve, my DBro and his wife, along with their twin DS and DD, and of course, my brother, who was in the hospital for 60 days, accompanied by his DD. They travelled from down the shore in her Jeep. A good time was had by all, and it was wonderful to get the family together. My brother was leaving soon, so he offered my niece a ride to my [sick] brother's wife's relatives house nearby, while the plan was to leave the Jeep behind, so that my brother could drive home the next day [since he'd been hospitalized for such a lengthy stay, I felt safer knowing that he would be driving home during the day, as opposed to later in the evening, in the dark].

After some visiting by friends and other [extended] family members on Christmas Day, my brother headed back down the shore around 3:30. I reminded him to call me when he reached home so that I would know that he had safely arrived, but by 5:30 I still hadn't heard from him. Now two hours later, I frantically called his cell, with no answer, so I decided to call his daughter [they weren't at home, but were at a friends' home, 15-20 min away]. My niece said that she'd try to contact him and call me back. Well, she did, around 10 minutes later, and had also called another friend to stop by their house to see if her car was in the driveway, but of course, it wasn't. I tried several times, to no avail, when my niece called be back, hysterically crying; they'd called the State Troopers - he'd been cut off in the center lane on the Parkway and, to avoid hitting the jerk, he stepped on the brake and swerved, flipping over 4 times! Other cars that had seen it, pulled over and called 911; he was rushed to the hospital. Ironically, it was the one that he'd just spent 60 days at, but it's also a trauma center. I told her that I'd meet her there, and off my DH and I dashed. However, moments before we were getting onto the NJTurnpike, my brother called me. He was at X-Ray and was also getting a CAT-SCAN, so he didn't call me, but assured me that he wasn't too bad (THANK GOD FOR SEATBELTS!), but was in some pain and that he thought that maybe he had a broken rib of two. Well, he assured us that the hospital was keeping him overnight for observation, so hat we didn't have to go all the way down the shore, and my niece and her mom had just arrived at the emergency room. I really felt bad for my niece for, not only being scared out of her wits, but she paid for that car all by herself, with her hard-earned money [they had to cut off the roof to extract my brother]. The happy ending is that he is alive, but really, how much more bad luck can he take? I sure hope that 2013 is a wonderful year for him....

[franandaj]

Oh. My. God. Kim. I don't even know what to say. Thank god, he is still alive, but you're right how much more can one individual endure? He has suffered enough! Let's hope 2013 is MUCH MUCH better!

[dolphingirl47]

Kim, I am so sorry. It really looks like he can't catch a break. Fortunately he has lived to tell the tale and I hope that he makes a swift recovery. Let's hope that next year will be a better year.

Corinna

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

Sorry to hear about your shocking news Kim. Like others have offered thank goodness he is still with us!


Lets hope 2013 is better.

[dgbg100106]

Kim, I am so happy he is alive and is going to recovery. Prayers coming for the whole family. Hope that 2013 is a much better year.

[wendypooh]

OH my goodness Kim............. WOW - how horrible!!! I feel so bad for your brother and the entire family - when it rains it pours, huh!!! HUGS to all of you and prayers for his speedy recovery and a much much better new year!!!

[tiggrbaby]

Originally Posted by kimmar067

....could it get any worse? My DSis and her family visited my house on Christmas Eve, my DBro and his wife, along with their twin DS and DD, and of course, my brother, who was in the hospital for 60 days, accompanied by his DD. They travelled from down the shore in her Jeep. A good time was had by all, and it was wonderful to get the family together. My brother was leaving soon, so he offered my niece a ride to my [sick] brother's wife's relatives house nearby, while the plan was to leave the Jeep behind, so that my brother could drive home the next day [since he'd been hospitalized for such a lengthy stay, I felt safer knowing that he would be driving home during the day, as opposed to later in the evening, in the dark].

After some visiting by friends and other [extended] family members on Christmas Day, my brother headed back down the shore around 3:30. I reminded him to call me when he reached home so that I would know that he had safely arrived, but by 5:30 I still hadn't heard from him. Now two hours later, I frantically called his cell, with no answer, so I decided to call his daughter [they weren't at home, but were at a friends' home, 15-20 min away]. My niece said that she'd try to contact him and call me back. Well, she did, around 10 minutes later, and had also called another friend to stop by their house to see if her car was in the driveway, but of course, it wasn't. I tried several times, to no avail, when my niece called be back, hysterically crying; they'd called the State Troopers - he'd been cut off in the center lane on the Parkway and, to avoid hitting the jerk, he stepped on the brake and swerved, flipping over 4 times! Other cars that had seen it, pulled over and called 911; he was rushed to the hospital. Ironically, it was the one that he'd just spent 60 days at, but it's also a trauma center. I told her that I'd meet her there, and off my DH and I dashed. However, moments before we were getting onto the NJTurnpike, my brother called me. He was at X-Ray and was also getting a CAT-SCAN, so he didn't call me, but assured me that he wasn't too bad (THANK GOD FOR SEATBELTS!), but was in some pain and that he thought that maybe he had a broken rib of two. Well, he assured us that the hospital was keeping him overnight for observation, so hat we didn't have to go all the way down the shore, and my niece and her mom had just arrived at the emergency room. I really felt bad for my niece for, not only being scared out of her wits, but she paid for that car all by herself, with her hard-earned money [they had to cut off the roof to extract my brother]. The happy ending is that he is alive, but really, how much more bad luck can he take? I sure hope that 2013 is a wonderful year for him....

Prayers for your brother!

[kimmar067]

....I talked to him on the phone yesterday. His knee is pretty messed up, but strangely enough, he didn't hit his head on ANYTHING, or did he get a bump or scratch on it....he may need surgery on his knee though....he also said that a lot of cars stopped and pulled over right away; the first one at the Jeep was an EMT person, who had grabbed a blanket. He told my brother that he was gonna put it over him so that no one would see him [read between the lines] and couldn't believe that my brother was alive! That seat belt surely saved his life.

[Pinkocto]

Kim, I don't know what to say other than I'm so glad it wasn't worse. Prayers for your whole family.

[kimmar067]

Originally Posted by Pinkocto

Kim, I don't know what to say other than I'm so glad it wasn't worse...

....it was so scary, because we had no idea of his condition. Not until he called me on his cell and I got to hear his voice, could I not imagine the WORSE...and you must remember, even seemingly 'not life-threatening' injuries are ALWAYS amplified when the patient/victim has diabetes...

[RachelTori]

Hi, everyone! We are back from a wonderful family Christmas at WDW!!

Kimmar - I am so sorry to hear about the crash. I am so glad to hear your brother wasn't severely injured. Thank God he was wearing his seatbelt.

I think if we all think positive thoughts (and send a few prayers his way! ), your brother's luck will change and 2013 will be a GREAT year for him!

So here's too a happy & healthy 2013 for Kimmar's bro -- Here's some pixie dust to get it started:

[kimmar067]

Originally Posted by RachelTori

Hi, everyone! We are back from a wonderful family Christmas at WDW!!

Kimmar - I am so sorry to hear about the crash. I am so glad to hear your brother wasn't severely injured. Thank God he was wearing his seatbelt.

I think if we all think positive thoughts (and send a few prayers his way! ), your brother's luck will change and 2013 will be a GREAT year for him!

So here's too a happy & healthy 2013 for Kimmar's bro -- Here's some pixie dust to get it started:

...thanks....that seatbelt really saved his life - the EMT said that he should not have survived and that he probably would have been thrown from the Jeep...