Had to Cancel my May Trip :(

[Taratink]

Good news! I am still sending my prayers your way.
Tara

 

[Ladybugsy]

Artnsonia,
So sorry to hear of your father's accident. I thought I would also give you a little encouragement as well as a heads up about what may be coming. In December of 2003 my father and 2 of my cousins were cutting a tree down in the front yard. My cousin does this for a living, so it should have been no problem. It was an oak tree, and while they were cutting it at an angle it started to slide. My dad saw what was happening, and rushed to the base of the tree to push my cousin out of the way. My father turned and ran, but the tree hit him as he was running. The piece that hit him was 7000 pounds. The only thing that saved him was a 2 foot limb that hit the ground before bouncing the tree off of him. My cousin said he NEVER leaves any limbs on a tree, and thought about climbing up and cutting it off, but he didn't. It saved my father. He didn't come out of it unscathed, though. He got a nasty cut on his head, a broken shoulder blade, a shattered pelvis, 3 broken vertabra in his lower back, Every rib on the left side broken in multiple places, and what they call a flail lung. The doctor told us when it was over that 75 percent of people with his injuries don't make it. He was in ICU for 2 weeks before they flew him to the University of Alabama Medical center. He stayed there 3 months, with a trach and feeding tube, and came home in March of 2004. We are blessed to have him.

What I wanted to tell you was that when your dad is better, and coming off the medication, please, please, ask his nurses, and also your mother to watch for signs of major depression. My dad has never been depressed in his life, but he was majorly depressed after all of this. He is almost as good as new now. A walking miracle, the doctors say. But there was a time I was afraid to leave him alone. It was hard on my mother, and the rest of us. The worst thing that has ever happened to me. Not to mention him. But if they can catch the depression before it gets too bad, if he shows symptoms of it, it will make a very hard situation easier on all of you. I wish you and him and your mother the very best. Be sure and let him know you are there, and love him, which I am sure you have done. If you'd like to email me, my address isn ladybugsy@gmail.com.

Rory

 

[rowmac2000]

My prayers to you're FIL and your family. Wishing you all the best.

 

[disneyfan61]

My thoughts & prayers are with you. Please keep us posted on his progress.