Hi all!!
I am so sorry I haven't posted since I attended
MNSSHP on 10/16 but we had a personal tragedy happen the day before we left for Florida...Joe's 28 yr. old niece, Alex, was in a horrible motorcycle accident in Manhattan.We almost cancelled our trip,but his sister insisted we go,that Alex wouldn't want us to miss our trip to sit and watch her in the hospital.Alex had just been to WDW the week before.She loves Disney too.
She suffered massive internal injuries and had alot of sugergy done and was in a coma. All of her internal injuries and fractures are healing nicely and her tests are all coming back normal, so at this point our biggest concern is her ability to communicate with the family. She's been following simple commands like close and open your eyes,following your finger left to right and she even tried to stick out her tongue when her Mom asked her to. She is actually not concidered to be in a coma anymore, she is classified as suffering from a "severe acute traumatic brain injury" (which sure seems like a coma). There is no way to know if she'll ever return to functioning, and we're hoping for the best, if it does happen, it won't happen quickly. It will take weeks, months, even years.
Again I apologize...we went to WDW but it wasn't exactly the trip we had planned.My mind has been elsewhere since we returned too.
If you could all keep Alex and our family in your thoughts and prayers it would be greatly appreciated.
I want to wish all of you on your way to WDW and MNSSHP....have a SPOOKTACKULAR time!
We did have fun times and MNSSHP was the highlight...I know you'll have a wonderful time too!!!
Have fun and stay safe!!!