12.23.09 -
Daddy’s Bruising is moving down from his upper eyelids and into his lower eyes and cheek bones. I only spoke with mom for a short second. As you can imagine Daddy is still having a hard time breathing. He has developed some chest congestion overnight. They are trying to get him to cough to clear his lungs but it hurts really bad. They are also going to try to pull him off his epidural today and see if they can manage more with by mouth medication. That will tell us if or when he can go home. Mom sounded much better this AM and actually like she got a little bit of sleep last night. She has stayed with Daddy at the hospital since this all happened. I know she is tired but I think she is getting a glimmer of hope in the healing process rather than seeing Daddy progressively get worse. Don’t get me wrong he has a lot of healing to do but I think things might be starting to turn the corner for him.
I saw pictures of the truck and the “Structure” 4.5-5 ft embankment that he hit yesterday. I am shocked that he was able to come out of this thing alive. The front of the Yukon is a mangled mess of metal. The dash has seperated from the bent frame. The steering column is bent. The sun visors were torn down. The front and back seats broke and shifted in the impact. Thomas said that the impact was hard enough to knock the motor sideways. There are some cracks in the front windshield but it didn’t cave in. No other glass is broken. The doors were all intact so the front end is where the majority of the visual damage is. The major thing we noticed is that HIS AIRBAG NEVER DEPLOYED! We don’t know why, all evidence and damage shows that it should have. Praise God he had his seat belt on. I can tell you that is the only thing that saved him.
Daddy’s Bruising is moving down from his upper eyelids and into his lower eyes and cheek bones. I only spoke with mom for a short second. As you can imagine Daddy is still having a hard time breathing. He has developed some chest congestion overnight. They are trying to get him to cough to clear his lungs but it hurts really bad. They are also going to try to pull him off his epidural today and see if they can manage more with by mouth medication. That will tell us if or when he can go home. Mom sounded much better this AM and actually like she got a little bit of sleep last night. She has stayed with Daddy at the hospital since this all happened. I know she is tired but I think she is getting a glimmer of hope in the healing process rather than seeing Daddy progressively get worse. Don’t get me wrong he has a lot of healing to do but I think things might be starting to turn the corner for him.
I saw pictures of the truck and the “Structure” 4.5-5 ft embankment that he hit yesterday. I am shocked that he was able to come out of this thing alive. The front of the Yukon is a mangled mess of metal. The dash has seperated from the bent frame. The steering column is bent. The sun visors were torn down. The front and back seats broke and shifted in the impact. Thomas said that the impact was hard enough to knock the motor sideways. There are some cracks in the front windshield but it didn’t cave in. No other glass is broken. The doors were all intact so the front end is where the majority of the visual damage is. The major thing we noticed is that HIS AIRBAG NEVER DEPLOYED! We don’t know why, all evidence and damage shows that it should have. Praise God he had his seat belt on. I can tell you that is the only thing that saved him.
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