Thank you so much for alerting our prayer warriors, Claire!
I pasted this from the "Chit Chat" thread so that it could all be in one place:
Sunday morning, June 3.
I wanted to tell you what God did yesterday. My daughter and her familly were in a collision in their little compact car--T-boned by an SUV traveling 70 mph, the police estimate. My daughter was in the passenger seat of the side that got hit, the four-year old in a booster seat behind her, and the baby and two-year old in car seats in back.
My daughter was injured and is in the hospital with broken ribs, a fractured pelvis, a somewhat collapsed lung and slightly lacerated liver. In spite of her injuries, she did not need surgery. Her husband is bruised but otherwise okay. The babies are fine, the four-year old lost a couple of baby teeth.
But they should have been killed, all of them. How can you get hit like that and come out with so little injury?
I believe God intervened.
I haven't been able to sleep much. I'm going up to the hospital this morning during ICU visiting hours.
If the Lord puts her on your heart, please pray for her and her family. Her husband is really shaken up.
Sunday afternoon, 12:49 PM CT.
I just got back from the hospital a little while ago. Michelle is doing better. Her eyes are less jaundiced looking, her coloring is better. She was able to have chicken broth and jello for breakfast. She's still in some pain, and didn't get much sleep because the SICU was so noisy. I asked one of the nurses who got her some earplugs. I also made sure that they understood that she is a nursing mother and could get mastitis if she is not able to pump. I mentioned that several times last night, and was finally able to get them to understand, I hope.
She will be in SICU for at least another day and a half because of the lacerated liver. They are doing blood work and keeping tabs.
On the praise side--she does not need surgery. Her pelvis is broken in three places, but not broken all the way through, and not terribly displaced. It's painful, and she won't be able to walk for six weeks, but praise God again that it is not worse.
I just keep on thinking how God intervened. How could they have survived, except for God? They were driving a little 2002 Ford Focus, and got broadsided by an SUV going 70 MPH on a major highway. That intersection is dangerous and has a history of horrible accidents because there's a curve in the road and a dip that keeps each driver from seeing the other. That's what happened last night. The driver who hit them didn't even slow down.
Update, Sunday evening, June 3.
It is now 27 hours since the accident. I saw Michelle this afternoon. She is definitly mending! When I walked into the SICU, her husband and father-in-law were feeding her her first solid food. Of course I quipped what a handsome pair of waiters she had waiting on her, and she smiled.
She is now able to get up to a 45 degree angle while sitting in bed. All her stats are good, no sign of a liver bleed, and she is able to manage the pain better with a different medication and a pain pump.
Her husband was on his feet! Up to now, even this morning, he was in too much pain for anything but a wheelchair. But now he was standing!
Michelle's father-in-law had gone over to the wrecked car to retrieve personal items. He said it was a wonder that anyone survived, given the fact that the whole side and roof had been smashed in. He kept remarking that her head and neck are completely unscratched. How, he wondered, could that have happened.
It was God, it could have only been God.
Thank you so much, everyone for praying. I so much appreciate it.
btw, a little more than an hour after Michelle's accident, there was another accident in the same place, involving four vehicles including an 18-wheeler. That is a dangerous intersection, and apparently the county has known this for years.
Perhaps we could pray that something will be done about it? Thank you so much.
Much love to all,
Ariel
