For those who didn't know, I was in a car accident on June 7th in which a 20-year-old failed to pay attention to the large red stop sign in front of him, causing us (my parents, Reba, and myself) to hit him at 50-55 mph. Mom bruised her right hand and knee, Dad had a concussion, Reba's sutures from a surgery that morning tore open, and I broke my right humerus and both femurs and cracked my left tibia and fibula. I underwent a six-hour surgery on June 9th to attach plates and screws to my humerus and right femur and a rod along my left femur. Basically, I now have more hardware in me than a Home Depot.
I was in the hospital for three weeks, then I was transferred to a rehab facility where I still am. I get therapy on my arm five days a week and on my legs six days a week. I'm not healing as quickly as *I* would like, but I am healing. Moby (my van) was totaled, which upset me a lot. She was a good van, and she didn't deserve to go out like that. My folks quickly found me a new ride, though -- a maroon-colored 1993 Ford with a working AC. I have christened her the Red Baron.
Isn't life grand?
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Welcome Back to the Blog I follow a lot more faithfully than you write, but I guess I'll give you a pass this time! I was just checking to see if you had re-entered cyberspace, aren't involved in a love triangle with the Alzhiemers patients in your rehab, and to wish you a Happy Birthday! With we could do another "dead day at Coyote Ugly" this year! Miss ya!! Keep up the HARD work of rehab- at least its not Al-Anon which is where I would be if I had half the shit happen to me that has happened to you! Love ya! -S
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