DH no longer has his little red car!

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Registered: 07-14-2005
DH no longer has his little red car!
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Sat, 06-07-2008 - 7:08pm

I never made it to D32's Thursday as a big rig forced me off the freeway about 40 miles out of Needles & apparently I rolled Derwin's little red car three times in the median before coming to rest on its top w/me held in there upside down by the seatbelt. Thankfully there were CalTrans workers right there & by the time I came to a stop they were already outside the car working at getting me out. And, it turns out one of them & a CHP chased down the trucker too. I've come out of it w/only a couple cracked ribs and a small laceration of the lung on the left side and a small puncture type wound and bruising on my upper left arm and was released from the hospital this morning to finish up my recuperating - not much I can really do but take my pain pills when it hurts, sleep a lot, & let it heal itself. I am so thankful that 18S chose not to go w/me as by the pictures DH took of the car at the impound lot- the passenger front end took the brunt of the flips. The only window that didn't break was the driver's side - maybe because of the air bag & me presssuring against it - but I didn't bang my head on anything, & only have a couple very small cuts on my hand and leg.

We've had one heck of a week I think we should be done!!! S18's arrest last week, then Wednesday nite the front corner of the back pasture caught on fire & we had 5 or 6 fire engines out here to put it out. Neighbors alerted us to that and we got enuf of a start to keep it out of our neighbors pasture & hay bales right next to our irrigation ditch it was coming down.

Mary, I'll join you in spirit watching lots of movies parked in my recliner...:)

Anyway more next time - just wanted to give a heads up on the from this corner of the world.

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Registered: 07-14-2005
Wed, 06-11-2008 - 11:54am

Thanks for the "gentle" hugs! I'm amazed by how much I'm still sleeping - tho it's probably a lot to do w/the pain meds) - and the fact the laying down w/support on the back rather than sitting or standing is a bit more comfortable after awhile, tho it gets a little better each day. At least I'm much more relaxed which makes breathing easier & better (& w/o the oxygen), and the occasional deep breath exercises to keep the lung from collapsing while the laceration heals are getting easier to do.

Take care in your own recovery & gentle {{{hugs}}} back...

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Registered: 07-14-2005
Wed, 06-11-2008 - 11:57am

Our sentiments exactly!

Thanks for the speedy healing hugs...

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Registered: 07-14-2005
Wed, 06-11-2008 - 12:04pm
If they hadn't told me I'd rolled it three times, I'd never have known. Once I hit the bush and lost control just figured that was it, couldn't see a thing, & prayed the car would stop in the median somewhere & not cross over into head-on traffic...
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Registered: 07-14-2005
Wed, 06-11-2008 - 12:17pm

Our thoughts too!! Tho I am curious about how the report gets written up - hopefully there was an eye witness. The road crew guys seemed mostly to have seen the cloud of dust at first thinking it was one of their guys coming across the median.

Actually S18 got a notice from the County Attorney's office in Saturday's mail that they would not be filing felony charges in the matter. We didn't think they had a leg to stand on in that regard, but you never know. Now to see if that means it's a done deal, since the attorney's can't charge them w/what the sheriff's charged & arrested them on, or if they can change the charges down & fine them, ??? Anyway, that's a load off him at this point.

Thanks for the hugs...

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Registered: 07-14-2005
Wed, 06-11-2008 - 12:25pm

Never did like driving next to them or really very near them - will probably be even more leery in the future! I'm sure my D32 & SIL are having second thoughts about me driving over to watch the g'kids my next turn in August.

Thanks for the hugs...

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 06-11-2008 - 2:12pm

Joanne, I am so sorry I missed this post!
What a horrific accident and the guy didn't even
know he caused it?

Tho I am glad you are beginning to feel better.
You couldn't have had a worse week that that one!

Please keep us posted.

Big Hugs!!


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