Thursday, July 13, 2006

It's only been 16 months since Mark's accident

Can you belive?... 16 months ago, last March 31st, 2005, my husband, Mark, was severly t-boned on his way to work by a teenage girl who ran a stop sign at full speed and hit him in the side of his truck on Green River road pushing him into oncoming traffic where he was hit a second time headon by another big pickup truck. He was in the ICU 33 days with both lungs completely crushed & one collapsed, 8 broken ribs, lacerated liver in 3 places, extensive internal bleeding, broken eye socket, seperated shoulder, broken jaw, lots of gashes and puncture wounds. He had 3 chest tubes, had several surgeries, was on a ventilator for weeks, couldn't move or talk for almost a month. He didn't leave St. Mary's hospital until 2nd week in June last summer!
I know if Mark can live through the horrible nightmare he was a victim of, then I can make it through this. I just hope we get a year off soon, this is way too much for any family to have endure in such a short period of time.
I remember when the doctors didn't expect him to make it and look at him now! 
I've had some people ask me about his accident and the articles, so here you go...




No comments: