Everything in my being came to a complete halt on Sept. 5, 2024. When at 8:30 am I received a phone call.
Good morning, is this Kari’s mother? Yes, I replied. My name is Dr. E at University Hospitals. Have you been notified of the near-fatal car crash your daughter was in? No, who is this again? I asked. I’m Dr. E and I wanted to let you know Kari will be undergoing surgery in half an hour. What? I replied, hoping I had misunderstood what was just said. She has to have reconstructive surgery on her spine. I’m on my way, was all I could say.
Life as we knew it was forever gone. When I arrived at the University, I was directed to a family waiting room where I would sit for 5 hours. My mind wouldn’t still itself, not for a second. Where, when, why, and how were all unanswered questions. Just the fact of knowing my daughter had been lying there for a day and a half by herself wondering why nobody was there was torture. The feeling of abandonment overcame me, and I still can’t understand why I never received a call. Not from the police, the ambulance, 911, the Medair, the hospital….Why?
Fast forward…I eventually put all of the pieces of the puzzle together. At approximately 9:30 p.m., September 3, 2024, my daughter was driving home, and her vehicle went onto the right shoulder. When she got back onto the pavement something happened and ended upside down in the opposite ditch. The vehicle caught fire and she was trapped inside. A car approached the scene but drove past her. The man driving the vehicle thought he had seen something shiny out of the corner of his eye, but dismissed it and kept driving until he heard a voice say “Turn around, turn around, turn around, TURN AROUND!” After the fourth time, thank God, he turned around. As he approached the vehicle he could see that it was on fire and heard her screaming. After quickly analyzing the situation he knew he only had approximately two minutes to free her before the vehicle became completely engulfed in flames and exploded.
He is a Hero. He managed to get the door opened and she did the army crawl as fast as she could carry her broken body. They weren’t but two feet from the vehicle and BOOM!!
She was airlifted to the University and had 11 vertebrae rebuilt with plates, screws and donor tissues. I know the trauma that I experienced. Her trauma, I can’t grasp it.
Once a parent always a parent is my belief. I don’t want her to worry about anything except her healing. This is why I come humbly asking for help. I know God has always provided for us and I know, He will never forsake us. I need to pay her bills, buy medicine, replace important documents, her phone, car, and everything lost that day. I’m doing the best I can as a single parent but took a leave of absence to take care of her 24/7, for now. If it has been laid upon your heart to love your neighbor and help us with a gift of any amount, we will be forever grateful. She has a long road ahead of her and knowing we aren’t alone on this journey would be comforting. I would also like to do something for our Hero. I’m unsure of how to repay him for saving her life, but a simple thank you doesn’t cut it. Thank you and God bless.
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