Friend got into wreck last Friday...now paralyzed from the waist down.

[thatkidbob 10+ year member]

Honestly its a miracle anyone survived... there were 5 people in the car... 2 died, the driver's dumb @ss walked away without a scratch (its funny how that always happens), and her and a friend were both hospitalized in critical condition. The car looked like a squished accordian bent in half...

the doctors weren't very optimistic the whole time... at first they were reasonably sure she was going to die (probably 60/40 odds)... then they were pretty sure she had brain damage, then they were pretty sure she wasn't going to be able to walk and... well... lets just say they wrong on all counts //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[pitbull12888]

i got a friend that got tboned at a stop light in his 03 f350 powerstroke and split it in half. he had bleeding in his brain, broke legs, verterbrae was messed up and a broke neck... hes walkin around using 1 of them metal things u lean on while walking. that was about 8 months ago.. he died 2 times on the way to the hospital and another time when he got there, and they brought him back all 3 times. Hope your friend makes it out just as well!

p.s - they also said he would have memory loss but he doesnt.

 

[CanadianDream 10+ year member]

Totally sucks man...thoughts go out to the families and friends involved.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

That is sad...I hope he ends up pulling through....one never knows how his or her day may end as they start out each and every day //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

i had a buddy i used to party with around 10 years ago. he used to drive drunk all the time. he was racing someone and hit an area between loveland and ft. collins colorado where the railroad tracks ran across the road. hit it at around 100mph. landed on top of a car at a stop sign on the other side and killed a 3 year old girl. he ran from the scene and lived in alaska for 3 years drinking himself into a man i never knew. he killed himself on christmas day, leaving a note stating he couldn't live with a childs life being taken by his hand. tore him up. 2 lives wasted by alcohol and driving. bad idea.

 

[pitbull12888]

i had a buddy i used to party with around 10 years ago. he used to drive drunk all the time. he was racing someone and hit an area between loveland and ft. collins colorado where the railroad tracks ran across the road. hit it at around 100mph. landed on top of a car at a stop sign on the other side and killed a 3 year old girl. he ran from the scene and lived in alaska for 3 years drinking himself into a man i never knew. he killed himself on christmas day, leaving a note stating he couldn't live with a childs life being taken by his hand. tore him up. 2 lives wasted by alcohol and driving. bad idea.

dam man.. that sucks.. ive had some buddies total there trucks but not really get hurt. so if we have a party who ever drinks gets there keys tooken on the way in and cant leave till the next day.

 

[crackerboxx 10+ year member]

The peepl who know me know im not a regular at the bedside prayin bout folks but i know what ur feelin man, ive lost many close friends/family. Shoot my dads b-day is the 12th of this comin month and itll be a year since he passed. I feel for u and the families/friends that were involved.............Ill be prayin 4 u all.

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

dam man.. that sucks.. ive had some buddies total there trucks but not really get hurt. so if we have a party who ever drinks gets there keys tooken on the way in and cant leave till the next day.

i really empathize with bikinipunk. these things can break someone. sounds like he's upset, but fairly emotionally stable. his friend needs to know that the death of the other person is not his fault. thank god that the young life lived. tragedies happen. everyone that was at all close to this man needs to visit his bedside regularly. his injuries may possibly be further from his mind than anyone thinks. hopefully he understands that this was not his fault. if he believes that, then any medical problems he has to deal with will be much more liveable. the human mind is amaizingly adaptable to unthinkable loss.

 

[HitManSE 10+ year member]

WTF is the man upstairs telling me? I guess he sends things my way so I can make my peace with the person before its too late?...(don't start religious debate, this isn't the place)

Not sure, but try not to think too hard about it. People get forged through hardships & become strong. So long as you get through these things and be there for those that need you, your going to become a stronger person. Thats just how things go. Just handle what you need to & hope for the best.

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

if it's any help, my aunt lost all movement from the neck down in one of the first ford vs firestone accidents in an explorer. doctors told her she'd never be able to move anything but her head, and her wheelchair would be mouth operated, but after a year or so, she got some use out of her arms, and could control her own wheelchair, and also turn pages on a book and write and stuff, but not very well.

look at it this way, at least he's alive

 

[addisdar 10+ year member]

Are they keeping him in a Huntsville Hospital? Or did they transfer him to one of the more specialized hospitals in Birmingham?

 

[Rattlebrain 10+ year member]

Be there for him.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

Are they keeping him in a Huntsville Hospital? Or did they transfer him to one of the more specialized hospitals in Birmingham?

Huntsville Hospital