About 3 years ago:
It was just after dinner, and I was doing the dishes.(A rare occasion) I was trying to help my wife with the housework. She was going to school, and working part-time at a little hole in the wall bar. Anyway, she was stressed, and I was trying to help her out.
While in the kitchen, my daughters(at the time 1 1/2 and 4) were in the living room watching cartoons, and munching on popcorn. It was hot that day, and the main door of the house was open. The screen door, pulled shut.
(This is fixing to get ugly!)
About half way through the dishes, Grace, the oldest, came up to me and said Rayn, the youngest, was outside. I ran for the door and kicked it open just in time to see my daughter flipping underneath a large pick up truck. I ran to her and scooped her up. She was lifeless....limp... and white as a ghost...
I ran inside, after screaming for help to no avail! I put her on the couch and began CPR. Luckily, I was just trained, and probably saved her life. The man that hit her came to the door, and couldn't say a word. By the time the paramedics got there, her head was twice it's normal size, eyes swollen shut, and she was bleeding from everywhere! One of the paramedics took Grace to his house, he had a daughter her age, and they played together on occasion. Rayn, myself, and my wife all got to the hospital at about the same time in Cape Girardeau,MO. The doctors there, could not believe she was alive, and neither could I. My wife and I were crushed to say the very, very, least. An hour or so later, she was rushed to Cardinal Glennon in St. Louis, MO. Where she underwent multiple surgeries, inside and out.
Everyday she was in there, it was the same thing. 10% chance. 20% chance, 10% again. By far, the worst experience of my life. I still remember when she opened her eyes after the third week of her coma. She cried, and that's when I knew she would be okay! It was incredible!
She has since made a complete recovery. The only way you can tell is when she takes her shirt off. You can see the huge scar that runs from her neck, down... and she has about a two inch scar right above her right eyebrow. You will see her pic in other forums(my avatar) and also on my website.
We later found out, judging by road conditions and the length of the black mark left when the man slammed his brakes. That he was travelling at roughly 55 MPH. I lived in town, 1 block from the Court House. He was going too fast! However, it was just after sunset, and she should never have been outside. Turned out that Grace had opened the screen door to let Boots(her cat) outside, and Rayn followed it. The house was close to the road.
Anyway, I had to go to work online in order to care for my daughter, it was very slow in the beginning, but I now do it part time! Anyone can achieve their dreams! Who knows? Maybe one day, I'll be RICH??? Maybe, you'll be rich?
Miracles do happen!
It was just after dinner, and I was doing the dishes.(A rare occasion) I was trying to help my wife with the housework. She was going to school, and working part-time at a little hole in the wall bar. Anyway, she was stressed, and I was trying to help her out.
While in the kitchen, my daughters(at the time 1 1/2 and 4) were in the living room watching cartoons, and munching on popcorn. It was hot that day, and the main door of the house was open. The screen door, pulled shut.
(This is fixing to get ugly!)
About half way through the dishes, Grace, the oldest, came up to me and said Rayn, the youngest, was outside. I ran for the door and kicked it open just in time to see my daughter flipping underneath a large pick up truck. I ran to her and scooped her up. She was lifeless....limp... and white as a ghost...
I ran inside, after screaming for help to no avail! I put her on the couch and began CPR. Luckily, I was just trained, and probably saved her life. The man that hit her came to the door, and couldn't say a word. By the time the paramedics got there, her head was twice it's normal size, eyes swollen shut, and she was bleeding from everywhere! One of the paramedics took Grace to his house, he had a daughter her age, and they played together on occasion. Rayn, myself, and my wife all got to the hospital at about the same time in Cape Girardeau,MO. The doctors there, could not believe she was alive, and neither could I. My wife and I were crushed to say the very, very, least. An hour or so later, she was rushed to Cardinal Glennon in St. Louis, MO. Where she underwent multiple surgeries, inside and out.
Everyday she was in there, it was the same thing. 10% chance. 20% chance, 10% again. By far, the worst experience of my life. I still remember when she opened her eyes after the third week of her coma. She cried, and that's when I knew she would be okay! It was incredible!
She has since made a complete recovery. The only way you can tell is when she takes her shirt off. You can see the huge scar that runs from her neck, down... and she has about a two inch scar right above her right eyebrow. You will see her pic in other forums(my avatar) and also on my website.
We later found out, judging by road conditions and the length of the black mark left when the man slammed his brakes. That he was travelling at roughly 55 MPH. I lived in town, 1 block from the Court House. He was going too fast! However, it was just after sunset, and she should never have been outside. Turned out that Grace had opened the screen door to let Boots(her cat) outside, and Rayn followed it. The house was close to the road.
Anyway, I had to go to work online in order to care for my daughter, it was very slow in the beginning, but I now do it part time! Anyone can achieve their dreams! Who knows? Maybe one day, I'll be RICH??? Maybe, you'll be rich?
Miracles do happen!
