It's a call a parent never wants to get. My little girls (5 and 7) were involved in a really bad head-on collision with a pickup truck. When I heard, I instantly went into despair and panic mode. I couldn't breathe, being stuck in the McDonald's drive-thru, trying to escape from my fiancé's car and about to throw up. They were taken to a children's hospital about 45 minutes away, and even after finding out they were still alive, I couldn't calm down and that trip felt like it took 3 or 4 lifetimes.
Somehow beyond all probability, both kids are ok and were released from the hospital yesterday, with only some really bad bruises and some lingering pain, and my oldest with stitches on her eyebrow. They were both good to even return to school!
Anyway, the adults are both alive too, but not doing as well. My ex with a bunch of broken ribs, fractured spine, and broken hand, and her husband suffered a traumatic brain injury and may not be able to talk ever again and will likely develop a major personality change. Thankfully everyone is alive is all I can say.
If I never have to experience those feelings again in my life, I would be happy with that. I thought for sure both my girls were gone and I'd have to kill myself, so thankfully it never came to that, because the hole I was in was so deep and dark, I honestly believe that I would have gone through with it.
Somehow beyond all probability, both kids are ok and were released from the hospital yesterday, with only some really bad bruises and some lingering pain, and my oldest with stitches on her eyebrow. They were both good to even return to school!
Anyway, the adults are both alive too, but not doing as well. My ex with a bunch of broken ribs, fractured spine, and broken hand, and her husband suffered a traumatic brain injury and may not be able to talk ever again and will likely develop a major personality change. Thankfully everyone is alive is all I can say.
If I never have to experience those feelings again in my life, I would be happy with that. I thought for sure both my girls were gone and I'd have to kill myself, so thankfully it never came to that, because the hole I was in was so deep and dark, I honestly believe that I would have gone through with it.
