The night before last there was a terrible accident that 4 of my daughters friends were in. All 16-17 yr old girls. They were t-boned by a truck and all 4 were med flighted to a hospital in Madison. One is paralyzed from the waist down one is still unconscious (induced coma now) 3 of them have broken pelvis's broken collar bones and punctured lungs. 2 of the girls are sisters and the only children of the family. Just a terrible thing for these young girls and their family's. My daughter was supposed to be with them but got called into work for someone who called in sick. She is having a real tough time dealing with this. I wish I knew what I could say or do. It tears me up seeing her like this but at the same time I can't Imagine what the other family's are going through right now. We went to Madison yesterday so my daughter could see them. They are all in intensive care but she was able to go in and see them. Pretty tough time when you know all the girls and parents involved. I'm feeling very fortunate today.

 

WOW! They'll be in my thoughts and prayers. This was tough to read.

All you can do is hold your daughter and let her know you're listening and that you love her. Help her count her blessings when she's reading.

 

Oh man.. I hate to hear stuff like this.. Its so sad when we realize just how fast life can end.. or change dramatically.. Our thoughts and prayers are definately with the families.. you and your daughter are very fortunate for sure Jazz..

 

Yes, yes, very fortunate. Thoughts and prayers are with the families here also.

 

i will pray for there families. that is sad and remind your daughter to not fell guilty just because she wasnt with them.

 

being that I've been on the receiving end of a major accident, their families will need a fair amount of support. nothing really major, just helping out with little things like dropping off dinner for them, cleaning the house or whatever. and it's kinda fortunate that your daughter wasn't in on it, hopefully she'll be able to help out with taking care of the other 4.

especially for the family with two girls, if the mom works she should be able to file for temporary disability for a month or so to take care of them.

it would be good for the people that know the girls best (their parents and your daughter come to mind...) to pay close attention to how they act/think when the trauma and pain killers begin to subside. Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Guide is an absolutely outstanding brain injury resource, I spent a lot of time on their website and did several months of outpatient rehab with them for my closed head injury that the hospital didn't even catch; it made a world of difference. even mild brain injuries/concussions have an amazingly detrimental impact that is often overlooked...hopefully the guy has decent insurance, the neuroskills place would be a good place for them to go for some short term in-patient rehab!

well, glad for you that your girl is okay, can't imagine all that from a parents' perspective.

 

Jazz , im so sorry to hear this news, and so glad to hear your baby girl wasnt invovles in it, my heart goes out the the family of these other girls,, I just couldnt deal with that with any of my kids, parents biggest fear right.....i have one question though.. how come there where 4 girls in the car? the law here wont allow any New drivers to carry more then one passenger under the age of 19, unless they are related..whats your law there?

 

Well I just learned that there were 6 people in the car. 2 boys also. 6 people in a dodge neon. The law here is 1 person until you have had a license for 6 months I think. Unless it's family members.

 

Getting a ride home or out for a joy ride?

 

ooh, that's going to be insurance mayhem for a few years. and sucks a lot for the family of the girl driving as far as liability goes...