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Mega purrs and prayers for your friend!
Christine "GraceCat" wrote in message om... A dear family friend was involved in an accident last night about two am. He fell asleep at the wheel of his truck and hit a tree. He was thrown out of the truck, through his back glass and into the truck bed, it's horrible. A few hours ago they were unsure if he'd make it. His parents understandably are basketcases. He broke his pelvis, has internal bleeding that won't clot, he severed the main artery (I think, pretty sure) in his thigh, skinned and ripped muscles and skin tissue (already several grafts in the unforeseeable future), he was punctured by debris and they're not sure if this colostomy bag will be permanent and a family friend (gf's stepfather actually but not family so I dunno) mentioned they might if they must, amputate the leg. I dunno on that last.. but it's rough. He's 22, sweet as pie and cute as hell. I babysat his girlfriend and his sister is my sister's best friend. Kinda extended family ya know. Anyway, the local hospital worked for ten hours trying to get the hemmoraging to stop and they couldn't. So they transported him to New Orleans, four hours south via ambulance. The weather is so bad they couldn't use the helicopter that they really needed to use because it's a long drive. But thankfully the internal bleeding had slowed somewhat, he's breathing on his own above the respirator (I think they're removing life support if he continues breathing) but he's not out of the woods by far and he might make the drive down south. Four hours ago, a four hour drive was an impossibility because they've been giving him blood since 3am this morning. As fast as they're pumping it in, he's losing it. He's still bleeding excessively and the local hospital doesn't have the technology needed. They finally stopped surgery around 11, closed him up and said all they could do is place him in ICU, wait until a larger hospital had space (Shreveport LSU medical center did not, Tulane at New Orleans did) and hope. I'm not sure what further resources a different hospital has in way of hemmoraging but that's the way it's been today. The doctor said the single most and only reason he's alive and did not die at the scene was his age and his health. He's very active, athletic and young. As he put it, a forty year old man would have died at impact or shortly after. Matt had been at his girlfriend/intended's house studying because they're taking a huge amount of difficult classes this semester. I saw him on the 4th at the coffee shop and they were both hard at it. From what she's saying, and his family is saying, he has been operating on little to no sleep for the last several days. He wasn't speeding (55-65ish) and the stretch of road was just a few minutes from both mine and his house. A fairly safe stretch. He just dozed off. We'd appreciate purrs and prayers for everyone. |
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