Day 183 - Lightning Strikes Again!

I received a call late yesterday from a very good friend I've known since high school. He did not sound like his normal, chipper self. He recently went through a bought of cancer with his throat and tonsils. Even during that ordeal of surgery, chemo and radiation, he was always in good, positive spirits. I was initially afraid he was going to tell me it was back.

Some of the first words he said were, "My dad has been in a car accident." After finding out he was alive but in the hospital, the second statement that floored me was, "He is getting the same treatment as Jan." This elderly gentleman was in a head-on collision and has a broken neck. The difference is they took him to Louisville and they evaluated him for a day before deciding on a halo with the family. When they finally put the halo on, they had a team of neurosurgeons put it on him, not just a single, unsupervised resident without a clue!

Jan's experience prepared my friend and the rest of the family for what was to come. He asked all kinds of questions and the family entered into this journey with volumes more information that Jan and I did. He said he knew what to ask thanks to our (in)experience.

Needless to say, our prayers, and I hope yours, are with them during this difficult time.