Posted on 06/24/2003 10:26:15 AM PDT by TxBec
I apologize in advance, as this may be long-winded.
A friend of mine told me a few days ago about her next-door neighbor's "niece of a son-in-law." She lives an hour from here. She dropped her baby off at daycare and set off for work, at which point her car was plowed into by a construction truck.
She, obviously, was in very BAD condition and it really did not look good. She was comatose (still is), but had too many broken bones to count. About the only good news was that she did have "brain waves."
A day or so ago, she took a turn for the worst and developed pneumonia... but everyone who knows the family (including friends, neighbors, and "friends of friends") have been praying for her.
I started to post a prayer request this morning, but my ISP went down.
While it was down, I got a call from the friend who told me about this girl... and "her pneumonia is all but gone." Isn't God awesome?
She is still in a coma, but her neurologist said today what he hasn't in the past, "There is hope!"
She is still in a coma, but seems to twitch her hand in response. She has a long road ahead of her and lots of therapy and plastic surgery, but she is making baby steps, and may pull through.
There is so much more to be thankful for. Seems like this event has pulled estranged members of her family back together. I guess He really does work in mysterious ways.
So, now that I have finished this long-winded post, I would ask for your prayers for this girl and her family. Thanks and God bless!
That said, I get about two calls a day now from my friend. Yesterday morning, she told me that the night before, an older nurse came in to tend to Courtney. She did the usual "come on child, move your leg.. move your hand.." etc. Well, she asked her to move her toes and Courtney got a really sourpuss, "I'm not moving anything" look on her face. The nurse supposedly told her, "Now look here, MISSY, I have two teenage daughters at home and they do what I say, so you WILL MOVE YOUR TOES!!" At that point, she moved her toes!!! (But got an even more ticked-off look on her face.) The girl has an ATTITUDE!!! YAY!
Last night, I got another call that the doctors had tried to sit her up and, get this, were going to try to get her to stand in a walker to test her strength. My friend and I were puzzled about this because she had broken so many bones, but obviously none were in her legs?? Anyway, we have come to the conclusion that when she is well enough, we HAVE to meet this wonderful girl!! We are placing bets that by next week she's going to be doing cartwheels. We are just so amazed because she was in the accident 10 days ago and 7 days ago, the doctors said, "There is no hope!" They even said it in the room to her parents (right in front of Courtney.) Donna (my friend) said that from all she heard about Courtney before, that would have ticked her off enough to fight even harder and that she couldn't wait for the day that Courtney tells that doctor, "Oh YEAH??"
We prayed for baby steps, but looks like Courtney is ready to start sprinting to recovery. Thank you for all your prayers and Blessed be God forever.
Courtney's family is putting together a book of all the cards and greetings they have been getting (and yes I think they have seen print outs of this thread).. so since this seems to be becoming the "GET WELL COURTNEY THREAD," I'm going to start looking for pictures and stuff for them to add..
Our Lord continues to work His miracles!!!! When her Hubby entered into her room yesterday, she gave him 'KISSY LIPS' . She has become the champion 'eye roller' and is giving the nurses a bit of a time when she isn't in the mood for poking and prodding.Today she told her mom that she wants to go home.
Please continue to pray, she has a long road ahead.
Thank you again.
God Bless each of you.
I then got another e-mail with a p.s. I forgot to mention that I e-mailed a bunch of the prayers from free republic to Courtney today.
Thank you all!
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