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A Changing Course

Nobody ever plans on having an accident.  That’s really why they call it an accident.  My wife was in a terrible one at that.  I can honestly say this is one of the most heartbreaking things I’ve been through as a husband.  I remember being at work on 1/29 and getting a call from Lynn.  Normally I can’t ever take her calls but I happened to be on break.  I’ll never forget the sound of her crying and telling me she had been in an accident.  She told me that she was fine but that her friend Lyndsee was still pinned inside the car and they had to wait for the EMT’s to come pry the door off of her because it was crushing her.  

When I met up with them at the hospital I came up behind the ambulance as they unloaded Lyndsee and rushed her off to get immediate help.  I climbed into the ambulance, and there was the love of my life - she was strapped to a board with a neckbrace, tied so that she couldn’t move, crying her eyes out in terror, and covered in blood.  I will never, as long as I live, get that horrible image out of my head.  Here was the woman I love more than anything lying there in terrible pain and shock, and I couldn’t do anything to take it away from her.

It’s been two days since the wreck.  I’m sitting here typing this as my sweet and wonderful bride is in the bedroom sleeping.  She took some medication this morning and it put her right back to sleep and she’s been there all day.  She woke up this morning and the pain was worse than it was yesterday.  All I can do is clean the apartment, pray for her, and wait for her to heal.  

We’re going to be in alot of debt really soon with all the medical bills and the new car payments we’re going to have to make.  Whatever the cost, it’s all worth it because I know she’s going to be fine.  I’m extremely grateful to still have her as my wife.  All things considered, we’ve been fortunate so far that we have completely avoided pretty much any debt until now.  I don’t know if anyone will actually even read this, but I needed to just type something to get my thoughts and feelings out.