Remember My Brother

[Ford Man]

I know this has nothing to do with efficiency, but I needed to post it somewhere on the forum to get him the prayers he needs. Here's a link to the story.

http://www.gassavers.org/showthread....938#post159938

[Christ]

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[Ford Man]

Originally Posted by Christ

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Originally Posted by Ford Man

I'm asking for everyone to remember my brother in prayer, he was involved in an auto accident last night and is in the trauma unit at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. There was a cow in the middle of the road and it was already dark, so apparently he didn't see it until it was too late. They had to life flight him from the accident scene in KY to Nashville, TN (about 80-85 miles away). He was able to talk to them at the accident scene last last night and told them his name. His wife's brother was one of the first ones to come up on the accident after it happened and even after seeing him, he didn't know who it was until my brother was able to tell them his name. The doctors are saying either every bone or nearly every bone in his face is broken and they currently have him on a ventilator to help him breath. I've been over to see him today and just from the looks of his head and face I have to say he's lucky to be alive. He's still got the neck brace on that they put on him at the scene of the accident, because they can't do an MRI on his neck until they can get some of the medical equipment removed from him. They have him heavily sedated, but the nurses have ask him a couple times to give them a thumbs up and he has responded. I think he realizes we are there even though he can't talk to us, because a couple times while I was in to see him the nurses were working with him and he started fighting it, but I told him everything was alright and he would stop fighting with them and let them do whatever they were doing. My mom also said while she was back to see him, his wife mentioned their grand daughters name to him and he moved his eye brows as if he were responding. The doctors have already told us it's going to be a long drawn out process and that he would have to have multiple surgeries on his face. At least he's at the best trauma hospital in this area and probably one of the best in the nation. Everyone just please remember him and pray that everything works out good for him.

Ah ha, it worked!!

[SentraSE-R]

Man, that's really tragic. I hope your brother makes a full recovery. It sounds like he's got a long rough road ahead, but he's survived, and is recovering.

[cfg83]

Ford Man -

I'm glad you were there to help keep him calm. It makes a huge difference when he knows he's not alone. We'll keep him in our prayers.

CarloSW2

[bestclimb]

prayers inbound for you strength and mercy for your family.

[euromodder]

I'm not into praying, but I sure hope he'll recover.
Strength !

[Ford Man]

Thanks to everyone. I'm getting ready to go back to the hospital to see him and will update later tonight.

[Ford Man]

Latest update.

We just got back from the hospital about an hour ago, he still looks about the same, but my niece (his daughter) said she ask him to squeeze her hand last night and he did and the nurses said he was still responding to them and their commands. They were able to put in a feeding tube and do the MRI on his neck this afternoon, but of course we don't know the results of it yet, we're hoping to know something tomorrow. Yesterday the doctors said the ventilator was doing most of his breathing for him, but today he was doing the largerst percent of the breathing on his own, so God is hearing the prayers and answering, so keep it up.

My niece had pictures of the car on her cell phone that her uncle sent her. It appears that the cow rolled up onto the hood then onto the top mashing the top down and possibly tearing the roof part of the way off on the drivers side and is probably what had hit his head/face.

[pounsfos]

Don't worry mate, as long as he survived te crash, hospital drugs and you visiting him will get him through,i know from experience....

so you better start plnning his welcome home party in advance otherwise you will be rushing it