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Pixies for my sister, please! [visiting her now; updated post #47]
Oh dear sweet heaven, I just found out my sister broke both her wrists (but seems otherwise okay) in a car accident just a little while ago. Her husband called to let me know. She's in the hospital already, while he's awaiting the wrecker and making phone calls.
He said she told him and their daughter that she'd been bitten by an ant. Next thing they knew, a neighbor called and told them about the wreck. He saw the accident (she ran into a tree) and found her unconscious. She came to and said she'd had an allergic reaction...apparently it caused her to pass out, as there were no skid marks or anything. I guess the airbag caused the broken wrists--but almost certainly saved her life.
Fortunately it was on a residential road with a speed limit around 35 mph, as I recall, and the neighbor was there to call 911 right away and get help, then called my BIL.
He needed our parents' cell phone numbers. I offered to make sure the family is updated, after his initial calls to them, so he only would need to let one person know.
BIL said her hands were just hanging down like they weren't connected, and he suspects she'll be in surgery for quite a while tonight getting it fixed.
Please, my friends, send good thoughts and pixies her way (and prayers if that's your style). Thank you.
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Thanks, guys!
A few more details:
Her daughter just called. Sis had a CT scan and is on the way to X-ray. The only injuries the scan showed were fractured forearms, right where they meet with her wrist. Apparently the surgery for this is considered fairly routine, as far as the hospital staff are concerned. She has feeling in her fingers, so that's a good sign.
My niece said my sister's really scared--this is what's making me want to cry for her.
She had a few more details on what happened. My sister was driving when she realized she was having an allergic reaction, and pulled over her car to call home and tell them. Then she went to drive home, when she apparently lost consciousness and hit the tree. The car is totaled, as you would expect. It was far from new, but she loved it, but no one's worried about the car at this point, of course.
Oh My that is awful. I would imagine it was a Fire Ant that bit your sister and gave her the allergic reaction. They have been known to give reactions that could be anywhere from hives to breathing problems and dizziness and passing out. I am glad that 911 was called very quickly and the wrists were treated as well as the allergic reaction.
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Update on my sister...nothing life-threatening, but it's awful enough.
In addition to the two fractured forearms, right at the wrists, she has some broken ribs, a fractured jaw, and some of the bone or bones around her right eye are also broken. In addition, there's a chipped vertebra in her neck (I think that's what her husband said) and she has a bruised lung--I never even knew there was such a thing as a bruised lung, but it doesn't sound good.
When he talked to me around 6:45, he said they were trying to straighten out her arms to bandage them and would do that surgery tomorrow. The fractured jaw will be worked on some other time. His best guess is that she'll be in the hospital for about a week.
That's all so so awful...what keeps me teary is that her daughter told me that my sister was really scared. I just want to jump in my car and go down there, just to be with her (they're in South Carolina), but I realize I can't really help and would be more likely to be in her family's way.
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