Niece struck by car

I will pray for her, and I hope she is all right.

and my thoughts are with your whole family right now.
Rose

I hope you have good news and soon. Will be thinking of you all.

Kerri.

Thinking of your niece, and you and the family, Anhata. Keep us posted.

and strength, and patience, and courage. (For your brother and SIL, too, and your entire family.)

Blessings,
Lenora
"Well behaved women rarely make history."
~Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Keep us posted.

Jana

I will be thinking of all of you, epsecially Hillary. Let us know how she is doing.

Shaun
"If you jump off the boat, you only rock it once"

Hillary will be in my prayers as well as all of her family. Keep us posted.
Jamie Lea

Prayers going your family's way.

I hope and pray that she will be all right, and heal quickly.

Love,

Susannah

I'm so sorry! You must be going crazy with worry. If you need to leave Annora with us for some reason (I can't think of why, but if there's something you need to do), please remember I'm here.

xo,
Lynn Siprelle, Editor

I'm trying really hard not to freak out, but I'm very worried. I got an email from my aunt who also lives in San Diego that Hillary is in the Surgical ICU and that they were going to do surgery on her leg after they'd done four CT scans of it and something about bleeding from a hairline skull fracture. Two CT scans were done by 6:00 am today, I don't know any more than that.

She's fifteen years old.

Thank you so much, everyone for keeping her in your thoughts and prayers.

My brother called me tonight to tell me that the surgery went well and that the doctors think she's going to be fine. It was a clean break so they put a steel rod in her leg to brace the bone (it was her femur) and they're going to leave it in there. It's apparently better than a cast, but it's permanent.

After close observation the doctors decided that her head injury is not serious, thank the Dear Sweet Lord, and don't expect any complications or lasting effects from it. I worked for a time for a company that provided services to people with disabilities and I know what traumatic head injuries can do. This doesn't appear to be one, for which I will always be profoundly thankful.

She's been responsive and joking with her parents. My brother and her stepmother have been gently teasing her about it. At one point Hillary tried to lift up a pillow to whack my brother with it, which is a good sign, I think.

She'll start physical therapy tommorrow and won't be able to go to school for a couple of weeks, but children's bones are supposed to be quick to heal, she should be able to bear weight on it in about two weeks.

My brother still doesn't have the police report but as near as he can tell, she was running across the road from one curb to another and a car came around the corner and clipped her. It was the impact of the fall that broke her bones. Goodness, I hated typing that last bit.

So please keep Hillary's health and speedy recovery in your prayers for a bit. I won't be easy about this until she's conspicuously out of the woods, but my brother said the doctors are convinced that she's going to be fine.

And that's what I know right now.
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"If you want yor children to be bright, read them fairytales-- if you want them to be brilliant, read them even more fairytales" Albert Einstein

that sounds like a good first step. If she's able to take on her brother it sounds like you don't need to worry about her head being damaged! But I think I know what you mean... still kind of holding your breath!

Kerri.

I was just lurking and had to post my question...

CariAnne <~~~ Slinking away, now.

Listen to the MUSTN'Ts, child,
Listen to the DON'Ts,
Listen to the SHOULDN'Ts, the IMPOSSIBLEs, the WON'Ts
Listen to the NEVER HAVEs,
Then listen close to me...
ANYTHING can happen, child, ANYTHING can be.
~ Shel Silverstein ~

But she was supposed to go home yesterday. She's expected to make a full recovery and be able to go back to school in two weeks or so.

Thanks for asking!

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"If you want yor children to be bright, read them fairytales-- if you want them to be brilliant, read them even more fairytales" Albert Einstein

Thanks for the update