Fwd: [PlagioModerators] Cindy

April 30, 2002

Just wanted to let you all know that I will be out of pocket for a bit,

here's why:

Hi Kendra and all,

Thanks for asking- you have a sixth sense! Forgive me for being out of

pocket- we had a crisis this weekend. My father was driving an ashpalt

roller and it tipped over and pinned his foot underneath, crushing it.

Luckily, he had his cell phone and he immediately called 911. A neighbor

also spotted him (very unusual, they are pretty remote out there) and flagged

down my brother who was cutting grass (never would have heard my dad's cries

for help- they live on 5 acres so he was not near him and the grove trees

kind of block a lot of view). My brother was able to get their backhoe and

lift the machine off his foot- but he was trapped for about 10 min.- and they

could not get a pulse in the foot so they were going to airlift him to a

special hospital- luckily they found a pulse and he was transported to

another hospital that treats vascular surgeries. He was so lucky in that he

had his phone on him, a neighbor saw him and got my brother, and they had the

right equip. to get that 3000 lbs. off his foot pretty quickly. Any longer

and I think he would have lost his foot. He is doing ok, his thumb was also

broken, just thank God that he won't lose his foot since he loves to snow

ski!! It would have broken his heart! He's a tough cookie though, and he's

doing well. After a long Saturday night- they got him into surgery about 11

pm, and at 2:30am they told us it had cut to the bone and there was too much

swelling to operate. Since it cut to the bone, they didn't want to risk the

chance of an infection being there, and then closing the wound with an

infection, so today if the swelling is down they will operate. The foot

actually blew out a whole because there was so much pressure, something had

to give. My Dad is 65 this year- it really scared us especially being

trapped in the hot sun, he could have had a stroke with his high blood

pressure! On top of that, ' great grandmother just left for NJ today

and it was a lot for her to cope with at 88- she gets very worried.

Thanks for checking up on me- this group is so great at working those prayers

so I would appreciate a couple sent our way for my father- he means the world

to me! I am back at work today but I have so much work to catch up on today

that I'll probably be very light in answering. I hope to be back full

throttle by mid-week! Thanks again!!! Keep us in your prayers!

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