Another day in the saga of.....

September 15, 2004

wow jan, i pray that they will be ok. your family is in my thoughts kathy in

il

September 15, 2004

This has been a rough day for me and I am finally winding down and going to bed

to relax.

The day started ordinarily with getting up with Richie and I eating breakfast.

He was getting ready for leaving for the school bus and myself for a 9:00am

appointment. when the phone rang at 7:45. I noted my daughter's cell number id

and wondered why she was calling when she should have been at work. The person

on the other end was a stranger who was at the scene of the accident my daughter

had just been in. She told me Jeanna had just been involved in an accident and

had given her the phone to call me and wanted me to come to the scene. I asked

how she was and the lady said... " I don't know, she is still in the truck and it

is pretty bad. " I found out where they were and hung up. I quickly got dressed

and left without letting Richie know anything about it. I live west of 111th

and the accident occurred at 27th and Northern which is north several miles of

where I am. Because of early morning commute traffic it took me nearly an hour

to arrive. The radio announced the

accident several times as it did others this morning. There were three others

on Northern between 27th and 33rd. The vehicles involved had been towed away

and I found it to be in front of the preschool my younger grandson attends. I

went in and found she and the other lady who was riding with her had been

transported to a hospital near downtown Phoenix and still no one could give me a

feeling on how injured she was or not. The accident had been witnessed and I

was told they were hit broadside by a 2001 Tahoe going at least 50 miles an hour

down the middle turn lane (using it as a travel lane). Jeanna was attempting a

left hand turn out of the driveway of the school and had been motioned across by

the cars in the two lanes going east (she was turning west). The Tahoe driver

it appears was on her way to work and the speed limit was 35 and she had gone

into the turn lane so she could pass the stopped cars. She was going so fast

that no one including the stopped car on her right

(that one was the 2nd lane from the curb) saw her coming let alone my daughter

who was inching into the turn lane so as to avoid traffic that might be coming

in from the side she was turning into. My daughter was cited because she was

the one making the left turn but AZ has a law (Darrell looked it up but I am not

quite sure of the name right now) that weighs the purportion of negligence and

assigns it to the person most responsible so Jeanna will fight it..as it gives

her a chance to prove she was not negligible. I rushed to the hospital

emergency room and upon arriving was issued into a waiting area to wait for a

name tag that would allow me to go back where she was. There was a little wait

and I found myself talking to the lady next to me, the only person in with me.

It did not take two words before I realized I was talking to the person who was

driving the Tahoe. She told me her neck hurt and she was getting a headache but

other than that she told me she was fine. I did

not ask any questions directly relating to the accident or to Jeanna as I was

afraid she might use something I might say against Jeanna. She works for an

insurance company as an auditor and started out as an adjuster so was very

careful not to say anything at all. I found out later she is 39, just ten years

older than my daughter. She was very pleasant and under any other circumstances

meeting, we might have gone on to be friends. She did say she hoped Jeanna was

OK. Jeanna has had two other accidents occurring in the same year 9 years ago

and with both of them even though the car was totaled she did not have any

serious injuries but went into shock at both accidents (she was broadsided in

both of them and I was on the side of one where that driver ran a red light and

hit us). At the preschool, they told me they felt she was in shock again

because she had been unresponsive and both she and her passenger had been put

onto stretchers before transporting. They had been alert

enough when the accident occurred to quickly close the draperies in all the

rooms where Mikie might be so he would be spared the sight of the truck (a 2000

Ford Ranger) or his mom being loaded into the ambulance. I was finally given a

tag and taken back into the ER where the two were. She had already gone for

ex-rays and the lady with her was just being wheeled out for the same. Jackie's

(the gal with her) knee had rammed into the dash and they were afraid the knee

was broken because it already was swollen. The good news is no broken bones for

either but both have back problems to begin with (Jeanna injured hers in the

Army and is on disability with the VA) and both were feeling the effects of

being bounced around by the force of the Tahoe. Jeanna also has migraines and

one was triggered. When she was finally released from the hospital, I drove her

to get prescriptions and then home where she went to bed. I picked up my

grandson at nearly 4:30 and headed home. Jeanna called

me around 8 or so and she was really in pain, however, the doctor said that was

to be expected and wrote her out of work for two days as he said those would be

the worst. I have kept Mikie overnight and will take him to school tomorrow and

pick him up in the afternoon and keep him one more night. I am hoping this will

not affect her job as she has only had it about 5 weeks. The lady with her

started the same day.

I had a long talk with Richie (10) when I arrived home and assured him his mom

was OK and he was alright with it. I had chosen not to tell him before he left

for school that anything was happening so his day was not upset. We chose not

to tell Mikie (4) anything more than he was getting to spend a couple of days

with his Mema and will tell him later about the truck.

I have been sitting here since around 10pm trying to unwind and finally feel (at

3am) I can go in and go to bed. The worst part of the day on me was the two

hours or so of not knowing how she was and that and the rest of the day has

taken it's toll on me. Please keep Jeanna in your prayers and thoughts not only

for recovery but so that things will work out for her to get another vehicle so

she can get to work, preschool and back again. Until something is decided, she

will still have the truck payments and things had just started to fall into

place for her after such a long time after leaving the Army so she will continue

to have it rough for awhile. This day could have been much worse and I give

thanks to our Heavenly Father for taking care of all the ones in accident.

Take care all and be sure to tell your loved ones you love them when you last

speak to them....you never know.

Jan....=^..^=

~ " If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the

entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand. "

September 15, 2004

Jan,

I'm so glad that no one was seriously injured. With that impact, it could

have been fatal. I can imagine how sore Jeanna is and I hope everyone has

100% recovery and the insurance issue doesn't become a nightmare.

The good Lord was watching after your Jeanna.

a

> This has been a rough day for me and I am finally winding down and going to

> bed to relax.

> The day started ordinarily with getting up with Richie and I eating breakfast.

> He was getting ready for leaving for the school bus and myself for a 9:00am

> appointment. when the phone rang at 7:45. I noted my daughter's cell number

> id and wondered why she was calling when she should have been at work. The

> person on the other end was a stranger who was at the scene of the accident my

> daughter had just been in. She told me Jeanna had just been involved in an

> accident and had given her the phone to call me and wanted me to come to the

> scene. I asked how she was and the lady said... " I don't know, she is still in

> the truck and it is pretty bad. " I found out where they were and hung up. I

> quickly got dressed and left without letting Richie know anything about it. I

> live west of 111th and the accident occurred at 27th and Northern which is

> north several miles of where I am. Because of early morning commute traffic

> it took me nearly an hour to arrive. The radio announced the

> accident several times as it did others this morning. There were three others

> on Northern between 27th and 33rd. The vehicles involved had been towed away

> and I found it to be in front of the preschool my younger grandson attends. I

> went in and found she and the other lady who was riding with her had been

> transported to a hospital near downtown Phoenix and still no one could give me

> a feeling on how injured she was or not. The accident had been witnessed and

> I was told they were hit broadside by a 2001 Tahoe going at least 50 miles an

> hour down the middle turn lane (using it as a travel lane). Jeanna was

> attempting a left hand turn out of the driveway of the school and had been

> motioned across by the cars in the two lanes going east (she was turning

> west). The Tahoe driver it appears was on her way to work and the speed limit

> was 35 and she had gone into the turn lane so she could pass the stopped cars.

> She was going so fast that no one including the stopped car on h!

> er right

> (that one was the 2nd lane from the curb) saw her coming let alone my daughter

> who was inching into the turn lane so as to avoid traffic that might be coming

> in from the side she was turning into. My daughter was cited because she was

> the one making the left turn but AZ has a law (Darrell looked it up but I am

> not quite sure of the name right now) that weighs the purportion of negligence

> and assigns it to the person most responsible so Jeanna will fight it..as it

> gives her a chance to prove she was not negligible. I rushed to the hospital

> emergency room and upon arriving was issued into a waiting area to wait for a

> name tag that would allow me to go back where she was. There was a little

> wait and I found myself talking to the lady next to me, the only person in

> with me. It did not take two words before I realized I was talking to the

> person who was driving the Tahoe. She told me her neck hurt and she was

> getting a headache but other than that she told me she was fine. !

> I did

> not ask any questions directly relating to the accident or to Jeanna as I was

> afraid she might use something I might say against Jeanna. She works for an

> insurance company as an auditor and started out as an adjuster so was very

> careful not to say anything at all. I found out later she is 39, just ten

> years older than my daughter. She was very pleasant and under any other

> circumstances meeting, we might have gone on to be friends. She did say she

> hoped Jeanna was OK. Jeanna has had two other accidents occurring in the same

> year 9 years ago and with both of them even though the car was totaled she did

> not have any serious injuries but went into shock at both accidents (she was

> broadsided in both of them and I was on the side of one where that driver ran

> a red light and hit us). At the preschool, they told me they felt she was in

> shock again because she had been unresponsive and both she and her passenger

> had been put onto stretchers before transporting. They had been a!

> lert

> enough when the accident occurred to quickly close the draperies in all the

> rooms where Mikie might be so he would be spared the sight of the truck (a

> 2000 Ford Ranger) or his mom being loaded into the ambulance. I was finally

> given a tag and taken back into the ER where the two were. She had already

> gone for ex-rays and the lady with her was just being wheeled out for the

> same. Jackie's (the gal with her) knee had rammed into the dash and they were

> afraid the knee was broken because it already was swollen. The good news is

> no broken bones for either but both have back problems to begin with (Jeanna

> injured hers in the Army and is on disability with the VA) and both were

> feeling the effects of being bounced around by the force of the Tahoe. Jeanna

> also has migraines and one was triggered. When she was finally released from

> the hospital, I drove her to get prescriptions and then home where she went to

> bed. I picked up my grandson at nearly 4:30 and headed home. Jeann!

> a called

> me around 8 or so and she was really in pain, however, the doctor said that

> was to be expected and wrote her out of work for two days as he said those

> would be the worst. I have kept Mikie overnight and will take him to school

> tomorrow and pick him up in the afternoon and keep him one more night. I am

> hoping this will not affect her job as she has only had it about 5 weeks. The

> lady with her started the same day.

> I had a long talk with Richie (10) when I arrived home and assured him his mom

> was OK and he was alright with it. I had chosen not to tell him before he

> left for school that anything was happening so his day was not upset. We

> chose not to tell Mikie (4) anything more than he was getting to spend a

> couple of days with his Mema and will tell him later about the truck.

> I have been sitting here since around 10pm trying to unwind and finally feel

> (at 3am) I can go in and go to bed. The worst part of the day on me was the

> two hours or so of not knowing how she was and that and the rest of the day

> has taken it's toll on me. Please keep Jeanna in your prayers and thoughts

> not only for recovery but so that things will work out for her to get another

> vehicle so she can get to work, preschool and back again. Until something is

> decided, she will still have the truck payments and things had just started to

> fall into place for her after such a long time after leaving the Army so she

> will continue to have it rough for awhile. This day could have been much

> worse and I give thanks to our Heavenly Father for taking care of all the ones

> in accident.

> Take care all and be sure to tell your loved ones you love them when you last

> speak to them....you never know.

>

> Jan....=^..^=

>

> ~ " If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the

> entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand. "

>

September 15, 2004