Guest guest Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 OMG I'm tearing up here now. This is the first I've heard the details of your horrific accident. Thank goodness you had an angel looking over you that day. I know how difficult it is to realize what we've lost re the ms. I was so depressed last spring when I realized I couldn't get up from a public toilet. But I know whatever you've lost in physical ability, you've given your family and friends so much. And those grandkids carry a piece of your heart within them always .... gentle hugs, Cait Tomorrow is the "anniversary" of my devastating vehicle accident. On August 21, 2002 I rolled my van over and over and end to end 8 or 9 times according to the accident investigator. I wasn't wearing a seat belt and was driving 90 mph. Thank God it was a single vehicle accident so no one else was involved. I was in bad shape MS-wise that day (had been for a couple of months). I was having cognitive problems and was having double vision. I never, EVER should have been driving. My scalp was torn off, my neck was broken, all my right posterior ribs were broken, lung collapsed, cuts and gashes here and there..... I was flown from my small community to Barrows Neurological Institute in Phoenix. I was in ICU for a week. It felt like I was floating in and out of life. But I did survive! I had too much to live for:) My granddaughter was born one month after the wreck. I went to the hospital to attend her birth. I was in a neck brace and had those broken ribs but I still walked the distance down the hall that I struggled to walk yesterday. It hit me yesterday that then I walked it easier when was born than I did yesterday. How is that possible?!? That makes me so sad to think how much I have lost in the years since that day. A year later my granddaughter, Maya, was born. Another miracle I would have missed if I hadn't survived. In 2004 I sold everything I owned and moved to Alaska to live in the backwoods. I wanted "one more adventure" and I got it in Alaska! We lived two miles from a road in the middle of the bog. I went with my son, his wife and four grandkids. Our water was hauled from our creek, no electricity -- just kerosene lamps and flashlights. I had to go in on a 4 wheeler and was stuck there until we got an ARGO (tracked vehicle). There were black bear, brown bear (Grizzly), moose and wolves all around us. It was a paradise. I missed my daughter and the four grandkids I left behind in Arizona so I moved back. I love the Arizona mountains and I'm glad to be here. I am very thankful to be alive. Please don't get me wrong. But I am mourning the losses I have experienced. I know you can all understand that. I do appreciate you all so much! love SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Thank you so much Cait! You are so sweet:)loveSharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 7:50 PMSubject: Sharon OMG I'm tearing up here now. This is the first I've heard the details of your horrific accident. Thank goodness you had an angel looking over you that day. I know how difficult it is to realize what we've lost re the ms. I was so depressed last spring when I realized I couldn't get up from a public toilet. But I know whatever you've lost in physical ability, you've given your family and friends so much. And those grandkids carry a piece of your heart within them always .... gentle hugs, Cait Tomorrow is the "anniversary" of my devastating vehicle accident. On August 21, 2002 I rolled my van over and over and end to end 8 or 9 times according to the accident investigator. I wasn't wearing a seat belt and was driving 90 mph. Thank God it was a single vehicle accident so no one else was involved. I was in bad shape MS-wise that day (had been for a couple of months). I was having cognitive problems and was having double vision. I never, EVER should have been driving. My scalp was torn off, my neck was broken, all my right posterior ribs were broken, lung collapsed, cuts and gashes here and there..... I was flown from my small community to Barrows Neurological Institute in Phoenix. I was in ICU for a week. It felt like I was floating in and out of life. But I did survive! I had too much to live for:) My granddaughter was born one month after the wreck. I went to the hospital to attend her birth. I was in a neck brace and had those broken ribs but I still walked the distance down the hall that I struggled to walk yesterday. It hit me yesterday that then I walked it easier when was born than I did yesterday. How is that possible?!? That makes me so sad to think how much I have lost in the years since that day. A year later my granddaughter, Maya, was born. Another miracle I would have missed if I hadn't survived. In 2004 I sold everything I owned and moved to Alaska to live in the backwoods. I wanted "one more adventure" and I got it in Alaska! We lived two miles from a road in the middle of the bog. I went with my son, his wife and four grandkids. Our water was hauled from our creek, no electricity -- just kerosene lamps and flashlights. I had to go in on a 4 wheeler and was stuck there until we got an ARGO (tracked vehicle). There were black bear, brown bear (Grizzly), moose and wolves all around us. It was a paradise. I missed my daughter and the four grandkids I left behind in Arizona so I moved back. I love the Arizona mountains and I'm glad to be here. I am very thankful to be alive. Please don't get me wrong. But I am mourning the losses I have experienced. I know you can all understand that. I do appreciate you all so much! love SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Thank you so much Cait! You are so sweet:)loveSharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 7:50 PMSubject: Sharon OMG I'm tearing up here now. This is the first I've heard the details of your horrific accident. Thank goodness you had an angel looking over you that day. I know how difficult it is to realize what we've lost re the ms. I was so depressed last spring when I realized I couldn't get up from a public toilet. But I know whatever you've lost in physical ability, you've given your family and friends so much. And those grandkids carry a piece of your heart within them always .... gentle hugs, Cait Tomorrow is the "anniversary" of my devastating vehicle accident. On August 21, 2002 I rolled my van over and over and end to end 8 or 9 times according to the accident investigator. I wasn't wearing a seat belt and was driving 90 mph. Thank God it was a single vehicle accident so no one else was involved. I was in bad shape MS-wise that day (had been for a couple of months). I was having cognitive problems and was having double vision. I never, EVER should have been driving. My scalp was torn off, my neck was broken, all my right posterior ribs were broken, lung collapsed, cuts and gashes here and there..... I was flown from my small community to Barrows Neurological Institute in Phoenix. I was in ICU for a week. It felt like I was floating in and out of life. But I did survive! I had too much to live for:) My granddaughter was born one month after the wreck. I went to the hospital to attend her birth. I was in a neck brace and had those broken ribs but I still walked the distance down the hall that I struggled to walk yesterday. It hit me yesterday that then I walked it easier when was born than I did yesterday. How is that possible?!? That makes me so sad to think how much I have lost in the years since that day. A year later my granddaughter, Maya, was born. Another miracle I would have missed if I hadn't survived. In 2004 I sold everything I owned and moved to Alaska to live in the backwoods. I wanted "one more adventure" and I got it in Alaska! We lived two miles from a road in the middle of the bog. I went with my son, his wife and four grandkids. Our water was hauled from our creek, no electricity -- just kerosene lamps and flashlights. I had to go in on a 4 wheeler and was stuck there until we got an ARGO (tracked vehicle). There were black bear, brown bear (Grizzly), moose and wolves all around us. It was a paradise. I missed my daughter and the four grandkids I left behind in Arizona so I moved back. I love the Arizona mountains and I'm glad to be here. I am very thankful to be alive. Please don't get me wrong. But I am mourning the losses I have experienced. I know you can all understand that. I do appreciate you all so much! love SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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