A Tragedy Hit Home
Tonight my roommate’s 18-yr-old daughter was in a car accident. I took the mom to the hospital. The girl’s boyfriend had been driving and there were 2 other boys in the back seat.
This girl used to be my daughter’s best friend until they had a disagreement recently. If they had been getting along my daughter might have been in the car. The boy who was with my daughter that night would have been in the car if he wasn’t with her. And they had just dropped off my roommate’s son and his friend right before the accident.
Both boys in the back seat died. One at the scene and one after surgery. Some of the kids in the car didn’t wear their seatbelts.
The driver most likely was speeding; it was something he did. But there was also construction going on and the road is unsafe. A firefighter said there have been multiple accidents there.
The boyfriend is in a coma with brain damage. He started coming to and fighting to get up so they sedated him more.
My roommate’s daughter is in a coma with brain damage, a small skull fracture and a fractured arm. At first there was no reponse at all to anything. I was so scared. Then finally she moved her feet, her fingers and her head, and even opened her eyes for a moment.
Please pray or send good thoughts for these two kids. The boy is Tyler and the girl is Savanna.
Teri Stoddard
1/13/07
I'm a sun and nature loving, 50-something, laid back, forward thinking, liberal anti-feminist egalitarian, san francisco bay area native, single mom of 4 and yia yia to 2. I've been active in the equal parenting movement since 2002. Known as the purple Queen of Equality, I once blogged as the Feminist4Fathers. Find me now on sharedparentingworks.org and jugsforjustice.org. | More from Teri Stoddard
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January 13th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
This is sad news. I send my best thoughts to Savanna and Tyler. They have gone a lot for now and I hope modern medecine will give them the opportunity of a speddy and complete recovery. The human body is a resilient machine and we can put our faith in that.
For the families of the two victims, I gave my most heartfelt sympathies. No-one deserves to leave their lifes that young.
Plese keep us informed of the recovery of Tyler and Savanna.
January 21st, 2007 at 2:14 pm
The kids are improving! Savannah has moved more and opens her eyes for a moment at a time. Today she started opening her eyes when the nurse calls her name. Her moms asks that the prayers continue.