Broke down and cried in the ER today.
The ER tech, a former co-worker, came to my room and gave me the news. One of PGHNSTRACH’s other ER clerks lost her six year old son today.
ATV accident, head-on collision with his older brother. Some of our medics brought him to the ER, desperately working to resuscitate him. If I hadn’t been in my own ER room right about then, it may very well have been me working the code – it happened in my response district.
And I might have kept it together too, if I hadn’t had a serious case of the shakes resulting from coming off my own adrenaline high.
In case you missed the reference, I was laid up in the ER myself this afternoon, brought in by yet another of The Borg’s ambulances. A lady from Texas driving a beat up Chevy Cavalier tried her best to kill me on the way to work today.
She damned near succeeded.
I’m banged up, folks, but reasonably intact. I cannot say the same for my bike, my cell phone, my laptop, my CPAP, and my uniform. All are totaled.*
I’ll post more on it later, but right now my friend and co-worker could use some prayers. When you pray tonight, if praying is something that you do, might you ask God to look down with some special mercy on a grieving mother in southwest Louisiana tonight? She needs it.
Right now I’m going to go hobble to bed, pop a handful of Motrin, and cry myself to sleep. I’ll blog tomorrow.
*For those of you well-meaning and not-so-well-meaning commenters who are tempted to use this as a platform to decry the inherent danger of motorcycles and ATVs, save it. I’m hurt, and upset, and not in the mood to read it, well-meant or not. I’m not going to stop riding.
Hope you get better soon. I am a rider myself and things like this are sometimes unavoidable with some of the people on the road toay.
Hope you get better soon. I am a rider myself and things like this are sometimes unavoidable with some of the people on the road toay.
AD,I’m so sorry to hear all this.I’ll be praying for her, and for you.Get well soon!
AD,I’m so sorry to hear all this.I’ll be praying for her, and for you.Get well soon!
I’ll say the same thing I said a few posts back: motorcycles are like guns. Their level of danger is equal to the experience of the user.The fact that you survived some idiot’s attempt to kill you is a testimony to that axiom.‘Nuff said.
I’ll say the same thing I said a few posts back: motorcycles are like guns. Their level of danger is equal to the experience of the user.The fact that you survived some idiot’s attempt to kill you is a testimony to that axiom.‘Nuff said.
I am so sorry. I will deffinitly be praying. I am so sorry that people have tried to make you feel worse.
I am so sorry. I will deffinitly be praying. I am so sorry that people have tried to make you feel worse.
I am so very sorry for the family having to deal with this terribly tragedy. Mom, Dad, brother and the entire family will be in my prayers.I will also thank Him for letting you be here. I know it takes a lot for first responders (who’ve been on the job as long as you have) to cry. Take care of yourself, too.
I am so very sorry for the family having to deal with this terribly tragedy. Mom, Dad, brother and the entire family will be in my prayers.I will also thank Him for letting you be here. I know it takes a lot for first responders (who’ve been on the job as long as you have) to cry. Take care of yourself, too.
AD, I’m glad you’re here and able to tell us your own story. Prayers for you and especially for your co-worker. I cannot imagine losing one of my kids. The brother who was driving the other ATV must really be suffering too.
AD, I’m glad you’re here and able to tell us your own story. Prayers for you and especially for your co-worker. I cannot imagine losing one of my kids. The brother who was driving the other ATV must really be suffering too.
Deepest sympathies, pal, both for you and your friend who lost her child. Somehow, I have a feeling that you'll heal long before she does. Our thoughts and prayers . . . .JPG & Holly
Deepest sympathies, pal, both for you and your friend who lost her child. Somehow, I have a feeling that you'll heal long before she does. Our thoughts and prayers . . . .JPG & Holly
I am so very, very sorry for your friend’s tragic loss.I will send up a prayer for her and for some speedy healing for you.
I am so very, very sorry for your friend’s tragic loss.I will send up a prayer for her and for some speedy healing for you.
Oh wow. **HUGS** and hope you are recovering well. And I am so sorry about the loss of the little one. WE’ll be praying here, too.
Oh wow. **HUGS** and hope you are recovering well. And I am so sorry about the loss of the little one. WE’ll be praying here, too.
Sorry to hear you were hurt, and sorrier than I can say for the loss of the six-year-old. What a tragedy!I hope you’re up and about soon and feeling better, and that nothing permanent was damaged.
Sorry to hear you were hurt, and sorrier than I can say for the loss of the six-year-old. What a tragedy!I hope you’re up and about soon and feeling better, and that nothing permanent was damaged.
Just get wellI will pray for you and your friends.
Just get wellI will pray for you and your friends.
Thank God you are still with us. I am very sorry for your friend’s loss. There is a season for tears and mourning and this looks like it for a number of reasons. I hope you have daily conversations with Jesus Christ. He is a Savior who comforts the broken-hearted and heals the body. Thanks for treating the woman who caused the accident kindly. I hope that you get a great new ride, new leathers, all your broken stuff replaced, lost wages, and maybe a few grand to deposit in the double-wide fund. Praying your leg and toe and misc. road rash mends well. Jojo, a newish reader from Ohio
Thank God you are still with us. I am very sorry for your friend’s loss. There is a season for tears and mourning and this looks like it for a number of reasons. I hope you have daily conversations with Jesus Christ. He is a Savior who comforts the broken-hearted and heals the body. Thanks for treating the woman who caused the accident kindly. I hope that you get a great new ride, new leathers, all your broken stuff replaced, lost wages, and maybe a few grand to deposit in the double-wide fund. Praying your leg and toe and misc. road rash mends well. Jojo, a newish reader from Ohio
I am so sorry to hear of the loss of a 6 year old child. I do want to know…WTF was a 6 year doing on an ATV? Who was watching this child and allowed this?
I am so sorry to hear of the loss of a 6 year old child. I do want to know…WTF was a 6 year doing on an ATV? Who was watching this child and allowed this?
The parents of the child own an ATV park. He was riding his own 4-wheeler.The kid in question weighed over 120 pounds – bigger than most ten-year-old boys. He was certainly big enough physically to handle an ATV. Whether or not he was mature enough is another question.
The parents of the child own an ATV park. He was riding his own 4-wheeler.The kid in question weighed over 120 pounds – bigger than most ten-year-old boys. He was certainly big enough physically to handle an ATV. Whether or not he was mature enough is another question.