[Magdalen] News

[Marilyn Cepeda]

Today is a better day. I braved the stairs for the first time and washed my
hair!
Amazing how good a small accomplishment can feel!

On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 8:37 PM Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Funny how it goes.  It all happened  quite slowly, as I recall.  She
> rounded the corner of the parking aisle and I thought she's going to hit
> me.  I recall just stepping safely past the path of her car and turning
> sideways and seeing her fender go safely by.  Then I was sitting
> sideways on the ground unable to get up.  Was it her mirror that knocked
> me down?  I may never know. I have no memory of what happened between A
> and B, but I had a swelling like half a grapefruit on the top of my
> head.  I had two CT scans 24 hrs apart and  then an MRI the morning of
> the third day.
>
>   I hope you'll be all right with all your breaks and bumps.  The head
> is a mysterious and miraculous thing, but it doesn't take much to rattle
> the contents!.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
> On 8/2/2015 8:44 PM, Marilyn Cepeda wrote:
> > Marion, I wish you luck! In my case, I have memory of being in turn lane
> > beginning turn
> > Then bam, air bags everywhere. I never saw a car coming. I ended up on
> one
> > street thinking I was on another.
> > Til I see an accident report I am not sure what happened.
> >
> > Marilyn
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 6:51 PM Marion Thompson <
> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Near the end of April I contacted a reputable personal injury lawyer and
> >> that will all grind on in the background, so yes.  In the end it is one
> >> insurance company talking to another, isn't it?  Our medical system is
> >> going to see me on Aug 24 (finally!!!!!!!!!!), but separately through
> >> the lawyer at some point I will be seen by some hotshot neurologist in
> >> another town and spend a day with a neuropsychologist.  I hope it all
> >> doesn't take too many years to be resolved!  I did the other day receive
> >> my medical records from our System that I am now to forward to the
> >> lawyer's office.
> >>
> >> Marion, a pilgrim
> >>
> >> On 8/2/2015 6:48 PM, Lesley de Voil wrote:
> >>> Marion wrote
> >>> <I second that.  Remember I had a conk on the head when knocked down
> >>> in the grocery store parking lot on Jan 7.  To this day, 8 months on,
> >>> I have no senses of taste or smell whatsoever, period.  The novelty of
> >>> that has grown very stale indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >>> Any chance of some compensation? Even if for loss of quality of life?
> >>> Regards
> >>>
> >>> Lesley de Voil
> >>>
> >>
>
>