[Magdalen] Prayers requested--Janice injured in car accident

[Marilyn Cepeda]

Don, my prayers for you both.
On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 12:06 PM Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Prayers of healing and comfort for Don and Janice.  So glad there were no
> other injuries.
>
> You probably know it is not at all unusual to be unable to recall the
> circumstances of a traumatic event like a car accident.
>
> Holding you both in prayer,
> Eleanor
>
> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 12:59 PM, <thedonboyd at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > IF I HAVE ALREADY SENT THIS TO YOU, PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGIES.  I AM NOT
> > EXACTLY FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS TODAY.
> >
> > Janice and I were in a car accident yesterday. I was driving her home
> from
> > a meeting(she broke a bone in her right foot two weeks ago and thus
> cannot
> > drive). I have no recollection of the collision at all. None whatsoever.
> A
> > police officer has said I ran a red light but I don't
> > know how he came by that information. The last thing I remember is
> waiting
> > at
> > the light for the green arrow pointing to the left to come on.
> >
> > Janice's injuries are serious though not life-threatening.  They include
> > fractured vertebrae in her neck, fractured ribs, partial collapse of one
> > lung,
> > and other traumata I cannot recall at the moment.   She is in ICU  and
> > will have to have surgery (for the fractures of neck vertebrae.)  Don't
> > know details. (Between pain meds and my [mild] concussion I am fairly
> > loopy.)I have blunt force trauma to abdomen, contusions to chest wall,
> and
> > concussion but nothing broken. I'm at home. Our daughter Sarah brought me
> > home from the ER and is shuttling back and forth between the two of us,
> > bless
> > her heart.
> >
> > I believe that Janice is in good hands so far as her medical care is
> > concerned.
> >
> > Not certain about the occupant(s?) of the car that collided with ours (I
> > assume
> > "T-bone" strike on the passenger (Janice's) side of the car.) The people
> > who
> > worked the accident scene were gone by the time I was lucid enough to
> want
> > to
> > know.  There was a third car involved somehow.  From the copy of the
> brief
> > police report I was given I have the impression that there were no
> > injuries to
> > people in either of the other cars.
> >
> >
> >
>
-- 
Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
Mobile, Alabama