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Posted by Stephen Green  ·  26 July 2005

Don't think I'll do any blogging tonight. My best friend's sister was in a horrible accident, and things looked grim. Grim Reaper grim. We just now found out that she's not going to die, and that she didn't suffer any brain damage. Broken bones, scrapes, whatever - all that she can recover from. Important thing is, she's going to live, and as a full human being.

It's hard to gripe about the news, after hearing news like that.

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damn.... that sucks. good luck to her, and it's good to hear it's survivable. i don't pray, but I'll offer up a small bit of hope for her from my small nick in the blogosphere.

Posted by: Rick at July 26, 2005 09:57 PM

as long as there is life there is hope Stephen...

best wishes to your fallen friend.

Posted by: sven10077 at July 26, 2005 10:02 PM

Glad to hear the reaper will have to look elsewhere.

Posted by: BenJCarter at July 26, 2005 11:10 PM

won't do any blogging tonight is a lousy way to start a blog post. i hope your bf's sis recovers fully.

Posted by: Dirk Diggler at July 26, 2005 11:27 PM

Best wishes for a full recovery for her, Stephen.

Posted by: Brandon at July 27, 2005 12:40 AM

Yes - we're pulling for a full recovery. Glad Grim was called off on this one.

Posted by: Kathleen A at July 27, 2005 05:55 AM

Sorry to hear about her accident, but I'm glad that she's going to make a recovery. I hope and pray that her recovery is fast and complete.

I know what you're saying when life hits you in the face sometimes and reminds you about what is important. A friend of mine is battling cancer, and the visiting nurse was helping him with his chemo. He asked his nurse about her other patients. It turns out that he's just about her only grown patient: all the rest are kids. Many of them aren't going to make it.

My friend is doing OK, but it's tough. After hearing about her other patients he said to me, "I've got no complaints."

(I think I'll give him a call today.)

Take care.

Posted by: kevino at July 27, 2005 07:00 AM

Glad to hear she's gonna recover Steve.

Posted by: Garrett at July 27, 2005 08:18 AM

Things like this always help put everything else in perspective, don't they? I'm very glad to know it's looking less grim than it did at first. :-)

Posted by: Cynical Nation at July 27, 2005 08:21 AM

It's things like this that make you realize that, on balance, you don't have anything REALLY worth complaining about. I'll keep her in my prayers. Best of luck to her.

Posted by: Disillusionist at July 27, 2005 09:44 AM

Sorry about the news. May God be with her and give her a swift and full recovery. I guess we'll let that blog slide... but after get back on the horse.

Posted by: booskovski at July 27, 2005 09:53 AM

Amen!!!

Posted by: C. Olivas at July 27, 2005 02:22 PM

My cousin was through an accident like that - her car was T-boned on the A1 some years ago, and for two days we thought she was dead. Today she barely remembers the crash.

Posted by: Gush Manara at July 27, 2005 03:03 PM

My wife got smacked by a car as a pedestrian a little over two years ago. She had a head injury, broken sholder blade, 3 broken ribs, a broken tailbone, a broken pelvis and two broken legs.

The good news is that she's Scottish and landed on her head. That's why she survived.

Posted by: N. O'Brain at July 27, 2005 04:52 PM

I'll drink to the good news.

Speaking of which, we need a blogbash.

Posted by: Robin Roberts at July 27, 2005 07:13 PM

Sending good thoughts her way.

Posted by: Pauly D at July 27, 2005 07:22 PM

My thoughts and prayers are with your friend's sister as she fights for life. Sending much positive energy her way. I have so long enjoyed your blog and am glad to offer some time on the knees for all the sanity you were to me during the last election. I'll never forget my favorite post of yours during the debates re. Kerry ("I hate him. I just freakin' hate him.") I laugh still every time I think of how perfect that was.

Posted by: tmt at July 27, 2005 07:58 PM

Praise God that she will be okay!

Posted by: Layla at July 27, 2005 09:07 PM

I'm glad she's going to live and be ok. There's a lot to be thankful for.
Our best wishes for a rapid & full recovery.
Events like that tend to really put things in focus.

Posted by: Tim P at July 27, 2005 10:58 PM

thoughts and prayers are with y'all.

Posted by: gordon at July 28, 2005 01:35 AM

Sorry to hear about the accident, but glad to hear that she'll recover. Good thing these guys were on strike at the time!

Posted by: Cybrludite at July 28, 2005 10:30 AM

Chin up, Steve!

Posted by: Tim at July 28, 2005 10:42 AM

Sounds fabulous.

But you should have left off the last 6 words of the final sentence in the first paragraph.

Posted by: bbb at July 28, 2005 12:41 PM

Sorry to hear about your friend, I was thinking about you and just thought I'd drop by and say hi!
Good to see all things are going well for you and M!

~J~

Posted by: Justifiably ignored at July 29, 2005 02:49 PM

I've heard that when we pray 4 others it is more likely that our petitions will be heard

Posted by: Dinorider d'Andoandor at July 30, 2005 08:17 PM

Y'all got your organ donor cards signed and have told your families what to do if you're ever in that condition haven't you? It happened to my son, parts of him are in 23 other people, each very thankful for his gift.

Posted by: Ed Poinsett at July 31, 2005 05:26 PM

Damn Steve... I'm praying for her...

Posted by: Scott at July 31, 2005 07:33 PM



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