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It was so weird! Like, my heart was going 90 to nothing, but mom said she was really impressed with how calm I was. I tried to help the 5 year old as much as I could, and talked to her about her friends and if she had any pets (she had one fish and it died, and I told her not to worry, it happens to the best of us, lol!)
I kept checking in on the dad, who was starting to crash from the adrenaline, and convinced him to put on a dry shirt. One of the pastors that had come to visit asked if they needed anything, and I told him clothes, because they were all shivering and soaked to the bone. I was impressed, the mayor of Fordyce came out to check on them. That hospital was the pits though, there might have been 4 people working there.
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Well done you !!! I have been a first aider for 11 yrs and it can be very scary but you kept your calm and kept the child calm too which is a major achievement. If you are anything like me, you will be great whilst the adrenaline is pumping but may find in a day or so it catches up with you so watch out and give yourself a major pat on the back. :D
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:o You GO girl! Doing al the right things at the right time, that is not gift that everyone possesses. My utmost admiration.
I was 'that little girl' once. And I still see the lady, who looked after me before the ambulances arrived, in my head. I wished I could have told her "thank you" myself. So on behalf of the girls and the (no doubt distraught) parents. Thank you Krickette. You were the right angel at the right place that day. 8-)
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Aww, thanks y'all. I just did what I think anyone would have done, had they been in my situation.
And we have been in contact with a few people since the accident, and now we have the family's address, so my mom is making a care package for them. In it she's going to write a letter detailing what we saw, and who all stopped to help (the drivers of the 18 wheelers were the ones who pulled the girls out of the car, but not even my mom remembered that), etc. I mean, they might not want to read it right away, but in the future, they might be curious as to what happened.
And we're also putting in some things for the girls, for the 5 year old, we're trying to think of an animal that represents bravery (my only good idea is a lion), with a little certificate of bravery for her, and for the 2 year old, we want something tenacious, so I'm thinking a bulldog (not just because it's my school mascot and I have access to tons of bulldog plushies, lol). something like http://www.zeldawisdom.com/index.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; would still be ok for a little girl, huh?
I dunno, if yall have a better idea, let me know
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what about http://anwo.com/store/bulldog_stuffed_p…" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;?
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Got some more info today.
The two year old has a fracture behind her ear (or something like that, i was in the library when my mom told me), and she has not spoken a word since the accident, which has them worried. But it might just be because she's traumatized, and still has not gotten to see her mother.
The 5 year old got a clean bill of health though.
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Found out some info today. The 2 year old was released yesterday.
The wife was in serious trouble. I CANNOT BELIEVE that they just stuck her in a wheelchair and ignored her. The fact that those truck drivers managed to get her out of that mangled car without shifting her and killing her amazes me.
Here's the list of injuries that I can remember.
Broken shoulderblade, collar bone, every rib on her right side, punctured right lung, completely blew out her right knee, fractured right ankle, and the real topper: Fractured C2 vertebrae. That's a hangman's fracture. If she'd shifted wrong....she would not be here. She's having scans done today to test bloodflow to the brain.
keep this family in your prayers/warm fuzzy thoughts, they aren't out of the woods yet.
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Holy snap! I think that that is more than just an adventure!