Lissah
On October 21, 2005, my sister Alyssa was driving on the back road here in the Falls on the way to pick up a friend without a car. She drove onto the soft shoulder and lost control of her car and rolled it.
That night my phone rang a little after midnight, Alyssa's cell came up on the call display, but when I answered it was some guy asking if I was related to Allison. Someone in the background was talking and her said Alyssa, he said she had been in a car accident, she was okay, but needed to get out of her car. He repeated that she was okay and to remember that when I got there.
When I got there at least 6 firetrucks, 7 cop cars and my sister's red Focus were on the road. It was hard to tell Alyssa had a red Focus though, it was upside down and looked like a pop can after you step on it. After about an hour Alyssa was out of the car and on the way to the hospital. Because the hospital in Niagara sucks she was quickly rushed to Hamilton General.
Three months after arriving at Ham Gen, a three week drug induced coma, a month of weening off a ventilator, and every infection known to man Alyssa is know at a rehab hospital.
She'll never get use of her legs back, and is currently working on getting her arms to work like "normal".
That night my phone rang a little after midnight, Alyssa's cell came up on the call display, but when I answered it was some guy asking if I was related to Allison. Someone in the background was talking and her said Alyssa, he said she had been in a car accident, she was okay, but needed to get out of her car. He repeated that she was okay and to remember that when I got there.
When I got there at least 6 firetrucks, 7 cop cars and my sister's red Focus were on the road. It was hard to tell Alyssa had a red Focus though, it was upside down and looked like a pop can after you step on it. After about an hour Alyssa was out of the car and on the way to the hospital. Because the hospital in Niagara sucks she was quickly rushed to Hamilton General.
Three months after arriving at Ham Gen, a three week drug induced coma, a month of weening off a ventilator, and every infection known to man Alyssa is know at a rehab hospital.
She'll never get use of her legs back, and is currently working on getting her arms to work like "normal".