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I just want to get this off my chest. Maybe I'll feel a little better. I don't know.
My friend Mary was in a car accident on Fri afternoon. From what I've heard, she and 5 other of her friends from school were driving back to school. Apparently, another car swerved into their lane and caused Anthony, the driver of the car, to loose control of the car. The car flipped end over end 4 times and hit a pole. The car landed on it's roof. 5 out of the 6 passengers got out of the car and were pretty much unharmed. Mary, on the other hand, is a different story. She must have hit her head. She was in and out of consiousness when the paramedics got there.
She's in ICU and I can't visit her b/c I'm not immediate family. The mother of a friend of mine is a nurse at the hospital where Mary is and I guess pulled her file to tell me what her injuries are. I am very aware that that is very illegal. I didn't ask, she just told me. Mary has a cracked jaw, cracked skull, fluid in her brain and she's on a breathing and feeding tube. The doctors are hopeful. She's in a drug induced coma to help heal her brain.
The thing that really bugs me is that this happened on Fri afternoon and I didn't know about it till Sun night. My friend Ashley IMed me and asked how Mary was doing. I had no clue she was in the accident. Of course, the Sun I don't go to church, they have us pray for Mary and that's how Ashley knew. I feel really guilty about being her best friend and not knowing she was in a car accident and is in ICU. I feel like a horrible friend. I figured her parents would have called me, but I'm sure they're more worried about other things.
So, when I found out about the accident I called her house and talked to her dad. He told me she was in an accident and she has pressure in her brain and the doctors are watching that. I told him to call me with any updates.
So, I call the hospital she's in and the receptionist tells me only immediate family can visit ICU and they don't have phones in the room. She gives me her room # and tells me that if I need to talk to her it would have to be transferred through the nurses station. So, I talk to a friend of ours that was in the accident too and she gives me a # to call. I call it and it's the waiting room. I leave a message for Mary's mom to call me back. When I don't get a call back by mid afternoon the next morning I call back. This time I'm given the # to the nurses station. I call that #, but her mom isn't there she's at work. She's a nurse. I leave another message for her to call me back. Later that night while I'm at class I get a call from my mom. Mary's dad called me to let me know that she showed improvement that day and she opened her eyes for the 1st time. She was moving around and was aware of her parents being there. They have high hopes.
I'm really upset about this and I'm still in shock. I can't believe that this happened. I just hope by this weekend she's out of ICU and I can visit her. Her dad did say that she can have visitors, just 2 at a time.
I just keep praying and wishing and hoping she'll be fine.
Whoo, I feel a little better. I've talked to a few of my friends about it and I've even told my parents how I feel, but I figured one more place couldn't hurt.
Anyway, on a lighter note. I've got my last American Lit class tonight. :)We're getting our take home final tonight.
On Monday, I went to Target and bought Rob Thomas's CD. It's pretty good. I like it.
Oh, and I bought the whitening strips on Sun. I haven't used them yet, but I bought them. I'll have to start soon. I also ordered my bathing suit last night. It's a different one then I showed you all. I found another one I liked on-line.
Ok,well I don't know what else to talk about. Talk to you all later. Byeeee!