The Facts So Far

My brother was in visiting from the Eastern Shore this week, he was leaving this morning. My husband stayed home today to go to a job interview in the morning and was going to babysit in the afternoon so I could go to an orientation for getting my daycare license. I wasnt able to shower til a little after noon, right after cleaning house and eating lunch. As we prepared to walk out the door to leave, we got THE call. I told Dean not to answer if it was my mom, but then changed my mind and said to tell her we were leaving. He answered, I noted the change in tone and the quiet responses and he hung up. I was worried, and rightly so. My brother was in the ER, he’d been in an accident a bad one and my nephew was in the car with him too. We were the only ones who knew how to reach my sister in law who was in training downtown so we went to get her, and none of us knew how bad it really was til we saw him. The baby was unhurt, not a scratch on him. My brother now lays in the neurological critical care unit. He has a bad skull fracture and his brain is bleeding. We wont know until tomorrow if it requires surgery, in the meantime we only saw him briefly and when we did he was awake, but had trouble speaking. The frustrating part was the accident happened at 9:30 a.m. and we werent reached til almost 1 p.m.! My brother couldnt remember phone numbers and his wife didnt know til we told her. Thats a long story, but the important part was my brother remembered one number, my grandparents, my dad’s parents. My granddad was there at 9:30 and took my nephew home with him and he tried to reach everyone he could, but didnt think I would know how to reach my sister in law so didnt think to call me. I know he was dealing with a lot, but it still hurts to know how bad shape my brother was in and not being there right away. Last (last night) I saw my brother he was doing good, we just finished playing cards, Stacey and I beat him and Joe. We’d had a good night, I’d spent the day yesterday watching my nephew. All good memories, but I am scared to death that those might be the last of the good memories for a while….I will write more when I am not so upset and when we know more about his condition. So I probably wont be around here much until things are calmed down some. Your prayers are needed and much appreciated. We know God kept my nephew safe and worked out a lot of things before the accident happened, like my granddad, whom was the first called, isnt usually home on Tuesdays and just happened to be off today, my husband just happened to be off today, and the very fact that my mother and father were in the same room and I think even shared a word or too is a miracle! funny how tragedy changes people.