Operation Roxy - In Progress

Friday, April 07, 2006

Thanks to everyone! Here's the Details

Dad had a head on collision at 100km p/hr
He is doing extraordinarily well!
If he was in anything but his old Jaguar everyone has said he surely wouldn't be here and all are still suprised at what good condition he is in!

He was hit head on when a car travelling behind an oncoming tractor was hit by someone else nudging him onto the wrong side of the road and into Dad's path. Unfortunately there wasn't even ebough time for him to take his foot off the accelerator they were that close. The impact went right down the drivers side and rolled the car. He was trapped upside down when he came too and his feet were stuck. Luckily he worked them out and some people got him out through the passenger door (the only door on the car that would open luckily) As the car was leaking alot of fuel. The engine has been pushed back into the drivers footwell and the doors caved in on him also.

He was airlifted from the scene to the Alfred Hospital because he had been hit very hard in the abdomen and back right around the kidneys. As he only has one kidney this was a worry for a few days before they could see it was healing.

They didn't tell us much in our phone call. Just got told he had an accident and was getting stitches. And was fine. It was at least 2 hours after the accident before we were informed. And then 1.5hrs before we arrived at hospital. On arrival they put us in a family quiet room, which if you watch All Saints you know nothing good goes on in there! They told us nothing and left us there for 2 hours where we spent the time panicking (especially after putting 2 & 2 together that only serious accidents go to the Alfred And the people next door were being told to say only positive things because the person they were there for was in a coma) After 2 hours I cracked it and asked to see him and they said he was having sutchers and we had to wait. 1.5 hours after that we finally got to see him! And they told us the story. Scared just doesn't explain the feelings you have in these situations. Thankfully he is doing so well! Stitches across his head, a chunk out of the bone in his ankle, broken ligaments in the same ankle, and TONNES of bad bruising.

He has been moved 4 times in 3 days and they have finally kept him in 1 room overnight and he is being moved today down to Frankston for rehab. He may be home in a few days who knows! He sounds very scared of being in a car at the moment though.

We have been up and down all this time. You hear things like the traffic report and have a panic and have to calm yourself down knowing he is ok and the rest of your family are at home or something so it's not them but then you start thinking about other people you know etc and it ends up driving you nuts. I think I have finally got past that bit. Then other times when you look at the car (we went to take pictures etc) and you want to cry knowing that if he had taken our other car (like he was going to) he wouldn't be here. And how much of a miracle it all is that no one in such a high speed accident died or has any serious injuries!

My email & Blog has been full of comments and good wishes which has been fabulous and so very much appreciated. And phone calls to check up on us etc have been very very much appreciated!

Unfortunately they have served him 6 month old roadkill at the hospital for his meals of the day. And our meals haven't been much better from the cafe downstairs. (I only discovered sandwiches and foccacias there last night) Amazingly for me the scales have maintained although we are all feeling pretty crook and complaints of tummys feeling hard in a "this is no six pack" kind of way are common LoL

I am so thankful for everything! To have him down here will be great too! We can finally do some grocery shopping and eat normal food. (weird that cafe food and take away etc used to be all I'd eat) We can see him and start to get our lives back now too. Thanks again to everyone for everything!
Posted by Jadey :: 12:37 PM :: 29 comments