Posted by rae on Oct 23, 2007 in
Mom's Corner Tuesday, October 23 - One foot in front of the other, breathe in, breathe out. I realized today, I am not the one to give updates. Getting through the days with overwhelming love and support from friends and family. I can’t begin to describe the emotional roller coaster. I cannot find the right words to describe that moment when a mother is confronted with her child’s mortality and she is helpless to make it better.
It is totally surreal—like walking in a fog or underwater. Nothing seems to make sense. The grief, confusion and inability to absorb what had and is happening becomes more and more difficult to cope with each day. Friends, family, doctors, nurses all try to comfort you, but at that moment in time there is no comfort. It doesn’t exist. Breathe in, breathe out.
Don’t stop. There is comfort in your presence, there is comfort in your thoughtfulness, there is comfort in your love for Michael and for our family. I cannot do this without you. Is it a mother’s blind hope more than anything based reality or science that when I leaned over to let Michael know last night that I would let him rest and see him in the morning, that he squeezed my hand? Only God knows.
Michael, come back to me.
Posted by rae on Oct 23, 2007 in
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Posted by rae on Oct 22, 2007 in
Mom's Corner Monday, October 22 - We’ll take this day. A day that finds Michael responding at times to physical stimulation, pupils responding to light, an ICP (Intracranial Pressure) under 10 and by the end of the day breathing over the ventilator. If you’re reading this, you know Michael. He is a strong, willful young man that LIVES life. He doesn’t sit back and watch it happen, he participates. He LAUGHS - oh, does he laugh. You hear it right? I’m sure you heard it just then. He LOVES. He loves you guys. You and your love for him have been such an incredible support for me these last couple of days. I couldn’t do this without you.
9 Lives - there can be no doubt.
Posted by bobby on Oct 22, 2007 in
Medical Updates Michael was in a single car accident on I66 at exit 66 at 3:20 AM October 21, 2007. He veered off the road and hit an exit sign, launching him into the air. The front wheels hit the guardrail and caused the vehicle to do a complete flip, landing on the front two wheels, head-on, into a tree. Mike suffered major head trauma and a massive laceration on the right side of his head, resulting in severe brain injury. Due to the many areas of head trauma, his brain is swelling to dangerous levels. To prevent further brain damage from swelling, the Neurosurgeon removed a section of his skull on the left side of his head Sunday. There is a four inch laceration located in the occipital area of the back of his head and an injury in the T1-T4 areas of his back. They report no internal injuries or broken bones.
Posted by Jimmy on Oct 22, 2007 in
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Posted by Jimmy on Oct 21, 2007 in
Comments Over 2000 Visits in a little over 3 days. A lot of people care about you Mike
Love you!
NOBODY could ask for a better friend than you are!!! Wake up, man you’ve got some nurses to meet! I love you very VERY much. I’ll see you back in action ASAP!
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) Hang in there and wake up soon!
Stay strong, Mike… we all miss you.