I’ve spoken of Donna Martin before as one of the VERY important angels in uniform that kept us going, and gave us hope and strength during Michael’s stay at Fairfax Hospital.  I am sorry to say that Donna was in an automobile accident early Wednesday morning on her way to work.  Mary Whiting (Mike’s step sister, also a nurse at INOVA) works with Donna and sent us an update this morning…below is an excerpt from her email. 

Hey everyone,

Donna Martin, my PCD (Patient Care Director, aka my boss), had a terrible car accident on the interstate on the way into work this past Wednesday morning around 6:30am. She was awake at the scene and was flown into the TICU (where Mike first was) and is pretty unstable. She has numerous injuries including multiple pelvic fractures, tib/fib fracture, lung contusions, and so forth. With these past few weeks, it’s been really hard on her and her family already with the DUI incident with Aaron. I just know how much she took care of me and our family during Mike’s hard times and I’m just asking everyone to keep her in your thoughts and prayers and hope that she pulls through this.

Please keep Donna and her family in your thoughts and prayers.

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