Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Another project takes precedence

Our dear niece was in a horrific car accident early Sunday morning. The car flipped several times and she was ejected. 2 lumbar vertebrae were crushed and she had surgery yesterday afternoon. The doctors put a sleeve of some type around her spinal cord and inserted rods between the good vertebrae to support her spinal column. She will be hospitalized for 3 months - 2 weeks in the hospital and then the balance of the time in a rehab facility. It just breaks my heart. She is a beautiful young woman with a lot of spirit so I know she will get through all of this. She worked so hard to graduate from nursing school. My greatest hope is that she will recover and be able to work with geriatric patients again. She loves working with the elderly.

The new project is a healing quilt that my sister and I are going to start this evening. We hope to have it quilted and bound by the end of the week. (Thank goodness for the longarm in the spring house!) I would like my parents to take it to their parish (Kendra is a member there) and have it blessed on Sunday.

Please remind all the folks you love to wear their seatbelts. Kendra would have only been bruised if she had been wearing hers.

17 comments:

  1. Oh I am so sorry to hear about this! I hope that the quilt can bring some comfort to her during this time! Keep us posted!

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  2. my prayers are with your niece...I am so sorry.

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  3. I'm so sorry to hear about your niece - I think the quilt is such a wonderful thing to do for her.

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  4. We are keeping your family in our thoughts.

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  5. You, your neice and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. She has youth in her favour so hopefully she will be able to overcome her injuries. ((((Suzan))))

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  6. I'm so sorry to hear about your neice's accident. Irene is right. She is young, so hopefully can recover nicely. I will keep her in my prayers.
    Michelle

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  7. I'm so sorry to hear about your niece. I will send prayers her way.

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  8. Hi Suzan,

    Will be praying for your niece!! I am so sorry to hear about the accident...

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  9. Suzan, I am sending prayers for your niece, please keep us informed. I am sure the quilt will be a healing quilt for her, as it will be surrounding her with love!

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  10. keeping your niece and family in my thoughts and prayers-- praying for a quick recovery and blessings in the midst of sorrows.

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  11. Please send your niece by good wishes. I will be thinking of her and all your family during this time.

    Love and hugs Gina xxx

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  12. so sorry Suzan! what a wonderful gift to make her

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  13. So sorry to hear this awful news Suzan. My prayers are with you and your niece. I hope that her youth will be a great advantage in the healing process.

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  14. Suzan, I'm so sorry about your niece...I will keep her in my prayers. It's so nice to get a comfort quilt. It means so much ...hugs, Linda

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  15. Suzan, how sad. I'm so sorry for the horrible accident. I will keep her in my prayers.

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  16. My prays go out to your niece ,glad to hear she is doing a bit better .I'm sure the quilt will comfort her during her recovery .

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  17. OH my God - just caught up with your blog and read this dreadful news. She is in my thoughts and hope that her healing progresses quickly.

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