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Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:24 am
by Jarlaxle
Serious bummer. She was working this morning...some dink in an H2 crossed the center line. He was hauling ass (45-50MPH...in a fucking snowstorm) and nailed her truck (F-550 rollback) head-on. The end result was the H2 getting absolutely annihilated, her truck sliding off the road and partway down an embankment.

She has a badly sprained left ankle, some fairly impressive bruises and a split lip from the airbag & seat belt, a strained right shoulder, a bunch of small scratches & cuts from the driver's window shattering, and may have a couple bruised ribs.

She also has no less than three highly-offensive cards from the rest of the drivers. :D

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:31 am
by loCAtek
Did the other driver survive her slapping the shit outta him? Image

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:41 am
by Jarlaxle
I'm not actually sure he survived, period. And truly, I don't really give a shit if he did.

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:52 am
by Sean
Best wishes for her speedy recovery mate!

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 6:14 am
by rubato
Glad it didn't turn out worse.

Pity this idiot didn't have a single vehicle rollover in some remote spot where he could die in peace and unremarked.

yrs,
rubato

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 6:59 am
by Aard Vark
what a bastard
IS Liz enjoying the spoiling she should be getting.

Good luck with getting the ute fixed hope the wanker has full insurance

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:53 am
by Guinevere
Yikes. Hope she recovers well and quickly! On a side note, really tired of snow/cold/winter weather this year. Please bring summer quickly - I need sun and a warm beach!

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:37 pm
by Miles
Good wishes for a speedy recovery. Resist the urge to hunt the bastard down and do him serious harm.

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:41 pm
by Scooter
Hope she heals and gets home quick.

Hope the twat that hit her doesn't.

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 3:58 pm
by dales
Best wishers for her speedy recovery.

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 6:38 pm
by loCAtek
Knowing her, she's probably already recovered and working on the truck ...Hope the truck is running again soon! :D

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:16 pm
by BoSoxGal
Best wishes to Liz for a speedy recovery - hopefully the other guy recovers and gets his head out of his ass.

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:51 am
by Jarlaxle
She's home...right arm in a sling, left leg in a brace, needed stitches for a cut on her temple. I spent an hour making sure all the glass was out of her hair...for the record, when safety glass shatters, it gets EVERYWHERE.

I think the 550 is totaalled. Looks like it won't manage 1,000,000 miles. :(

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:26 pm
by loCAtek
Well, there's a bonus- a cool new scar! Give the truck a hero's burial with honors.

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:38 pm
by Rick
Sorry your wife was injured.

I hope she has a speedy recovery...

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:15 pm
by Lord Jim
Given the nature of the accident, she was very lucky to get away from it so lightly injured....

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:11 pm
by Jarlaxle
Luck had less to do with it than physics...she was driving a 6-ton rollback wrecker mounting a massive push bumper/grille guard made from industrial I-beams and angle iron.

According to Chuck, the F-550 is badly damaged: front clip & both doors damaged, windshield cracked, airbag fired, radiator core support bent, headache rack bent, RF rim damaged, several cab & body mounts broken. That is all repairable (in fact, he could have all but the airbag done in two days), but it looks like the frame is damaged.

He still plans to offer it to the dealer where he bought it: it has over 960,000 miles...and STILL fired right up when he got it back, after the wreck, after sitting for 2 days, in 15-degree weather.

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:15 pm
by kristina
Glad to hear that her injuries weren't any worse; add me to the list wishing her a very speedy recovery!

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:43 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
Hope she gets well soon.

Re: Liz in the hospital!

Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:05 am
by Jarlaxle
She's recovering nicely. She is out of the arm sling tomorrow, seeing the doctor about her ankle Thursday, weather permitting.

She is definitely feeling better...though to Marm's dismay, she's not up to taking him for a walk & won't be for a while.

Today, I woke up before she did (very unusual) to find that instead of what usually happens on a cold night (I end up with no blanket!), she was laying against me under the blanket, resting her head on my shoulder with her hair covering both of us, two cats on the blanket next to her, and Vierna (tiny shorthair) having slipped UNDER the blanket and sort of burrowed under my other arm, sleeping in one of those weird contortions only cats can manage. I think I just watched her sleep for almost an hour.