I'm sorry to hear that, although it's a blessing that her injuries were not worse and that you were not hit. I hope she makes a full recovery and that you're feeling better soon.

Meow85


How is your sister doing?

She's going to be okay. She's had her surgery today, and if I didn't have to leave for work in a few minutes I'd go and see her.

Yesterday morning (Sunday, May 1st) around 1 am I was involved in a hit and run. My sister and I were walking down a somewhat isolated road home from a friend's house. She was walking on the inside, closer to the road than I was.

The vehicle that hit her came from behind us and was big, dark, and probably
speeding. We didn't hear it coming, and it didn't have headlights on. Katie was thrown 10 feet or so, and rolled. They didn't stop or even slow down afterwards.

I wasn't hit by the vehicle, but I was hit by Katie's body as she was hit. I wasn't hurt, it just knocked off my glasses and gave me a headache which hasn't gone away yet. Katie didn't do quite as well. She's still in the hospital now. She's got a black eye, some loose teeth, road rash on her face and upper torso, and bruising and cuts all over. Her entire left side, where she was struck by the vehicle, is sore and the bones are bruised, so she's having a hard time moving much. The bones around her right eye socket are broken, so tomorrow she'll be in surgery having bits of plastic and metal attached to the bones so her eye socket doesn't collapse. Luckily, there doesn't appear to be any internal bleeding or damage, or brain or spinal cord injury. It could've been a lot worse than it was.

The paramedics and police who were at the scene said that judging from the tire tracks, it looked like the driver had swerved on purpose to hit us.

All day today I've kept seeing her hit, over and over, and hearing the sound it made. I haven't been able to think of anything else.

I know she'll be okay, but I can't help think of what might have happened, had she been hit more directly or had the car been going faster than it was. She's my sister. I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to her.





Here's a link for a blurb from a local news website about it, if anyone's interested:
it's been removed from the page now/
[Edited 5/2/05 16:48pm]

Yesterday morning (Sunday, May 1st) around 1 am I was involved in a hit and run. My sister and I were walking down a somewhat isolated road home from a friend's house. She was walking on the inside, closer to the road than I was.

The vehicle that hit her came from behind us and was big, dark, and probably
speeding. We didn't hear it coming, and it didn't have headlights on. Katie was thrown 10 feet or so, and rolled. They didn't stop or even slow down afterwards.

I wasn't hit by the vehicle, but I was hit by Katie's body as she was hit. I wasn't hurt, it just knocked off my glasses and gave me a headache which hasn't gone away yet. Katie didn't do quite as well. She's still in the hospital now. She's got a black eye, some loose teeth, road rash on her face and upper torso, and bruising and cuts all over. Her entire left side, where she was struck by the vehicle, is sore and the bones are bruised, so she's having a hard time moving much. The bones around her right eye socket are broken, so tomorrow she'll be in surgery having bits of plastic and metal attached to the bones so her eye socket doesn't collapse. Luckily, there doesn't appear to be any internal bleeding or damage, or brain or spinal cord injury. It could've been a lot worse than it was.

The paramedics and police who were at the scene said that judging from the tire tracks, it looked like the driver had swerved on purpose to hit us.

All day today I've kept seeing her hit, over and over, and hearing the sound it made. I haven't been able to think of anything else.

I know she'll be okay, but I can't help think of what might have happened, had she been hit more directly or had the car been going faster than it was. She's my sister. I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to her.





Here's a link for a blurb from a local news website about it, if anyone's interested:
it's been removed from the page now/
[Edited 5/2/05 16:48pm]

Meow85

How are YOU? Glad to hear that your sister is doing better after surgery.

My sister came home from the hospital Wednesday evening. She's doing alright. She's got a wheelchair for now for when she goes out, and a walker to use inside the house.

I took her out to the mall this evening to help her find some shoes to wear to her grad ceremonies, and so many people staring at her and the messed up side of her face. It was so rude!

She saw the plastic surgeon again today to have her stitches taken out, and check on how her eye is healing. It's pretty likely that she'll have to get a second surgery, because her new plastic cheekbone is noticably more prominent than her natural one, and makes here eye sit a little higher than it should.