Saturday, 01 December 2007

• Mercedes Survived the Car Accident--Thanks to Him

   As some of you might know, Mercedes had a very bad car accident last evening. She was on the feeder road at West Park and 610. She was several cars back from the light, stopped waiting for the light when an SUV at a high rate of speed plowed right into her side. He told the police that his brakes failed but they did not seem to believe him and the investigation continues. He hit Mercedes first then went air born and ended up hitting 6 other cars. There were 3 of them, Mercedes being one that went to the hospital. She had her seat belt on but the force of the impact took out her left side of the car and seat belt snapped in half. The car then started to turn 180 and she was ejected out. As scary as that sounds, we believe that if she would have not had her seat belt on, one of 2 things would have happened. She would have been ejected at impact and would have been a fatal or could have been pinned in the vehicle and the steering wheel would have caused great harm. The airbags did not deploy since she was hit from the side and rear. You can see the car was instantly made into a convertible. We are so thankful. The phone call that every parent fears...your daughter has been in a very serious accident....there was a lady at the scene that called me and said that she was alive but appeared to be in a lot of pain. She said that God was with her and that she was remaining there praying for her until the ambulance came and would take her to Ben Taub Trauma. God is so good, His angel was there. Then when we reached Ben Taub, the ambulance driver approached us and said that Someone was looking over her because this crash was incredible. He was amazed and wanted to let us know that he too saw a miracle this night. I dont have the space to write BUT please understand this my dear friends, this is truly a miracle and strangers have identified the presence of the Lord. We are so thankful for all that He has done to save our daughter. She did not have any internal injuries. Had some bruising of the head that caused temporary memory loss. About 1am her memory started to come back and she could remember certain things that she was struggling to remember. She did have an air pocket in her lung that we had to wait out in ER to see if it would grow and cause a pneuomthorax. Several chest xrays later, finally we got the word that looked like it was not going to grow any further and we were able to take her home. She had several lacerations on her head, none of which were on her face. She does have some road burn and many bruises and the front tooth slightly chipped (not noticeable but it feels strange) She is having difficulty with her left leg, it just does not want to cooperate with her but she is doing much  much better today. Tim took her home, so tonight she will rest in her own bed. Again ALL the GLORY goes to our Heavenly Father who was watching over her. Her last Xanga entry was asking if we knew that Jesus loved us.....well I know He does and loves her too. Thanks to all of you that came up throughout the night in the ER to spend time with us and pray, it was so terribly awesome and the love was ever so strong. I appreciate all of you so much and I know that Mercedes and Tim do as well.   Here are some pics of her car...hang on....

  

  

  

  

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