Friday, October 10, 2008

Car Accident

Last week my mother and I were in a car accident.  It was the scariest moment of my life. 
I was sitting at a light, stopped.  All of a sudden out of no where a guy turned left, and ran right into the front of my car.
I have had so many different emotions from the accident.  I have been scared, sore, sad, angry - just to name a few. 
The more I am thinking about the accident, the more that I realise that I am not remembering the entire accident.
I am very thankful that I drive a van.  I think that I would have been seriously injured if I did not drive a van.
I was taken to the hospital in my first ambilance ride.  I was on a back board with a c-spine collar on. 
In the hospital I was waiting, it seemed like forever.  Sitting there I was so uncomfortable.  But I am lucky I am only suffering from back and neck pain.
One of the hardest decisions I had to make was to force my son to stop nursing.  I was not ready to do that, and either was he.  I have found that I am going through a lot of emotions because I had to out of no where stop nursing him.  But I was given a choice, to take the medication and have some relief, or not take it at all, be in a ton of pain, and still nurse.  It was one of the most difficult decisions of my life.
It has almost been a week, and I am in so much pain.  Instead of the pain getting better, it is slowly getting worse.  I am having a very difficult time sleeping, sitting, standing - actually doing everything that I need to do.
I hope that things will start to get better soon. 

1 comment:

Terence Chang said...

Hi Jenn:

I am glad that you are ok overall. I hope you recover soon.

I was in accident 1.5 years ago. I am still fighting with the insurance company. That suck out half of my time.

The physical wound is easy to recover, but the mental damage is hard to recover. I am so afraid to do left lane turn in the intersection.

Best wish! Take a good care!