Update on the driver who changed my life in June 2011 (NPR)
OK so as many of you have read I was in a horrible accident in June on my hubby's birthday. A lady who was drunk at the time blew a stop sign at a major intersection of an highway and I t-boned her. She was going so fast I did not have time to stop. I spent 4 days in hospital I have multiple injuries and major pain still! Any way we my husband and I went to her sentencing on Friday--that was hard!! I had not seen her in person. Well come to find out she admiteed to being drunk she blew a 1.87 an hour after the accident--OMG she caused the accident at 8:22 on a Sunday morning. She admitted that her and her passenger had come down from a major town about 45 miles north of the accident and could not remember why they were on the back road about to go across a highway. She did not remember the stop sign at all and her passenger who is still in hospital and owner of the car had originally been driving but she was more sober then he was so she took over!! Are you serious OMFG I was totally blown away when I heard her attorney saying all this! The only reason her passenger survived their little joy ride is because he was so drunk and relaxed. Because they decided to go on a joy ride drunk and kept drinking in the car mine and my husbands life has changed forever! Before the sentencing I was kinda feeling bad for her till it came out that she was convicted of this in Alaska not even 6 months prior and how drunk they both really were. I am sorry the passenger was as hurt as he was but damn stupid desicion on both parts now makes me have to answer to my five year old why i can not play with like i use to and why i am ALWAYS going to the Dr!! One thing thru all of this my baby is a fighter and she is still with us and I trully believe every kick she is telling me Momma we made it thru the nightmare we are surviors!! In the hospital because of all my injuries i was put throught multiple cat scans with dye, nucleaur medicine, and MRI's with dye not to mention the mass amount of pain killers. I relayed this all to the judge when it was my turn to talk at her sentencing I wanted her to know as a mother what she did to my children. I have no idea if it helped but I wanted to stress to the judge that you know I am a grown woman and if I have to live in pain the rest of my life so be it but our little girl who was only 13 weeks gestation in major forming stages didnt even have a chance to try life with out being pumped full of meds and god only knows what because the woman decided it was a good idea to drink and drive! I am now beyond pissed with people's stupidity! She received 70 months no early parole she has to serve day for day she also got 3 year close probation and 10 year license suspension. Not that the suspension should matter she didnt have a license when she caused the accident! She also has 2 boys in Alaska where she is from and when she gets out of prision here her boys will almost be 18 I feel bad for them they have to grow up with out thier mom because of her partying! I wonder to myself HOW CAN A MOTHER PUT ALCOHOL BEFORE HER CHILDREN? I do not have an addicted personality I do like a drink every once in awhile but I sure as hell wont drink and drive! Because of these two peoples mistake and yes I do say two people her and her passenger it was his car and he started driving first - he put the loaded gun in her hands when they decided she should drive. All because of these people my nightmare has just begun and maybe one day shall be over! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Hopefully this understandable I am writing with so much emotion it has taken me this long to write this because i am in such UGH!!!
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Back in June 2008, I was hit head on by a teenager who blew thru a red light, distracted by her cell phone. She was on mommy and daddys enormous SUV and I was in a tiny subaru. I wound up with a severe concussion, a broken elbow, wrist, sternum, internal and external bruising, a busted up lip and face from the airbag deploying, multiple cuts, and the worst of it was the mental and emotional scarring. I underwent years of MRIs and CT scans because I was having a lot of memory issues. I underwent months of physical therapy, which in itself was horribly painful. I was hospitalized for 2 days after the accident because of my injuries, and was on pain meds for months and months.
Cops said had she hit me just inches more to the left, she would've drove on top of my car and basically smashed the car, resulting in death. The gal who hit me was cited for several things, but I never took any type of legal action. I was awarded a settlement outside of court for a hefty amount of money.
I'm so sorry you have had to go through something like this. I wouldn't wish a car accident of these magnitudes on my worst enemy. I hope you get a settlement that you're entitled to. I know no amount of money will bring back your .life beforehand, but it helped me with closure and helped to allow me to move on with life. (as strange as that may sound lol.)
You know what I am so tired of Dr's and tests to try and get me out of pain.
I have been in phayical therapy now a month and have barely made progress because they can not touch my back with me almost in tears!
I am sorry you went thru your mva how horrible and how lucky that little girl is that u did not press charges.
Do u still have pain?
@kaloresxcierre thank you I do feel very lucky we survived. The investigators were very surprised my husband and I did not pass away in accident. I thank god every day that she is a fighter herself