The call you never want to get!

On Monday the 10th of October I had not been feeling well.  I went home after work and totally crashed.  I slept for a really long time and woke up to my phone ringing just after midnight.  I saw that it was my sister calling me and thought the only reason she would be calling this late is if something is wrong.  I answered my phone and said Kort what is wrong? She replied that Mom and Dad had been in an accident.  They have been T-boned and we do not know what else.  I told her I would meet them at the hospital and we would go from there. 
Kort called me once they got to the accident and said that Mom was having problems breathing and that there was a lot of blood all over her face.  They took her by ambulance to Jordan Valley Hospital.  I met them there and was relieved once I could see my Mom.  The impact was on my Moms side and so My Dad was doing pretty good, just banged up a bit and was really sore.  I found out then that a lady totally ran a red light and slammed into my parents! I was upset by this and could not believe that someone could hit them and then not even go see if they were ok after the accident. 
We stayed for over four hours at the hospital and found out that Mom had a broken nose, strained neck, a chest wall contusion, and lots of scratches on her skin.  The experience at Jordan Valley was aweful and I would not go back to there ER ever again.  The nurse came in once to give my Mom meds and that was it.  I ended up going through the cupboards to find towels to clean my Mom up because she was bleeding and had dried blood all over her.  The ER Physician came in and tried to put my Moms nose back into place.... He did not offer any more meds and just put it in without having a nurse there.  All of a sudden my Mom is saying that she cannot breathe because all this blood is running down her throat.  I sat her up and all this blood went everywhere! The Doc looked at me and then said, oh maybe I shoud get her a basin?  I wanted to say really????? DUH!!!!! I ran over to the cupboard and got another towel and wet clothes to put against her nose and get her cleaned up again.  The Doc left and then never came back.  He just sent another nurse into discharge us. This was just a little of what happened that night and there was a lot more that went on than just that, but lets say that I was not impressed with any of the staff!
Finally we got my Mom home that night and got her and my Dad to bed.  I went home slept for a couple of hours and had to wake back up and get myself to work! Tuesday the 11th was the longest day ever! I just wanted to be there helping my Mom and I could not! Once I got off work I went and spent the evening with her.  She was really sore and I could not believe all the bruises that her and my Dad had.  I went home that night and was able to talk on the recorder to Nik.  I finally had my break down moment and poor Nik got to hear it.  I think I had been going going and going that it finally hit me that things could have been a lot worse! I am so thankful that my parents were watched over and kept safe! That night in the hospital I was very touched by the love and concern that my Father showed for my Mother.  He just kept telling her how much he loved her.  It made me think of how lucky I am to know that Nik loves me like that!
The next day was not any better.  My brother called me and told me that my Mom had been throwing up, having nausea, a migraine, and chest pains all through the night and could not keep anything down.  So I called Kort and told her to get my Mom to the Riverton ER and get her checked. It was nice because I was working at the Primary Childrens Outpatient Clinic so I could just walk over and check on her while she was in the ER at Riverton.  They started an IV on her as soon as she got there and gave her some meds through the IV, which really helped her.  Side note.... Jordan Valley did not even start a IV on my Mom and she should have had all the trauma protocol! They also did not scan her head.  So I was really worried that she could have had a bleed or something because I have seen the worst working at the hospital.  So to make a long story short she got checked from head to toe and they got everything under control! She was feeling a lot better once they could get her some meds for her head and the nausea! They also gave us a number of a plastic surgeon to get my Moms nose fixed.  She just went in this last Friday and had it fixed.  She is doing much better, but has had quite the rough last couple of weeks! I am just so thankful to Heavenly Father for watching out for them and keeping them safe! It could have ended a lot differently and I am just so blessed and thankful.  I love my parents so much and am so thankful to them for all that they do for me! We are truely blessed! I love you MOM and Dad!


Here is what the car looked like..... Russ got some pics of it because they made it to the scene of the accident!
So SCARY!!!!!!!