Guest guest Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Sorry I haven’t e-mailed lately and also sorry that this will be a long e-mail and a bit of a downer. In the first week of December, our eldest grandson and his fiancée were in a terrible car accident about a block away from his home. Susan died instantly. Jon had stopped at the stop sign but didn't see a semi coming. Since then we've gone to the site at the same time and the sun would have been right in his eyes. A semi, travelling (supposedly) 45 miles an hour T boned Jon's Ford Ranger, spun it and pushed the Ranger (side ways) 100 yards down the road before stopping. (45 mph my fat backside.) Thankfully, the semi driver is ok. They didn't air lift him to the hospital, but sent him to the hospital rescue squad. The ER doc said they figured he'd be DOA. He coded in the ER. It was almost 5 hours before the ER doc came out to the waiting room to talk to us, his maternal grandfather, his boss, wife, owner of the fish farm where Jon works and his wife. The doctor was on an adrenalin high and couldn't stop talking how surprised he was that Jon was still alive. They hadn’t cleaned up the ER before bringing us in and it was easy to see just why he has been given a total of 11 units of blood so far. If I remember it all, he has bleeding on brain, broken scapula, compound fracture upper right arm, 3 breaks in the upper right leg, 3 broken ribs, collapsed right lung, several lacerations on his liver, ruptured diaphragm, all abdominal organs shoved upwards, unable to breathe on his own, mouthful of broken teeth, right side of his face nothing but a bleeding mess and probably more things, but those are what stayed in my mind. They put him into a drug coma because otherwise the pain would have been unbearable. The ER doctor said he hoped Jon would hold on long enough for his parents to get here from Washington State (father, our son) and Australia (his mom). Once he was stable enough to go upstairs, he coded again when they got him in SICU. The first round of surgery was preformed by a heart surgeon; oddly enough the same one who did my husband's quadruple heart bypass and 3 other surgeons, orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeon. The heart surgeon put his diaphragm back where it belonged and the ortho docs put a rod in his leg and arm while another surgeon was doing I don’t know what. It had to have been an incredibly crowded operating room between doctors, nurses, OR techs and a lot of angels. Second round of surgery was several days later when they took him to the OR to do a tracheotomy, a feeding tube and I don't remember. Third round of surgery was this past Wednesday. Somehow the feeding tube in his stomach got pulled half way out and he had a gallon plus of feedings in his belly. Peritonitis has already set in. The infectious disease doc says the infection in his chest is pseudomonas. Not good. I nursed a young child with pseudomonas following severe burns and when I smelled it coming from our grandson’s chest tube I had to leave the surgical intensive care unit before loosing it. He's still in a coma and his pupils are blown but everyone is doing the “Oh he is doing great†bologna. I believe that somewhere in his mind, Jon knows that he beloved is gone and isn’t going to try to come back to us. They were incredibly close and brought out the best in one another. The officer and DA for the county he lives in discussed things and the DA said he would not be charged, due to the fact that neither of them had drugs nor alcohol in their systems and Jon and Susan were in a long term relationship (3 years). Neither of the kids had ANY alcohol or drugs in their blood. Their drink of choice was Mountain Dew or iced tea. But the judge in the county has over ruled the DA and is charging our grandson with homicide. Supposedly they were not wearing their seat belts, which is why they were flung from the truck. It is not yet the law for seat belts to be used in trucks, but that is getting changed soon. Both of the kids were extremely cautious drivers. You know the ones who go 5 mph under the speed limit and drive you crazy when they are going 50 and everyone else is going 65? Our precious girl’s parents are livid with the judge and have been at the hospital with us a number of times. The flags and orange spray paint outlines of Jon and Susan are still on the road, which her parents and the other grandfather have to pass daily on the way to work. They even have the spot where Susan's dog died marked in orange paint. Our son was able to come here for 2 weeks but had to go back as when the Air Force tells you to get back to work, you get back to work. Our precious daughter in love had to go back Thursday. (They were divorced but Carl and I didn't divorce her as our daughter in love). Her flight home took 25 hours then another hour plus to get from the airport to her home. Would you believe they STILL have not run an EEG? I don't understand it. Maybe the fact that the kid is still covered under his dad's Tricare (military) insurance is why. Hope I’m making sense. Jon is still in the surgical intensive care unit and we’re spending most of our time there, running home during shift change to let the dogs out and feed the animals, shower and change and run back. I can't help but remember that Jonathan was born in that hospital, 20 years ago on August 3, 20 years ago. Heading off to bed. Love to all, Jeanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Terrible news - Just think of all the people who will now be praying for Jon. Keep us posted. So sorry for the loss... ________________________________ Jeanne B <treazured sufficientsisters Sunday, January 4, 2009 11:01:29 PM ot: long month Sorry I haven’t e-mailed lately and also sorry that this will be a long e-mail and a bit of a downer. In the first week of December, our eldest grandson and his fiancée were in a terrible car accident about a block away from his home. Susan died instantly. Jon had stopped at the stop sign but didn't see a semi coming. Since then we've gone to the site at the same time and the sun would have been right in his eyes. A semi, travelling (supposedly) 45 miles an hour T boned Jon's Ford Ranger, spun it and pushed the Ranger (side ways) 100 yards down the road before stopping. (45 mph my fat backside.) Thankfully, the semi driver is ok. They didn't air lift him to the hospital, but sent him to the hospital rescue squad. The ER doc said they figured he'd be DOA. He coded in the ER. It was almost 5 hours before the ER doc came out to the waiting room to talk to us, his maternal grandfather, his boss, wife, owner of the fish farm where Jon works and his wife. The doctor was on an adrenalin high and couldn't stop talking how surprised he was that Jon was still alive. They hadn’t cleaned up the ER before bringing us in and it was easy to see just why he has been given a total of 11 units of blood so far. If I remember it all, he has bleeding on brain, broken scapula, compound fracture upper right arm, 3 breaks in the upper right leg, 3 broken ribs, collapsed right lung, several lacerations on his liver, ruptured diaphragm, all abdominal organs shoved upwards, unable to breathe on his own, mouthful of broken teeth, right side of his face nothing but a bleeding mess and probably more things, but those are what stayed in my mind. They put him into a drug coma because otherwise the pain would have been unbearable. The ER doctor said he hoped Jon would hold on long enough for his parents to get here from Washington State (father, our son) and Australia (his mom). Once he was stable enough to go upstairs, he coded again when they got him in SICU. The first round of surgery was preformed by a heart surgeon; oddly enough the same one who did my husband's quadruple heart bypass and 3 other surgeons, orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeon. The heart surgeon put his diaphragm back where it belonged and the ortho docs put a rod in his leg and arm while another surgeon was doing I don’t know what. It had to have been an incredibly crowded operating room between doctors, nurses, OR techs and a lot of angels. Second round of surgery was several days later when they took him to the OR to do a tracheotomy, a feeding tube and I don't remember. Third round of surgery was this past Wednesday. Somehow the feeding tube in his stomach got pulled half way out and he had a gallon plus of feedings in his belly. Peritonitis has already set in. The infectious disease doc says the infection in his chest is pseudomonas. Not good. I nursed a young child with pseudomonas following severe burns and when I smelled it coming from our grandson’s chest tube I had to leave the surgical intensive care unit before loosing it. He's still in a coma and his pupils are blown but everyone is doing the “Oh he is doing great” bologna. I believe that somewhere in his mind, Jon knows that he beloved is gone and isn’t going to try to come back to us. They were incredibly close and brought out the best in one another. The officer and DA for the county he lives in discussed things and the DA said he would not be charged, due to the fact that neither of them had drugs nor alcohol in their systems and Jon and Susan were in a long term relationship (3 years). Neither of the kids had ANY alcohol or drugs in their blood. Their drink of choice was Mountain Dew or iced tea. But the judge in the county has over ruled the DA and is charging our grandson with homicide. Supposedly they were not wearing their seat belts, which is why they were flung from the truck. It is not yet the law for seat belts to be used in trucks, but that is getting changed soon. Both of the kids were extremely cautious drivers. You know the ones who go 5 mph under the speed limit and drive you crazy when they are going 50 and everyone else is going 65? Our precious girl’s parents are livid with the judge and have been at the hospital with us a number of times. The flags and orange spray paint outlines of Jon and Susan are still on the road, which her parents and the other grandfather have to pass daily on the way to work. They even have the spot where Susan's dog died marked in orange paint. Our son was able to come here for 2 weeks but had to go back as when the Air Force tells you to get back to work, you get back to work. Our precious daughter in love had to go back Thursday. (They were divorced but Carl and I didn't divorce her as our daughter in love). Her flight home took 25 hours then another hour plus to get from the airport to her home. Would you believe they STILL have not run an EEG? I don't understand it. Maybe the fact that the kid is still covered under his dad's Tricare (military) insurance is why. Hope I’m making sense. Jon is still in the surgical intensive care unit and we’re spending most of our time there, running home during shift change to let the dogs out and feed the animals, shower and change and run back. I can't help but remember that Jonathan was born in that hospital, 20 years ago on August 3, 20 years ago. Heading off to bed. Love to all, Jeanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 So sorry to read of all your family has been going through. You will be in our thoughts and prayers, Jeanne. ~ PT ~ , Jeanne B <treazured wrote: > > Sorry I haven’t e-mailed lately and also sorry that this will be a long e-mail and a bit of a downer. > > In the first week of December, our eldest grandson and his fiancée were in a terrible car accident about a block away from his home. Susan died instantly. Jon had stopped at the stop sign but didn't see a semi coming. Since then we've gone to the site at the same time and the sun would have been right in his eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Jeanne, My thoughts and prayers are with you and the family during this time. I pray that Jon will make a full recovery and they drop the stupid charges against him. Please let us know how Jon is doing every now and then. Healing hugs and prayers, Mindy , Jeanne B <treazured wrote: > > Sorry I haven’t e-mailed lately and also sorry that this will be a long e-mail and a bit of a downer. > > In the first week of December, our eldest grandson and his fiancée were in a terrible car accident about a block away from his home. Susan died instantly. Jon had stopped at the stop sign but didn't see a semi coming. Since then we've gone to the site at the same time and the sun would have been right in his eyes. > > A semi, travelling (supposedly) 45 miles an hour T boned Jon's Ford Ranger, spun it and pushed the Ranger (side ways) 100 yards down the road before stopping. (45 mph my fat backside.) Thankfully, the semi driver is ok. > > They didn't air lift him to the hospital, but sent him to the hospital rescue squad. The ER doc said they figured he'd be DOA. > > He coded in the ER. It was almost 5 hours before the ER doc came out to the waiting room to talk to us, his maternal grandfather, his boss, wife, owner of the fish farm where Jon works and his wife. The doctor was on an adrenalin high and couldn't stop talking how surprised he was that Jon was still alive. They hadn’t cleaned up the ER before bringing us in and it was easy to see just why he has been given a total of 11 units of blood so far. > > If I remember it all, he has bleeding on brain, broken scapula, compound fracture upper right arm, 3 breaks in the upper right leg, 3 broken ribs, collapsed right lung, several lacerations on his liver, ruptured diaphragm, all abdominal organs shoved upwards, unable to breathe on his own, mouthful of broken teeth, right side of his face nothing but a bleeding mess and probably more things, but those are what stayed in my mind. They put him into a drug coma because otherwise the pain would have been unbearable. The ER doctor said he hoped Jon would hold on long enough for his parents to get here from Washington State (father, our son) and Australia (his mom). > > Once he was stable enough to go upstairs, he coded again when they got him in SICU. > > The first round of surgery was preformed by a heart surgeon; oddly enough the same one who did my husband's quadruple heart bypass and 3 other surgeons, orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeon. The heart surgeon put his diaphragm back where it belonged and the ortho docs put a rod in his leg and arm while another surgeon was doing I don’t know what. It had to have been an incredibly crowded operating room between doctors, nurses, OR techs and a lot of angels. > > Second round of surgery was several days later when they took him to the OR to do a tracheotomy, a feeding tube and I don't remember. > > Third round of surgery was this past Wednesday. Somehow the feeding tube in his stomach got pulled half way out and he had a gallon plus of feedings in his belly. Peritonitis has already set in. > > The infectious disease doc says the infection in his chest is pseudomonas. Not good. I nursed a young child with pseudomonas following severe burns and when I smelled it coming from our grandson’s chest tube I had to leave the surgical intensive care unit before loosing it. > > He's still in a coma and his pupils are blown but everyone is doing the “Oh he is doing great†bologna. I believe that somewhere in his mind, Jon knows that he beloved is gone and isn’t going to try to come back to us. They were incredibly close and brought out the best in one another. > > The officer and DA for the county he lives in discussed things and the DA said he would not be charged, due to the fact that neither of them had drugs nor alcohol in their systems and Jon and Susan were in a long term relationship (3 years). Neither of the kids had ANY alcohol or drugs in their blood. Their drink of choice was Mountain Dew or iced tea. > > But the judge in the county has over ruled the DA and is charging our grandson with homicide. Supposedly they were not wearing their seat belts, which is why they were flung from the truck. It is not yet the law for seat belts to be used in trucks, but that is getting changed soon. Both of the kids were extremely cautious drivers. You know the ones who go 5 mph under the speed limit and drive you crazy when they are going 50 and everyone else is going 65? > > Our precious girl’s parents are livid with the judge and have been at the hospital with us a number of times. The flags and orange spray paint outlines of Jon and Susan are still on the road, which her parents and the other grandfather have to pass daily on the way to work. They even have the spot where Susan's dog died marked in orange paint. > > Our son was able to come here for 2 weeks but had to go back as when the Air Force tells you to get back to work, you get back to work. Our precious daughter in love had to go back Thursday. (They were divorced but Carl and I didn't divorce her as our daughter in love). Her flight home took 25 hours then another hour plus to get from the airport to her home. > > Would you believe they STILL have not run an EEG? I don't understand it. Maybe the fact that the kid is still covered under his dad's Tricare (military) insurance is why. > > Hope I’m making sense. Jon is still in the surgical intensive care unit and we’re spending most of our time there, running home during shift change to let the dogs out and feed the animals, shower and change and run back. > > I can't help but remember that Jonathan was born in that hospital, 20 years ago on August 3, 20 years ago. > > Heading off to bed. Love to all, Jeanne > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Jeanne, I am so sorry for the tragic loss of your grandson's fiancee and for his terrible accident and severe injuries! My sympathy and prayers go out for you and your family and for your grandson's late fiancee's family, as well! Thank you for sharing with us--you don't have to feel alone; many friends are here with you in thought and spirit! God's blessings, peace and comfort to you and your family! --Laura B., in Illinois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Dear Jeanne, what a tragic loss for you all. I'm holding your family and friends in prayer. I'll pray for Jon and a complete recovery! Celia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 I'm so sorry for all your troubles at this time, Jeanne. My thoughts are with you and your family. sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Jeanne I am so sorry you are going through this, you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. Gayle In a message dated 1/5/2009 12:01:44 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, treazured writes: Jeanne **************Stay up-to-date on the latest news - from fashion trends to celebrity break-ups and everything in between. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000024) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Jeanne, I am so sorry to hear of this tragic event. I will b praying for all of your family and Susna's family as well. I can imagine that you have all had a " long month.' God bless you. Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 > Jeanne, Waht an awful time for you. I hpoe and pray all will be better in time Sandraxx > ________________________________ > Jeanne B <treazured > Sorry I haven't e-mailed lately and also sorry that this will be a long e-mail and a bit of a downer. > > In the first week of December, our eldest grandson and his fiancée were in a terrible car accident about a block away from his home. Susan died instantly. Jon had stopped at the stop sign but didn't see a semi coming. Since then we've gone to the site at the same time and the sun would have been right in his eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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