Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Accident

This is my cousin Clarissa (the one that is a hairstylist) and her husband Brad. I love this couple. Brad reminds me a lot of Francisco and he makes me laugh. Clarissa is someone you can't ever find another like her...she has spunk...so to say. She's good at what she does and they are both young with dreams and passions.

Sunday night they were involved in a head on collision just a mile from their home. The ambulance arrived in 40 seconds only because it was headed to another accident. They came upon them and put Brad in the ambulance while air lifting Clarissa to University Hospitals. There she was operated on twice before 8am Monday morning to try and stop internal bleeding. She was intubated and sent to the SICU (surgical intensive care unit) where she remains. Brad is very sore and swollen and both of his knees were hit pretty bad, but they are releasing him today. Clarissa on the other hand has a lot of recovering to do. Yesterday she was signing and today she is writing. I know she is going to pull through. Please pray. Pray for her and Brad. Pray for Clarissa's parents (Mark and Missy) and pray for Brad's parents (Brian and Michelle). Pray for glory to be brought to Jesus's name. And please pray for full recovery for her and Brad and pray for Brad to not have any guilt about what has happened. If the ambulance had not been there within 40 seconds Clarissa would probably not be here today because of all the internal bleeding. Either way the Lord remains faithful and good. Right now the Lord is showing his strength through Clarissa. He has made her uniquely and beautifully and through all this I already am seeing her shine:) We love you Clarissa and Brad. Hugs and Kisses to you both.

2 comments:

jamie said...

gosh megs- i'm glad i checked your blog- praying for them! let me know if i can do anything to help- sorry about not getting to watch big G on monday- a friend flew in from Virginia. i talked to fransico for a few seconds on your cell that morning!
love ya

Meghan said...

Hey James-Thanks for praying for them. Clarissa is coming a long way. She might be able to enter into rehab this coming week which is a miracle. Don't worry about Monday Francisco ended up not having to go into work so it worked out. Francisco did tell me he talked to you I just haven't gotten a chance to call you because we have been up at the hospital. I will get ahold of you sometime soon! Love ya!