The Accident

Will it really be a week tomorrow since our world changed?

We've had so many people asking what happened and I know I would be asking the same thing so here is what we now know:

Jason was due in to work at 8 a.m. on Tuesday morning.  Since it was pouring rain out he left early to give himself extra time.  He was traveling North on the highway about 1/2 way to work when it looks like he hydro planed, and the passenger side of his car slammed into the end of a guard rail.  Unfortunately, unlike some guard rails which have their ends buried in the ground, this one ended above the ground and went through the car pushing the passenger side of the car into Jason.  The roof collapsed around him and the car ended up partly in the South bound lanes.  And this is where the miracles begin, (aside from it being the passenger side and not drivers side that went into the rail).
A policeman, who happened to be making a U turn from North bound to South bound saw the car within seconds of the accident and was calling for help immediately.  When he got to Jason the rest of the car was soaking wet but Jason was still dry.

Though the entire car was destroyed Jason's seat was not. He does have a gash across his forehead where the roof collapsed but it collapsed around him.
The accident happened within minutes of one of the best Neuro Trauma Centers all over.  There is no doubt if he hadn't been he would have had to have been flown to one and lost precious time. In the emergency room he was treated by very experienced trauma doctors and nurses.

Because they had to cut him out of the car and then had to find who to call it was almost 45 minutes after the accident until Carolin received a call that he had been in a "fender bender".   She sensed it was more than that because Jason himself didn't call.
Thank goodness her father drove her because when they arrived she was faced with a lot of commotion and information.

At that point we were in the middle of our two week vacation in Maine.  We got the phone call from Carolin just after 9 a.m. that Jason had been in a serious car accident and was in critical condition and to hurry to Lancaster.  It was excruciating to know we had an 8-10 hr drive to get to Jason.  I can't even imagine how Carolin got through those hours.  She had forgotten we were in Maine and after 3 hours and we hadn't arrived called us.  It was everyone's worst nightmare.  Along the way we did get updates - he had brain damage and was going into surgery...he had multiple broken bones and a broken jaw...all sorts of bits and pieces as they were being told to Carolin and not all true once he was assessed.

I had written in my first blog post about his injuries and though there are many he does not have a broken jaw and did not need brain surgery or orthopedic surgery.

There was an article and pictures of the car in the local paper if anyone wants to look. 

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/713811_One-hurt-in-Providence-Township-wreck.html

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/714519_Police-ID-man-hurt-in-Providence-Township-wreck.html

I did finally see the pictures last night and it is both horrifying and unbelievable to see the true miracle of how he could have survived.

Again your prayers surround him and keep them happening - please don't forget to keep him in your thoughts as often as possible.  I keep imagining you all cradling him up.

Love to all of you and hopefully I can report even more good news by this evening!