Help for Hailey's recovery
My bright, vibrant, beautiful 11 year old was involved in a horrible golf cart accident in which she was ejected from it with such force that it caused 3 pelvic fractures, 3 vertebrae compression fractures, a sacral fracture, and temporary paralysis to the nerve control of her bladder and bowels. We were out of town for my birthday when the accident occurred and she was rushed to the nearest hospital (UVA Culpeper) 40 minutes away. After being admitted to the ER, 22 different X-rays of all different parts of her back, pelvis, ankles, knees, ribs, and neck, she was discharged with road rash and told to take it easy for 2-3 days. That night I had to rush her back to hospital 2 hours later because her ankle bled out, and was told they missed a nicked artery, gel clotted it, pressure wrap, and was discharged again an hour later. We drove home with her in the car for an hour and a half, not knowing what was to come. By 3pm that afternoon, she had not yet been able to urinate on her own, and momma knew something wasn't right. I immediately rushed her to Loudoun hospital where they ran more tests and X-rays, and was given the gut wrenching news of the multitude of fractures she has suffered, and the severity of the situation. We were immediately transported to Fairfax pediatric trauma, and over the next 24 hours and a team of 9 trauma surgeons, she underwent a 10 hour emergency surgery to try to salvage her crushed nerves, and repair the fractures.
It's been a long 6 days y'all.
My sweet girl is pushing through like a true soldier.
She is trying to keep her spirits up, but we know this isn't a short lived recovery. To boot, I will have to temporarily quit my job for the next 3-6 months, as well as my husband is recovering from rotator cuff surgery as of 2 weeks ago, so we are now both unemployed. There is no insurance, and while I know the medical bills for hospital care can wait, there is an enormous amount of financial burden to set up our home as her permanent caregiving facility. I guess I'm just trying to curb the cost (and the stress) of what it's going to take to bring her home to our "new normal." Anything including even just prayers for my little girl are more than enough ❤ Thank you.