Hi, I am writing on behalf of my good friend, Emma. She and I recently got hit by a car while walking on the sidewalk, going 40 mph and faced a traumatic accident on January 7th. I got clipped on the right side of my body and she got hit dead center from behind. She did two rolls onto the hood of the car and smashed her head on the windshield. The car kept moving and ran into a pole, which caused Emma to be propelled twenty feet and land in the road unconscious. I hobbled over to her, picked her up, and placed her on the grass and did what I could to stabilize her while she breathed uncontrollably until reinforcements came over to help. She was taken by ambulance to the ER where they helped her attend to numerous injuries. She currently struggles with a traumatic brain injury, 8 fractures in her skull, face, and foot, a sprained shoulder, swollen knees, road rash scars all on the left side of her body, and some bumps and bruises. She spent two weeks in the hospital while they gave her multiple x-rays and worked hard to help drain her face and figure out medications to minimize her terrible migraines and hallucinations due to the accident.

Since her release, she still has to lay low and has many doctor's appointments to attend, therapy classes, medications to uphold, chiropractor appointments, etc.

On the other side of this, the girl who ran us over tried to run away and got stopped by bystanders until the police came and arrested her. The police went on to find a meth bong in her center console and further investigated. She is an ongoing addict who fell asleep at the wheel when she hit us. She has no insurance and no title on her car. Emma is having to fully pay for her injuries on her own.

It's pained me to sit here and learn these things knowing I almost lost my best friend. I’ve been told by her doctors, “She’s lucky to be alive.” It has truly been an experience her and I have had to endure.

I am writing this to ask from the kindness of my heart for any compassion and help in this time of need. I’ve never done this before or asked for any type of help, but I strongly feel this is the only option to help my friend who’s been there through times of need. She’s a different type of spirit that’s been through a lot and I’m already seeing the outcome of these hospital bills starting to pile up on her. Her family is stressing a lot and I just want to do whatever I can to help! Because I know she would move a mountain for me and anyone else that she cares for. I’m scraped and bruised but I’m healing and I can figure it out. I just want to be able to help her as much as possible. Thank you for finding the time to just read this, it means a lot. Thank you. And bless you.

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