
Tianna's tragic accident
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My sister is a single mom of 5 kids. A night that was supposed to be a great night bringing in the New Year ended in a tragic event. My sister and her friend were heading home new years eve night around 3am when her gps had her take a wrong turn. The road she ended up on was pitch black with very little to no light. Not only was it dark it then started to snow and the roads started to get slippery. She had then approached a sharp corner that she didn't see coming until it was to late. It caused her to drive of the road and flip a few times into a pretty steep ditch where it landed flipped upside down. Her and the passenger were trapped in the car for almost three hours without being found. Dispatch had told them that they can not locate them even with them sending pinpoint locations from their phone. Around 5:15am i received a phone call from the lake county dispatch saying that i need to give them the coordinates for tianna because she was lost and they cant find her. I shared the coordinates that it showed me and was told to stay by my phone. I then knew something was wrong and got up and threw some clothes on knowing i need to go out and follow her location to find her. I then received a phone call from my sister and she was very frantic. I still didn't know she was involved in an accident at this time until she started to freak out saying please i need you to come find me i was in an accident and my car is flipped upside down. She couldn't tell me where she was at she just kept crying pleading for me to find her because she didn't want to die like that and said she couldn't breath i then knew i couldn't stop looking for her until i found her. When i arrived to the location my phone took me to an officer was already at the scene waiting for the fire department and paramedics to show up. So by the time they all showed up to the scene it had already been about 3 hours in the freezing cold that she has been trapped in her car where it caused her body to freeze. It then took them over an hour to get her out of the car. She then got airlifted to a Chicago's trauma hospital where she was put in the ICU. She couldn't feel her body or extremities due to being so cold and numb from being trapped in her car for several hours. She ended up having fractured her neck it was her C4. C5, and C6. With her neck being fractured like that it was putting a lot of pressure on her spinal cord. She ended up having a major surgery the next morning where they had removed two of her disc and ended up putting a rod and pins in her neck and her spine. Results from her injuries still has her in a complicated situation. She is able to talk and move her arms up and down but she has lost a lot of motor skills that are needed daily for anyone. She has slight movement in her left leg but has completely lost mobility in her right leg, toes, and hands. She is not able to make a fist or move her fingers at all. She is still in the ICU right now working with therapy 3 times a day to try to get her muscles and everything going to hopefully regain strength in her extremities. She has a very long road to recovery. With her bieng in this situation we are looking for any help to be able to pay her rent and utilities to be able to keep her household maintained for her children. Also trying to get a head because her hospital bill are going to be outrageous after everything she has been through so far and everything that is still to come. Even if its a few dollars anything will be greatly appreciated at this time. Thank you to any one that is willing help in this time of need.
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mercedes zambrana
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Valparaiso, IN