Day +28,29 & 30

Terry is doing GREAT!! His white cell counts are continuing to come up and his platelets count is still at a good level. He did get some Magnesium today and is now getting shots in his stomach of Lovenox and is getting Coumadin to prevent his risk of blood clots. He will continue having to go to the hospital daily for 4 to 5 hours for blood tests, etc. He is eating a little now and his favorite is PBJ sandwiches. I have some tragic news to tell you. We received a phone call at 4am Saturday morning from Rick's baby sister, Susan. They had gotten to a condo in Pensacola about 1:30am and were expecting her son(our nephew)Chris and his wife Danielle and 7 month old granddaughter, Chloe, to arrive around 3am. She received a phone call from Danielle saying she was at the hospital because they had been in a bad wreck. They were 10 minutes from the condo sitting at a red light when they were hit from the rear by a 40 year old drunk driver. It was estimated the driver was traveling about 80 mph. Chris had a concussion, Danielle had a fractured hip and pelvis and their precious little baby girl had a fractured skull and swelling brain. They had put her on a ventilator. We began calling our friends and church family at 5am to start praying, but the baby tested with no brain activity about 12:30pm, and she has gone to live with Jesus. When this news was given, Susan's husband, Mark, had a seizure and fell and cut his head open and was taken to the Trauma Unit to see if he had had a heart attack. When it was determined that he had not, he was released. Susan was going from room to room because they had Chris and Danielle on stretchers and would not let them move because they were afraid they might have spinal injury. Meantime, she kept seeing nurses and doctors running back and forth to baby Chloe's room. She was also going to the room in the Trauma Unit checking on Mark. After he was released, they were standing at the elevator to go see about the others and Mark had another seizure and fell, ripping open the sutures and biting his tongue. They decided to admit him to the hospital and do an MRI. I had to go to the hospital to take care of Mom Saturday but as soon as I got back home we began to pack to go down to Pensacola to be with them. We left about 2pm and our daughter, Traci went with us. I made arrangements for other relatives to see about Mom. They put Chris and Danielle in wheel chairs about 4pm and dressed little Chloe in a cute outfit and brought her in for them to hold before pulling the plug. She "coded" (heart stopped) before they had to make that decision. All that were there got to go into the room to tell her goodbye while she was held in the arms of her Mommy and Daddy. Mark was released Sunday and sent back to Birmingham to get out of the stressful situation. Several family members and friends have been there in the waiting room and their room crying with them and trying to comfort one another and helping make plans to remove all stress and financial burden that we could. Chris has been released and Danielle was supposed to be released today but had an allergic reaction to the pain medication and now her release will be tomorrow. A wonderful friend is using his Company's corporate Jet to bring her home Tuesday morning. Visitation will be 12 to 2pm with funeral at 2pm this Thursday at Heritage Place Church of Christ on Hwy 78 in Irondale. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery in Gardendale. This is the WORST thing Rick and I have ever experienced. This was their only child and Susan's only grandchild. I just don't know how they will cope. We all have a big hole in our hearts. I have been talking to the social worker at the hospital and 2 nursing homes while I was in Florida. Butch and I will go tomorrow morning to have Mom moved by ambulance to the Golden Living/Trussville Nursing Home. The doctor is telling her it is for rehab, but it will also be long term. PLEASE pray for us.