A Prayer request

For those of you who follow my facebook you already know what i am about to say and for those of you who don't this week has been a very difficult week for me and my heart breaks for what i am about to share.


Monday night on my way home about 5:15 (which was late because of Parent/Teacher Conferences) my co-workers and I came upon a terrible accident scene. Earlier I had heard sirens blaring past our school and as i always do i say a short prayer for the people responding as well as for those who need assistance. Well as we approach the scene all I can see is a truck that looked like an accordion and a taco all in one. It was bad...so I prayed again. Needless to say I didn't get home til about 45 minutes later (usually it only takes me about 20-25 minutes to get home) because they re-routed the traffic on the county roads. Anyway Brett had a Cub scout meeting so during the meeting my phone starts vibrating and i didn't check to see who was calling. Well it vibrated again so I decided to answer it. It was a call from my friend Mari Jo telling me that a former student of mine along with his sister, step-mother and step-brother had been involved in the accident and that my former student's step-mother was killed on impact and the children in serious condition and that they were being air lifted to the Children's Hospital in Denver. I was devastated. I got home and let some close friends of mine know the details that I had received and asked them to pray. When I got home a friend of mine who is a trooper with the state patrol called me and gave me some info he felt he could share at the time which wasn't much. Due to next of kin being notified he couldn't really share a lot except to say that the kids were in pretty bad shape he was able to share some of the conditions on the boys but not the little girl. He said it was on of the worst head on collisions that he had seen in a long time.


The next day i kept getting updates but they would change alot and at one time had posted on fb but decided not to post anything more until i was sure all the facts were straight. So here are the facts


Cassandra - killed on impact her son Dante has swelling in his brain and is in an induced coma and will be waking up as soon as the numbers for the ICP (inter-cranial pressure) get closer to the normal number which is below 10. His was above 30 on arrival. Then the doctors will assess for brain damage he also had numerous broken bones, cuts, ect...

Noah, my former student, had plastic surgery on the area surrounding his right eye and the orthopedics team set his right arm. His biggest obstacle right now is his back. His spine was damage in two places, bruising in the thoracic region of the spine and some vertebrae separation in the lumbar region of the spine. Due to one or both of these injuries he currently has no movement or reflexes below the waist, no feeling in his right leg, and very faint feeling in his left leg. the doctors have scheduled him for surgery on Tuesday, November 24th to have four of the vertebrae in the lumbar region fused together, if they don't heal on their own. Right now he has some of the best doctors assessing and working with him with the goal to have Noah regain back some mobility.


Amada has a broken left leg and right arm along with fairly extensive plastic surgery on her forehead and the top of her head as well as on her left leg. She has been sedated since Monday and they will be waking her up soon. Her condition looks great and she should mend fairly well.


Jason will definitely need all of our prayers. Please pray for comfort while he grieves for the loss of his wife; strength and endurance because he has a very long, hard, and difficult road ahead of him. Pray that Dante will come out fine with no brain damage, and for Noah to regain mobility so that he can go back to being the kid who loves to play soccer and loves to ski! Pray that Amada will heal quickly. Also for this family to grieve for the loving wife, mother, daughter, friend they have lost. Last but not least pray for Noah and Amada's mother Kimberly. I know she would appreciate your prayers.


Until next post