This Week's Event

On Wednesday afternoon, my husband's cousin's 19-year-old son was in an horrific car accident. It seems he may have lost control of his car and he was traveling too fast, according to witnesses and his car hit the median and flipped over the guard wire stretched between the east and westbound sides of the highway. He was ejected, which probably saved his life, but his car went on into oncoming traffic and hit one vehicle head-on and that caused a chain reaction involving another car and a semi. Two drivers were taken to hospitals by ambulance. My husband's cousin's son was taken by helicopter to the main trauma unit in our area in critical condition.

During the night, he had surgery to set his broken arm and broken leg. Yesterday, he was in surgery for about six hours to fuse a crushed vertebra. His face is so swollen and bruised that a complete evaluation cannot be completed yet, but it is the belief of the doctors that he has broken all of his facial bones (there are 12 of those), yet miraculously, it appears he has no head injuries. He was conscious in the helicopter, but has been sedated since then.

Obviously, God has a plan for this young man. We don't know what it is except that the immediate future includes up to six months of rehabilitation. I suppose that will give him a lot of time to contemplate where he is going with his life. He's a nice guy. He's responsible and self-supporting, at least he was. His parents will be moving him back home from his apartment in the next few days because he will not be able to work for such a long time.

Your prayers for this young man and his family are greatly appreciated. God bless you and keep you safe.