The Accident

Hello everyone, 

This happened on the 8th of July 2024. Seems like a long time ago now. 

So how is everyone this lovely morning? 

We are fine. But I wanted to post and let you know about my accident.

I love riding my etrike, her name is Autumn, and she is a Liberty Trike, but one must never forget what can happen in the blink of an eye.  All it takes is one second when things are off and your balance is not what it should be or you are just not thinking in the blink of an eye. It is in the blink of an eye that this happened. 

I had been out for a lovely ride down to 310, turned and was started home, got home, and started up our steep driveway which I had ridden before with no problem. The front wheel got caught in the uneven driveway and the handlebar was jerked out of my hand, I reached up and grabbed it and had to have hit the throttle and the little bike turned around and headed down the driveway at an angle. I remember saying a prayer at the top of "drop", Dear God, please help me. I remember nothing until I woke at the hospital.

I went over the edge of our driveway and down about a 40-foot drop to the ditch and road below. My husband was standing on the driveway and saw the whole thing. When he got to me, he said I was unconscious, he went for a phone, and when he returned, I was yelling and moving around, said I could not breathe, and leaned me on my trike which was right beside me at the time. Waited for medics, who then took me to someplace on 310 hwy where a helicopter picked me up and flew me to trauma at Ruby Hospital where I woke up. 

My face was broken up; my nose was broken. My collar bone splintered and broken, 7 ribs were broken all on the left side of my body and my left kneecap was split all the way open and my tendon was removed. My right knee to the inside of the leg had a 3-corner deep tear and was hanging open. My head and neck are still bothering me, and I know it will take a long time to heal. 

All I know is that God protected me and is still helping me heal, I could have broken my neck from that fall or have been killed.

Following is a couple of pics of my accident. More pics will follow on different posts as time goes by. 

8 July 2024

 

The other side of my face

KNOW THIS:  God saved my life and has and still is protecting me from what could have happened. My body has healed so fast even the doctors are set back by how fast my recovery seems to be. I owe it all to GOD. 

On the lighter side of all this, I had started a diet for a few days before this happened, and my husband now calls this my " CRASH DIET ", somewhat painfully, but I have lost around 34 to 38 pounds so far. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

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