{"id":5575,"date":"2015-03-19T16:43:12","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T22:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=5575"},"modified":"2015-03-31T23:22:27","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T05:22:27","slug":"in-a-car-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=5575","title":{"rendered":"In a Car Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hospital<\/p>\n

It only takes 3 seconds.<\/p>\n

I shouldn\u2019t be here, at least not according to the EMTs, police, or the doctors. That’s why I was missing in action here on Colourful Palate for over a month, I’ve been in recovering from a car accident.<\/p>\n

About a month ago, I had an early shift at work and once finished, I started packing to go see my family for a couple days.<\/p>\n

Only 30 minutes away from home, I woke up to discover I was in a real nightmare. Only 3 seconds of sleep and I was heading into the ditch. In the only 3 seconds I actually remember, I over-corrected and screamed for Jesus to save me. I saw myself straddling the lines on the highway and then nothing.<\/p>\n

The whole of my rescue, or the next two days for that matter, I was awake for, but I can\u2019t recollect a thing. I guess shock does that.<\/p>\n

The highways weren\u2019t busy that day, but one man driving the opposite way saw it happen. I\u2019m thankful. The ditch was deep and they said I could\u2019ve been there for hours without anyone finding me.<\/p>\n

After I over-corrected, my car went flying into the right ditch, hit rocks, flipped over and hit a concrete casing surrounding a nine foot culvert going 110 kilometers. The back of my car scrunched like an accordion and the car flipped onto the drivers side. The airbags never went off. I was trapped in my car for 45 minutes until they could pull me out with the jaws of life.<\/p>\n

\"Car<\/p>\n

\"IMG_3435<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know how people found out so quickly, but I had barely reached the hospital before many people were praying for me and in the waiting room. Humbling\u2026every prayer is precious. And God hears.<\/p>\n

I was sent to the hospital where a trauma team worked on me. Miraculously, which I don\u2019t say lightly\u2026my injuries were only from my neck up. A fractured skull, bleeding on the second layer of tissue around the brain, a fractured cheek bone, and a fractured bone near the temple.<\/p>\n

Every window in the car was shattered and yet; I only had a couple scratches on my wrist, one small scrape on my face, and a gash on the top of my head. It doesn\u2019t even make sense. There was a terrific amount of blood from a cut on my head and my nose, but they weren\u2019t severe.<\/p>\n

The first week at the hospital I had pneumonia and cerebral spinal fluid leakage coming out of my nose and ears. CSF leakage is very serious, but see\u2026after Jesus has saved your life, He really doesn\u2019t see that stuff as a problem. Maybe I\u2019m not the anxious type\u2026but I never worried once. I just knew God had me.<\/p>\n

\"Hospital<\/p>\n

Through all of this, I\u2019m reminded that God will keep us from death until we finish what\u2019s He\u2019s created us to do. If our hearts are His, we have nothing to ever be afraid of because there is no higher power than the Lord Jesus Christ. Let\u2019s not allow any fear to cripple our trust or put us on pause from fighting for truth. Let\u2019s not let the shortness of life cause us to pursue selfish happy endings but to show the world what His love actually looks like. Let\u2019s not sweat over small things or hold onto our right to feel hurt and pity ourselves. We\u2019re alive. If we trust God and live by His definition of love, nothing can touch us.<\/p>\n

\"Parents<\/p>\n

(my parents and I<\/em> on the day I went home<\/em>)<\/p>\n

I’m recovering at home now (and have been for the past month), and am finally at the point where I can use my computer , so I’ll be blogging regularly again…and probably sharing my health journey as I recover. Thank you all for the love!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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