We just got back from a whirlwind trip to Nashville to check Gabriel out after he was a passenger in a wreck Friday in Nashville. I was in the middle of a kindergarten screening and got the news that he had been in a wreck. He was a passenger in a car (going to lunch from work) that had the right of way and was going 45 miles per hour when a truck pulled right out in front of them. He remembers the driver of the car he was riding in screaming and the impact (like hitting a brick wall). After that he did not remember getting out of the car, calling work or anything until people were standing around trying to wipe the blood from his face and him thinking he couldn't see he must have lost an eye. That was just the blood from a cut on his nose and the airbag burn along with glass fragments. He was given motrin and a head CT and sent home. By the time we got there Friday evening he was miserable. His chest wall and face were causing some excrutiating pain. We took him back to the ER and he had a chest xray and CT to rule out bleeding and or a break. That was all clear but they gave him something else for pain and we got back to his place around 3:00 am. He is very sore and slow moving..... It really hurts but other than that and his bummed spirits he seems okay. He was so lucky it was not worse. Even though the seatbelt and airbags beat him up a lot they quite possibly saved his life and for that we are so grateful. Hopefully he will not have any long term aches and pains as a result.
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