Let's do a Skype thingy this weekend. Maybe you and Noelle can trade sore neck stories. Noelle will only be busy 9:15am PST to 11:30am PST. We should be available all other waking hours. > From: Bhavani <http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl> > Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:06:16 -0500 > > Dear relatives, friends...- > I wanted to inform you that I was in a car accident and survived nicely > yesterday. The other vehicle approached quickly- it did not stop at a > stop sign or blinking red light. The crash totaled my red van, but the > elderly women in the other vehicle flipped over and slide on the road. > The driver?s side of her van was face up with an open window -thankfully > as the doors were completely unyielding. I was fortunate to be able to > unwrap her seat belt which was twisted around her neck. The Fed-Ex man( > who was absolutely wonderful) also retrieved a knife so as to cut the > rest of her seat belt so she could be freed up. We then lifted her up > out the window. She was bleeding for her hands and complained that she > might possibly have had a broken arm and or shoulder. > > I was taken to the hospital to be X-ray and checked out . My neck did > not sustain any breaks or fractures, but the muscles were painful and I > was told that I could have pain for several days with soreness after the > impact. > > It seems that my van was hit in three places- front, passenger side and > the rear passenger side. I am undeniably lucky. I got the other elderly > women?s blood on my clothing and will be laundering the bloody mess. > > PS The chemical explosion which inflated and deployed the airbag > produces smoke -quite a lot of smoke. Seeing smoke filling my van > after a collision obviously was quite worrying and created some fear and > panic that the car was about to catch on fire. > > In love, > Bhavani > > ~Bhavani > Bhavani http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl > > my-parents's-New-Hampshire-phone-number > Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.