posted October 21, 2001 01:42 AM         

Dani's sister Colleen had a terrible accident at the rink tonight
She was skating and fell back and hit her head and has a serious head injury

Dani (BirdSong) is at the hospital's ER right now and couldn't log on to her computer, but hoped to get a prayer/white light thread going for Colleen as soon as possible, cuz she could really use it right now.

Dani loves this site and knows that you are all the wonderful and compassionate kind of people that can really make a difference for her sister....
so please if you could take a moment and visualize some healing light for her,
it would be greatly appreciated.

We will keep you all posted as to how she is doing and thanks so much for caring.

posted October 21, 2001 02:32 AM         

((((((White Light))))))

posted October 21, 2001 04:12 PM         

God bless man! I hope all turns out well.

posted October 21, 2001 10:46 PM         

ThankyOu all very much for your prayers and gOOd wishes.

Colleen is at home now...she will be seen again tomorrow morning.

She was skating backwards...doing an 'outside edge' which means she was leaning back into a one footed turn...when her skate...the only one on the floor...hit a bobby pin.

It stopped her skate completely...and Colleen was moving along a pretty fast clip...so that sent her airborne backwards...and she landed about 5 or 6 feet behind where she hit the bobby pin.

She landed on the back of her head first...then her neck...then her shoulders..then a body slam down.

We have grown up in this business...and both of us have skated all our lives...and I have never...NEVER seen a fall that bad.

She was out.

I was so scared...because she looked like she was dead...I had to look for her breathing...and then I was untangling her legs and arms and hair.

We know from experience that this kind of fall...often can not be prevented...because once you are going...you're gone...there's no catching yourself.

I have seen heart attacks and seizures...and all sorts of broken bones...that limped out ...walked out ...or were transported out....but I have never seen a fall like this.
I thought she was dead...it was awful...when she started coming to...she did not know who I was......

I felt down her neck and spine...and could not feel any protruding bones.....but I was still scared to move her.

When she came to..Steve (thats Colleens husband) and I got her skates off her and got her upright......I had to get her off the skating floor.

We got her on ice...and I checked her vitals and pupils...and called the Dr....got Steve and Coll out the door...then called emergency to tell them she was on the way.

I still had a rink full of people to care for and entertain...so I had to finish that before I could leave.
it's scary for the customers...when you see the instructor and owner go down like that...and they were all watching me very closely to see if I was freaked out...so I had to stay so calm...calm calm calm

It must have been a night for accidents...tho' because less than 10 min later...I sent a grown man to another emergency room for stitches....he went down on his face and split his chin an inch across!

I don't know about the guys chart...but I do know Uranus is sitting on my sisters Sun right now.

She has a bad concussion..and will be off her wheels for a while...which is not great timing at all because she has scout classes to teach in the next few weeks...I do not know what we are going to do...but I know we will get thru somehow.
The next 48 hours are critical...so around 10:00 pm EDT monday night...we should be past the danger point

Her jaw is slightly dislocated....and she has whiplash to say the least...the whole back of her head is purple.....

We had cleaned the floors right before that session...so the pin must have fallen out of someones hair while they were skating...I never paid so much attention to hairstyles in my life!

Believe it or not...I am glad it was Colleen that took the fall and not someone else...another less proficient skater would have easily died.

Colleen does not fall often...but when she goes...she does hum dingers...and this was the worst I have ever seen.

We know a lady who went down this same way in Stousburg PA at skating school...and she is permanently disabled from it...that lady went down on a cement floor....Colleen survived because our floors are maple.

Another customer who was at the far corner of the floor when Colleen hit, said that the floor vibrated when Colleen's head hit it.
Which is good because it shows the floor does what it was designed to do...and that is cushion you and give way...when a body hits it.

It was truly horrible...and I hope nothing like that ever happens again!

Lisa! Bless you for starting this thread for me.... guys...I called her house from my job...and talked to her husband...and even tho' he did not know what 'White Light' is...he was so sweet and nice and promised to get the message to her right away...and she got right on-line as soon as she got home from work...Bless her !

Keep it up!...and add any messages you like to Colleen as I will forward this thread to her...she's very touched that you all would care so much

Ghost... her last name is Carpenter....thankyou sweetie

much to you all,

Dani

posted October 21, 2001 11:31 PM         

Also...when she is better (when not if)...ask her what her HIGHER SELF wanted to talk to her about? It must have been both urgent and important as accidents that result in black outs are usually such messages. I guess her HIGHER SELF had to get to her fast.

ALso, I just noticed and almost edited it, but something said no..
I was going to do a rainbow angel rainbow smilie...and really thought I did, but it is a rainbow angel angel smilie....hummmm

My best to her...and to you. Once you get time to rest and all this sets in...you are going to need some LIGHT too.....

posted October 22, 2001 02:40 AM         

Thanks to all you precious Angels for praying!

And Colleen, (for when you read this ), no more backward skating for you, girl!!! It is prohibitly forbidden from now on, ya here! Eyes up front! haha You scared your poor sister to death! (and me too!)
Glad you're doing ok...love and big (((hugs)) for you!! And all the best for a swift healing!

posted October 22, 2001 07:59 AM         

So here's my love and support, and I been bumped pretty bad on my head too and I made it okay! So don't lose hope, get well soon, and win the Olympic skaiting gold medal! Or anything else you want. Carpe diem, my friends, and to thine own self be true.

And I agree, eyes forward from now on! Or at least watch out where you may be going, to avoid hitting anything in the future.

I can't stress enough, I know how scary it is for this kind of thing to happen, firsthand, but you'll all pull through, I can just feel it. Good luck, and my thoughts and prayers go out to you all!

posted October 22, 2001 11:27 PM         

Todays visit to the Dr. also showed 2 cracked ribs and a hairline jawbone fracture...so for a while she cannot do this: and YIVY...yOu knOw ...you're right...I am having some kind of delayed reaction to this myself......a big fatigue....and I feel a little

Thankyou all for being there for us.....

posted February 20, 2002 02:18 AM         

SSSSSSSSSTILLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

WAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITINNNNNNNG

VERY PAAAAAAAAAAAAATIENTLY

posted March 01, 2002 11:27 PM         

Spiritua has the patience of a 'saint'....and is uncanny in drawing 'lost puppies' back home