Life Kicks Us Again!

[Medicman71]

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't been on lately but yet again, life decided to kick us in the nuts. On Wednesday the 8th, my mother-in-law fell off a ladder 5 ft onto a concrete floor. She was taken to the wrong hospital (a non-trauma one) where they discovered some of her injuries. She was transferred to the trauma hospital where they found a skull fracture with a head bleed, rib fractures, a compression fracture of her lower spine, a right hip fracture and a left wrist fracture. In the last week she's had surgeries to fix the spine and hip. She's still in ICU but doing 100x better.

Problem is that she took care of her mother (wife's grandmother). So we're now having to take care of her, go to the hospital and work two full times jobs. Oh and my soon to be son-in-law was mugged at gun point the weekend before this. They took his wallet, phone and vehicle. Their only vehicle. So they can't help us at all. So we're going at this alone but we'll get through it, one day at a time. I'd just like to have one year where nothing major happens.

[LyleW]

Wow! That must have been some fall! Quite the laundry list of injuries. Wish I were closer to help out! Good that the MIL is progressing. Glad the “SIL-to be” wasn’t hurt. Belongings can be replaced but, you guys know that.

[Gary Brantley]

I'm sorry to hear this Mike. Sometimes the hits just keep on comin'. Hang in there brother!

[Medicman71]

Thanks guys! I'm actually the one that holds it together the best. A life in EMS will do that for you.

[Stikpusher]

It never rains, but when it does, it pours. I’m sorry to hear about the bad juju hitting your family right now. Hang in there buddy!!! Sent best wishes for your MIL to have a speedy and complete recovery. And happy hunting to the local law dogs on catching the criminals who did their deeds. Hopefully with an excuse to use lethal force. They sound armed and dangerous to me…

[mostrich]

Don't know what to write, Mike. I'm just glad that she's doing better already and that she has a son-in-law that knows his stuff and how to handle tough situations.
All I can do is to wish you and your family all the best and the mental strength that is needed in the months to come.

[speedgraflex]

Mike! Brother, so sorry to learn the news. Hang in there.

[Medicman71]

Thanks guys! You know the saying, "a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing"? Well that applies to here. Me and to some degree my wife, know exactly what's going on. So I'm able to tell my MIL things in non-medical terms.

And I'm with you Stik. They find the bastards that robbed my SIL, I say the use of "excessive force" is authorized.

[LyleW]

And I'm with you Stik. They find the bastards that robbed my SIL, I say the use of "excessive force" is authorized.

Road trip!

[Stikpusher]

Ya know, when I went to the academy, the law said that “necessary force” was that needed to “effect the arrest, overcome resistance, or prevent escape”. I think that the last two clauses cover most situations. If the cop has probable cause to put handcuffs on someone and they go into fight or flight mode, they choose to have force used upon them. Just sayin…