Thursday, May 24, 2018

GOT HELMETS? Wear your helmets, please but not when golfing

Dr. B. telling me the story
Who is the GEORGIA fan standing next to me? 
We never met yet on December 2,2017 when this photo was taken, it is almost our two-year anniversary, what???!!!! 
Johnny & I never knew his name. 
He never knew ours. 
None of us knew what happened to each other after we met on December 27,2015. 
Still confused? 
"Dr. B." recognized Johnny today (on DECEMBER, 2017) & minutes later Dr. B. & I were reintroduced! 
He related his memory of driving with his son as an SUV went  speeding by them. His son Craig was driving and they both thought that the car was driving way too fast in the neighborhood.

They continued driving until they came upon my sister-in-law standing in the middle of the road with a cell phone in her hand. 
Dr. B. had his son pull over, got out and then saw me lying on the ground, trying to get up.
He came running over whipped his shirt off to use it to stop my head from gushing.
 (Rogue SUV literally ran me, yep, my head and torso over I'd find out weeks later when I woke-up) 

Dr. B. tried holding me down by putting his knees on my chest.

He apologized but I have NO MEMORY of any of it.


Thank you Dr. B.

 As he was trying to keep me still, stop my head from gushing, and once they arrived, encourage the EMTs to get me ASAP to the Trauma I Center at Memorial Hospital. 

The rogue SUV driver returned to the scene he had fled 15 minutes earlier and thankfully avoided injuring anyone else as he jumped the curb at a very high speed again and hit a tree breaking his sternum.
T-H-A-N-K-Y-O-U, Dr. B! 

I really have no words, my knees were weak and I cried. 
Eight operations later.
(6) performed on my FACE by ANOTHER wonderful human with an incredible heart and so much skill, Dr. Carl Pearl, Plastic Surgeon who was on-call that night!
Dr. Carl Pearl & Lydia 2.0. THANK YOU, Dr. Pearl!

We REMAIN UNDAUNTED.
Sticking with the mantra:Refuse to allow circumstances beyond my control to define me or my abilities. 
Hard to smile as we are both emotional 
NOW:Let's get baking a treat for Dr. B & his family!! 

WEAR YOUR BIKE HELMETS, HUMANS! 

Wearing mine gave me the chance to survive. Just saying!!!


Your MIRA-girl,

Lydia 2.0

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