Thoughts & Prayers For My Dad

Got a call from my sister about my dad. Apparently he had a fall and got ran over by a 18 wheeler. He is in the UAB hostpital and is being analyzed. The only thing I know is that it shattered his hip. Me and my sister are driving down there tomorrow morning. Please keep my dad in your thoughts & prayers. I will update as soon as I know anything else.

I am sorry to hear this and I will keep you and your dad in my thoughts , brutha

Wow! Keep a positive vibe in your head and give him encouragement when you see him to keep his spirits up.

Sorry to hear about your dad. Hopefully he'll be OK.

Damn, how in the he'll did that happen? I hope he'll be ok.

Damn, that sucks. I hope he'll be alright.

Sorry to hear that DB... I hope he'll be ok.

Like the others have said, I'm really sorry to hear about this, Dallas - I really hope your dad is okay!

Sorry to hear. Hopefully everything is ok. Let us know.

Damn, that's terrible... Godspeed, man. I sincerely hope everything's ok. ='( Keep us updated.

Wow, that sucks, DB. Hope everything works out.

Sorry to hear DB.My thoughts go out to you and your family

WHAT?!?!?!?!? An 18 wheeler?!? I hope that he gets better! I'll be pulling for you all!

So soory to hear this, DB! Hope for a speedy recovery.

Thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family. I hope he has a quick recovery.

Wow - sorry to hear that! Prayers to your Dad

Best wishes for a full & speedy recovery.

Your dad and your family are in my thoughts. I hope he recovers quickly.

Sorry to hear, hope he recovers quickly!

Yikes! Prayers out!

Hope he recovers, sir.

Sure thing, man.

This is the story so far. He fell while trying to get into his truck and that's when he got ran over. He broke both tibulas and his pelvis and it blew open his right calf. They had trouble getting him sedated because his blood pressure was too unstable and decided to clean the wounds. Unfortunatly, his calf muscles were too far gone and poisoning his body so they had to amputate his right leg at the knee. Because his blood pressure was still unstable they have not finished closing the area. They are keeping him heavily sedated but have to wake him every four hours. My sister is not happy with that and after seeing him wake for a few seconds and seeing the look in his eyes I'm agreeing with her. So far we're both holding up fairly well, but my sister suspects we're still in shock about the whole thing. The thing right now is getting his blood pressure at a safe level for the rest of surgery and if he makes it through at least two more surgereys (sic). We will stay around probably through the weekend to see if there is any change, get his stuff from the truck, and try to figure out the best course of action.

The driver that ran him over never stopped and there is supposed to be a criminal investigation. However, the investigator is close to giving up because there was no cameras in that area and too many conflicting witness stories. My sister is going to have a talk with him and let him know this is unacceptable and hopefully get the ball rolling. His company is taking care of all bills and will continue to send in his paychecks (Worker's Comp) so there will be no financial strain on us (we are all pretty low on money).

Right now we're just hoping for him to become stable and making it through this. There is also worry about how he will react to the amputation but that is secondary right now.

I'm going to have to stop now or I might just loose it. Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers and I will keep in touch (if our next hotel has wi-fi, the one for tonight is hight priced-Holiday Inn-and we're on a budget.

Hope he recovers quickly.

Wow tough to read that DB. Hang in there. Hope you guys are able to track down that driver. Maybe get in touch with the local news and see if they can get a story out. Maybe someone will know. Good luck