At 10:34 PM 5/2/01 -0500, rob wrote:
>I havent been keeping up with the list for the last few days.
>My niece Brittany was in a bad auto wreck sunday night and she finally died
>tonight.
>
>The two other people in the car with her, the driver and another passenger,
>received concussions and some bruises but were otherwise unharmed. The other
>vehicle hit the car door where my niece sat with so much force that my
>nieces seatbelt was broken, and she was thrown to the floorboard under the
>steering wheel.
>She had severe head trauma and was resuscitated on the scene before
>transport to the hospital.
>
>For the last three days she only had partial brainstem activity. Her heart
>was beating on its own, but she needed a machine to breathe for her. (This
>was enough to tell me she wasnt likely to live, and the hardest thing was
>watching my family cling to false hopes.)
>
>Tonight, the doctors pulled the plug. Her heartbeat slowly wound down, and
>within ten minutes she passed away.
>She was eighteen and about to graduate high school. Her artwork decorated
>the cover of her senior yearbook. She was loved by many people.
>
>The tradgedy of the death of a loved one is difficult, but what is harder is
>the grief of the loved ones left behind. It hurt so much more to see my
>family members hurting as much as they did and for the reasons they did.
>
>Thanks for listening to me.......I really wanted to get some of that out.
I'm sorry to hear of your loss. My thoughts & prayers are with you & your
family.
-- Ronn! :)
