I'm so sorry to hear about your accident, Cynthia. I hope that you and all the other people involved will have a good recovery. Thanks for the reminder about crating the dogs all the time. I needed that. Myra
>From: "Cynthia J. Savoia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [CKCS-L] A Personal Plea >Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 10:18:10 -0400 > >Last week on our way to the Cavalier of the Northeast Fun Match we were in >a serious automobile accident with our vehicle totaled and the 3 occupants >along with the 2 occupants of the other vehicle went to the hospital. I >was in the back seat of our minivan and we had taken the middle seat out >enabling us to put a large wire crate in the middle along with my tack box >and a couple of wire suitcase crates to set up at the venue. The force of >the crash caused me to be thrown forward against the seatbelt causing >contusion to my abdomin wall and caused my legs to go into the wire crate >and the tack box. My one leg pushed the wire crate in about 3/4 of the way >and my other knee pushed the metal tack box in a good 1 inch or more, which >caused injury to my knee. I put aside my pain at the accident to >literally rip apart the wire crate to get the dogs out. With the extra >crates I was able to put them in a crate up on a hill at the side of the >road. I had my mother taken by rescue to the hospital while I waited with >the dogs for my friend's husband to come for the dogs. He then took my >friend, who was a passenger, and me to the hospital to be checked out. We >were there for almost 4 hours and he stayed the whole time and kept >checking on the dogs. I am very fortunate to have friends who not only >dropped everything for us on Saturday, but to then loan us their 3rd >vehicle to drive back to Massachusetts. I will be out of the ring until >my leg heals. I have a personal plea to you all - PLEASE ALWAYS CRATE YOUR >DOGS IN THE CAR!!! If my dogs were not crated they would have been >seriously injured if not killed. Also if possible keep an extra crate in >the car. If I didn't have the extra crate I would have been standing on >the side of the road with the dogs on leashes trying to take care of >everything. So please remember my plea as you never know when you will get >in an accident - we sure weren't expecting to. > >Cynthia Savoia >Spinnaker Cavaliers Myra Savant Gardengate Cavaliers _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
