All The Small Things

May 3, 2006 at 15:06 o\clock

Accident gives some perspective

by: Sassy1

Mood: Sombre

A friend of mine went sailing off the road a couple of days ago. A serious accident that I've only just heard about. They think he crashed at about midnight, but wasn't found until 7am.

He's a good guy.

To be honest, it floored me. This person, a good, honest, friendly person, is right this moment lying in a hospital bed in Intensive Care. Last Friday, we were chatting in the diner, talking 'bout his poddy's, and on Saturday, he could have died.

It frightens me. I'm frightened for him.

I know that you don't know him, but believe me, he's a good person. He's always polite, he'll always stop and have a chat to you, he's got a very gentle sense of humour, and he's just... nice. I don't think he has a vindictive bone in his entire body. He's one of those people that you trust, as soon as you meet them.

Late last year, around Christmas time, my phone rang at 3am. This guy had a party going at his house, and someone there had my number and thought it would be a good idea to see what I was up to.

The other person dialled my number, and threw my friend the phone as I answered. He was obviously drunk - but you know, he was still an absolute gentleman. We had a very civilised conversation, he apologised for waking me, and that was that. Mostly, it would bug the hell out of me if someone did that. But the way he was, it didn't bother me at all. That's the sort of guy he is. It's just nice to see him, he's such easy, pleasant company.

Apparently he has some pretty horrific injuries, they aren't allowing visitors. I don't know any more than that, but I guess he's probably not doing that great if he's still in intensive care.

My first reaction when someone is in trouble is to go help them. There is nothing that I can do for my friend, other than pray, and that isn't something that I've had a lot of practice at lately.

So anyone who's reading this, if you have faith, could you please send up a prayer for my friend? He doesn't deserve this. No-one does.

Comments for this entry:

  1. quoteDiddums wrote at May 3, 2006 at 20:29 o\clock:Oh no, what a thing :-(. I hope he will make as complete a recovery as possible. Thinking of your friend...
  2. quoteSponky wrote at May 4, 2006 at 02:03 o\clock:Oh thats terrible to hear!! It just goes to show how precioius and fragile life is.



    Will be thinking of him. :(
  3. quoteSassy1 wrote at May 4, 2006 at 15:57 o\clock:Good news today, I spoke to the family and he\'s been moved out into a ward. He\'s still only allowed visitors for like 10 minutes at a time, but at least he\'s not as bad as he was. Thankyou for your thoughts.



    What does one take when visiting a 25 year old man in hospital?? Flowers just seem a bit wrong, I\'m thinking maybe some bike mags, maybe a copy of Ralph. What do you think?
  4. quoteDiddums wrote at May 4, 2006 at 17:27 o\clock:I don\'t know what Ralph is but the bike mags sound good - unless everybody brings them! Crosswords? Something he could always resort to when he\'s finished reading.
  5. quoteSponky wrote at May 5, 2006 at 02:09 o\clock:Take Strippers. He\'ll thank you.
  6. quoteSassy1 wrote at May 5, 2006 at 15:23 o\clock:Strippers Sponky? Might be a bit hard to store, doubt they\'d fit into the little bedside cupboards that they have!



    I\'m off to visit tomorrow, and I have decided on the bike mags. Thanks for the suggestion Diddums - I\'ll throw in a crossword book if I can find one too. And so-you-know-for-next-time, Ralph is like the male equivalent of Cleo or Cosmo, but with more naked people. Particularly of the female variety.
  7. quoteDiddums wrote at May 6, 2006 at 00:45 o\clock:Oh, and don\'t forget a teddy bear - some come in mini skirts and leather jackets, heh :-).

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