...in the beginning...of YA...
This is kind of a crazy launching communiqué for Young Adults, because the only thing on my mind right now is Meghan. If you were in church this today you know we had a great morning...Adam Avery preached a great message...people were engaged...presence during communion was wonderful...and then. Some people were speaking with me after service and Meghan came up to see what we were going to do after service. When she was about 10 feet from me I saw that she was kind of daydreaming and when she went to lean on her right crutch it wasn't securely under her arm. In slow motion I watched her fall hoping I could have gotten there sooner to catch her, but I was too late. She hit the floor hard and then began to scream in pain. We knew something bad had happened but we were hoping nothing was broken. Well X-rays revealed our worst nightmare concerning her hip repair. Her femur had completely broken off right at the repair spot, in an ugly fashion. After hours of haggling with trying to get her airlifted to Boston, and then to Syracuse, in the end nothing worked out and they are presently transporting her to Syracuse to see Dr. Katz in the morning. Dr. Katz graduated from Harvard Medical School so she knows Meghan's orthopedic surgeons in Boston and will have access to her file and be in constant communication with them. Please pray for Meghan...that she is able to remain comfortable in transportation since any motion is excruciatingly painful for her. Second, that tomorrow we will have great wisdom in knowing who should perform the surgery to reattach her leg using similar hardware to what she just had removed, and that the surgery will be a huge success.