Smile4me-4ever...

The day was Saturday, January 24th. My day was set, I had to work and the family was coming to celebrate Chris's 18th birthday. My Mom, Sister, Tom, Maria, Tommy and the girls, Jason, Jammie, Chris, Duane and myself were set to start our party at 5:30ish. I get home, start slicing carrots into the salad and my cell phone rings. I had just cut my finger and looked down to see a number I didn't recognize. I wasn't going to answer it, but for many reasons I have to. So I pick up the phone.

Hello, this is Tammy. I hear a lady say "Tammy" I answered "Yes" She said "I am calling for Jason" I said "Excuse me?" I wasn't sure if I heard her correctly and that mean she was with my son, that's not usually a good thing. She responded "I am here with Jason and he has been involved in a car accident, but he's okay" I said "Are you kidding me, he's okay thought, he's not hurt? I am on my way!" She then said "Yes, he is okay, has a bump on his head but he's standing right here, he asked me to call you. We are right outside of your community, he was turning in to come home" I said "Okay, tell him I am on my way, leaving out the door now" she said "Tammy" I said "Yes". She then said "He is okay and the ambulance is here so he's okay, I'll tell him your on your way" I said "Thank you so much". I don't think I will forget that phone call for along time. I did get to meet the nice lady and thank her, but I never got her name  She was a big help for both of us  

So, I pull up. I see a fire truck, 2 ambulances and several police men. Traffic was stopped both ways. I could feel my heart beating out of my chest, it was just a blurr for several moments. I needed to get across that street. I was in my jammie short pants, I had a coat on but I was way under dressed for the weather. LOL Duane who can't be out in the weather much at all, esp when it's that cold. Had to wait in the van, I told him I would call him over if I needed him but he had to stay warm. Duane pointed Jason out to me and I ran across the street. I ran up to Jason, immediately he said "Mom, I am okay just my head hit the rear window" I said "Your okay, you bleeding?" He showed me his blood covered hand. He then teared up a bit and I gave him a hug "Your ganna be okay" I said. He said "My truck is f'd, it's done" I said, "It may be but just remember your alright, that's what's important" He said, "Yeah, I know, but it is f'd up" He then went on to explain to me the damage and yes, it's f'd up.  

After our brief talk, I realize that we are standing next to the other car. In fact, when I first got to Jason, I seen other people standing there. 2 babies, one from the accident and one from a witness. I asked if all was okay and other then minor injuries  they too were okay. The baby was unharmed, just scared. Anyways, I was looking at the damage this other car had. Jason's truck which sat up a bit due to bigger tires (that he just bought friday, the day before this accident. almost 400 bucks for 2, added to Jason's pain.) so the truck sitting up caused most of the damage to the axle and bed of the truck. This car which seemed like a talon, mitsubishi type car, low was totalled in front, windshield cracked, it was mangled. So looking at all of this, gosh, there could of been fatalities on both ends. They could of went into oncoming traffic, it could of been a mess. As I am thinking that, up walks the officer to talk to the driver of this car.

The officer says, "can I have your license and registration". The guy says, "Well, I just got the car today. The plates on the car are the previous owners. I don't have insurance on it yet." The officer then responds, "Can I see your driver's license" The guy says, "Officer, I don't have a driver's license" He says to him "You don't have it on you?" The guy says, "No, I am not suppose to be driving." I said, "You got to be fuckin kidding me!!!!" The officer then raises his hand to hush me and another officer then starts talking to us and I didn't get to hear more or say more. Prolly a good thing! LOL!

So at this point, the officer gives Jas his ID stuff back and sends him over to the ambulance to get checked out. This whole time, noone knows where or what has happened. I kept worrying that they are going to get to our house and not know where we are or what happened. I also figured they could be stuck in this traffic. I was worried Jas was going to have to go to hospital, all that good stuff. I knew he wasn't dire but he may need to be seen to make sure. We have a birthday party, how can this be happening. He gets into an accident, he's hurt, his truck is toast, his brother's birthday is about to start and here we are with Jason. He mention to many people, I think all he met, that he's suppose to be eating cake, not dealing with this bullshit.

So they determine that Jas needs to have X'rays as a precautionary thing. He didn't want to go in the ambulance, he asked if I could take him myself. They said yes, but made sure I was going to do that and how important it was that he be seen. I had no problem with that, not what any of us 'wanted' to do but was what had to be done. I really thought he would of wanted them to take him over for a few. That's kind of 'exciting' esp when your not really hurt LOL Just thought it would be something Jas might wanna do LOL Maybe he would of but really he just wanted to go home and poo LOL He said at one pt something about pooping your pants when you get into a car accident. Thank God he didn't do that LOL

So, we head over to the hospital. It was myself, Jas and Mom. I really wanted her to go with me. Mostly for my own reasons. My Mom has always shared these times with me and I know Jas wants her there too. So we walk in the hospital, I go up to the counter and tell the lady. My son was involved in a car accident, he was seen by an EMS tech and they advised he come to hospital. He also told me to tell you, he was hit from behind at 45 m.p.h. As I went to point to Jas, he wasn't there. Then I realized, there's vending machines!!! Oh Jesus, him and vending machines. So I said to the lady, I am sorry, he's really not hurt bad as you can see, he just loves vending machines LOL So here comes Jason around the corner with my Mom. Holds up a milky way, smiles real big and says "I just wanted to make sure you guys really knew I was okay. My regular ole self " so we all laughed, then we went back to the ER.

So, the lady asks Jason what happened. He takes a deep breathe and says, (ganna try to be as close to what he said as I can) "Well, I was stopped outside the community that I live in. Waiting to turn. I look up in my rear view mirror and I say to myself, 'is he going to stop?'  Nope, he's not ganna stop as he slammed into me 45 m.p.h. I had my turn signal on, my foot on the brake and I just held on. When he hit me, I went way forward, then came back, my seat busted and my head went through the back window. I have a 95 chevy s-10 4x4 EXTENDED cab pick up and my head went through the back window he hit me so hard. At least I think that's what happened. I have a gash in the back of my  head and my back window was knocked out and I remember glass flying. So that's what happened. Now my truck is gone, just done. Christine is gone! (he named her that) This is my 3rd time getting hit, none my fault. I just got this truck Dec. 4th. Got into my first accident Dec. 11th. Got backed into Dec. 22nd. Now Jan. 24th it's gone, I've only had it that long and been hit 3 times. My mom told me it happens in 3's, but I had 2 accidents and my dad had one, so I thought that was my 3. No I guess not, this one is my 3 and now it's over. This was the story he told every person he seen. A few adlibs here and there, many more commical moments.

So, he told all this to....the first lady, the one who takes his insurance information, then to the next lady who took his temp and blood pressure. Then to the attending nurse and then to the doctor. I don't think I have laughed so much in a very long time. He was so comical, had good spirits even though his heart was broken.  That's my boy!! I was so proud of him and how he took all of this. He asked himself alot of questions about what he could of done differently, he realized he did everything he could possibly do and he did it right. He realizes how bad this could of gotten, he realizes that it is just a truck. Even though he loved it, it was his first one and it's gone. I think he realized alot that night. Good things, things that make a mother proud and things that help remind you he's ganna be okay. God I just love that kid! So here are a few moments that will forever ring in my head, you may of had to been there to appreciate them, but they were fun for us.

The nurse had come in to check his blood pressure and temp. He had no temp and his blood pressure was a little elivated but not alarmingly after what he had been through. So the nurse tells me that and Jason says, "WoW, my blood pressures high, I can't imagine why??? Oh I know, maybe because I just got hit by a jerk who totaled my truck. Yeah, I think my blood pressure should be high!" You have to know Jason to appreciate how funny that really is, he comes up with some crazy shit but it's how he says it that's so f unny. Very animated! LOL!

So this lady gets all done and she says okay it will be a few minutes then they will take you to a room so you can see the dr. She leaves and Jason gets out his milky way and starts eating it. The lady who took his ID comes back in with a surprised look and says "Oh NO! Your not eating are you?"  Jason looks at here with a dumb founded look on his face and says "What now I can't eat??" I said, "Is he not suppose to eat?" She says, "No, no, not until we make sure nothing is wrong." Jas starts folding up his candy bar and says "Wow, this sucks. I can't eat, my truck is totalled cuz someoneeeee hit me!! I am suppose to be at home having my brothers 18th!! Birthday party and I am suppose to be eating cake!!" We all laughed again and Jas felt the pain LOL

We get taken to where he will be seen by the Dr. and they lay the bed totally flat. She says to Jason " I need you to lay down til the doctor see's you" He said, pointing to the bed, "Just like that, flat?" She said "Yes, please" He says, "Okay, guess I can't even sit up now!, this sucks, etc....." another little run down of today's events LOL Positive humor for a very bad day, it was good for all of us. Showed his appreciation for what really matters, just making the best of his disadvantage LOL

So, here Jas is laying face up looking at the ceiling. I don't think he stopped very often to take a breathe. So for a moment he was quiet, just as a the attending nurse came in to say hello and get him settled til the Dr sees him. She walks in says, "Hi Jason" Jason laying flat on the bed, lifts his neck braced face straight up and looks at her and says "Hi" She says, "Oh Noooo, don't do that" as she giggles  running towards his bed. She places her hand on his forhead and guides his head back flat. He said "What did I do, now I can't say HI???" She said you need to keep your head flat, were not sure if you have any injuries yet. Jason says, "Well, if my neck was injured would I have been able to lift it to look at you?" She laughed and said next time someone comes in, just say Hi, don't look at them. Jas says, "Oh, okay then" We all laughed and waited for the doctor.

Doctor comes in, takes Jas down for Xrays, we wait and they return. Dr says "he is fine, just watch for signs. Anything unusual, like the way he talks, headaches, pains....you know, if he acts goofy, well goofier then he already is" as he laughted. Jas says, "Oh yeah that was real nice" something like that, but it was pretty funny.

So now the Dr is going to look at the gash in the back of his head. He get's it all cleaned up, I held the bucket to his neck as the Dr rinsed. I was watching the Dr and Jas's head and must of pulled the bucket a way a bit cuz Jas let out a bit of a Ahhh..LOL So he gets it all clean, explains to Jas he's ganna numb it but the shot hurts, just wants to make sure he understands. Jas says, just staple it, no shot. The Dr says, you don't want me to numb it. Jas says no, just get it done, tell me when it's ganna happen and just do it. So the Dr gets the stapler out and gets ready to put it to his head and Jas looks at him and says. "Do you think you can hold on just a minute, I need to use the bathroom" The Dr looked at him like are you f'n serious and then says "Are you serious? Can you wait just a sec, it will be done in just a minute." Jas says, "Okay, yeah, then just do it cuz I gotta go" So, he staples it, looks at it. Looks at me and says, what ya think Mom, one more. I said, Yep I think so right there and he asked Jas you okay for one more. He says, "Yeah, just get it done" He gets done and Jas goes to the bathroom.

I think everyone in that triage heard Jason's story, probably several times. Although what happened, happened. It really was a day to remember, for both good and bad reasons. Jason is okay, as of today, he's just a bit sore. He has meds, if they get bad. The Dr said a day or two, so time will tell. It's a horrible situation, we just had plpd on the truck. The driver of the car has no insurance, no license and no known address, he's staying in between friends. So he's homeless basically. I am thankful to God up above or maybe his guardian angel for keeping him safe, I don't know who to thank but I am thankful as hell it turned out the way it did, he's safe that'a all that ever matters. We will deal with the rest as we can.

We got home, ate dinner and had our cake for Chrissy's birthday and it all was good. We had fun and were all much more thankful then maybe we would of been had this not have happened. Christine's future is undetermined at this time, we believe she has found her final resting place but we will know more on Monday. She may be going to S-10 heaven with some brand new treds, couple of good O2 sensors, some rear end damage, I just hope all the good memories of it won't be gone with it. Jas had it for a couple months and at an anger moment he wanted to delete all the pics off his cell, I just hope he don't erase to much :-) May the smiles that truck brought him never fade away, just get replaces by something new to smile about!!!

This was Jason's vehicle a 95 Chevy S-10 Extended Cab 4X4. The car hit him from behind at approx 45m.p.h. The car hit mostly the underneath, damaging the axle, the frame and pushing the cab of the truck and buckling it on the side. Brand new tires on the back . Thank God Jason was okay and I believe so were the passengers of the other vehicle. Minor injuries I believe. The car that hit him is below. 

This is the car that hit him. I believe it is a plymouth laser. He was uninsured and was not to be behind the wheel of a vehicle. I am assuming he had a suspended drivers licence. No damages have been recovered due to him not having any insurance. We will have to go to court to sue for damages. Wish us luck and hopefully Jas can at least get another vehicle out of it or at least some money towards one. This was an aweful accident, major injuries could of accurred. We are very thankful there were no major injuries. Someone was watching out that day and I could never be more thankful!!

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