Hi Everyone,

This is Richard, Mary's husband. I'd like to thank Bill (Fellsman) for letting you all know about Mary's accident. I don't have an account here at Connecting Singles, so I'm using hers to write this.

She was coming home from work in Ft. Worth. She's been real tired since we've had foaling and calving season underway. She blacked out for a moment and hit some ice on the road. She did her best to swerve safely and ended up hitting an SUV which was badly damaged. Her truck is now history and is considered totalled. Out of the traffic on the road, these were the only two vehicles that were damaged. Both vehicles had to be towed and Mary was transported to the hospital. Thankfully, the other folks are fine.

Mary had to have x-rays on her chest and arm. Her chest is fine and she cracked the back of her upper right arm as she braced for impact. The arm is in a cast to speed healing and to make her stay still. She's got a bit of whiplash and her neck is sore from where the seatbelt tagged into her neck. She's definitely got some bumps and bruises. Mostly she's mad because of the loss of the truck (She still has her Camaro which I'm not letting her drive anytime soon) and her own bad luck at having been out to drive for work. She's also mad at herself because the other people's vehicle was damaged as well. Luckily, the truck was damaged on the right back bumper, fender is all bent up and the axle was ruined. The frame is also bent too, thus making it undriveable. It would be about 6 grand to repair.Her air bags did not deploy. So we're going to have to pull our boot straps up and find a new or used truck as we need it for the ranch operations.

The downside to all of this is that on top of the accident and being hurt, unintentionally wrecking hers and another vehicle, the police issued her a citation saying that she was speeding. She doesn't have a death wish. Evidently, the cops here give citations at every accident. Luckily, she has a good driving record, so should only just have to pay a fine.

While the sedatives have been a blessing, the pain medication is doing a real number on her stomach.

She keeps asking me to thank you all most sincerely for the well wishes and for the very thoughtful e-mails and flowers. I'll be posting a poem of hers for you all soon.

Thank you again.

Richard
Mr.Bear