<p>Soozie,
I, like many others, was just in shock when I signed on to the MT forum and read that your d was in a serious accident and so very relieved to find out that your D will make a full recovery. You have always been on CC to offer your support, so now our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. My d and I wish your daughter a speedy and full recovery!!!!</p>
<p>Soozie, hugs, prayers.....and more hugs.</p>
<p>Oh Susan, how terrible for your family, your daughter and you.
My prayers are with all of you.</p>
<p>Susan: I echo everyone's thoughts. It must be so reassuring for you to know that, despite her injuries, your daughter will make a full recovery.</p>
<p>And how (typically) generous of you to let the parents on this forum know why you were "away." My best to your daughter and your family.</p>
<p>Susan: You and your daughter are in my thoughts and prayers as well.
We're all wishing her a full and speedy recovery. While I know most of us on CC safeguard our real identities, I'd love (and I'm sure your CC family and friends would love) to send something to your D to help cheer her up in the days and months ahead. Would you mind posting perhaps a hospital address and first name or, alternatively, could we send you private e-mails?</p>
<p>Thank God she will recover. I've said a prayer for her to have as little pain as possible. Best wishes to all of you!</p>
<p>Susan, my prayers our with you and your family. Thank God she is doing as well as she is; what a horrendous accident. I was so sure your post was going to be an update on some fabulous acceptances, and partly, it was--yay! Know we are all thinking about you.</p>
<p>Please know that I'm thinking of your family and wishing your daughter the speediest of recoveries. I've long been cheering for you all anonymously and from afar. Just know that you have many supporters. I'm so glad you took the time to let us know.</p>
<p>Sue,
They say that tragedy can bring out the best in people. As you can see here we all care about you and your daughter and wish you a re****l night and a speedy recovery for your daughter. Take care of yourself. - Kathie ps - I'll be thinking of you next week when we are in Burlington.</p>
<p>Thank you ALL for your warm thoughts and prayers. I have to get back to the hospital which is 50 miles away from home. I don't know when I will be back and even when I am, I will have to sleep as I am exhausted from the lack of sleep and think I am getting sick to boot. As far as my child's name, I can't post that but here is what you can do.....my private message box on CC is full and I don't have time to deal with any of this. If you send me an email at.....(we can't post email addresses on CC so here is what you need to do): Use my posting name: SoozieVT and then that is at aol.com. MAYBE at some point, I can write a big email and send it to many folks at once and tell who/where she is, etc. Can't promise. However, I have a slew of unanswered emails from being in both Idaho and now the hospital for a week's absence and surely won't be online barely ever as I am practically living at the hospital and then the surgery is coming up. But I'll see what I can do. My older one will be with us this weekend from college....maybe she can help but again, the hospital is 50 miles from here and she will be having surgery so we wanna be there every second. I only came home last night to get a little sleep as I had not since this began. But please know that your support means alot and I believe she will pull through this very unpleasant time in her life. She is stable and on painkillers because of her condition. I know they are still waiting for a bed to free up in the hospital and that is the only reason she has not been moved yet. But once she was allowed to leave ICU, I then was willing to leave for the night. They wanted me to the other nights but NO way! I will tell her of all your love and support. Thanks everyone. She is not only loved by so many people in both Vermont and around the country but even in cyberland!
Susan</p>
<p>Wow, almost had an asthma attack reading that post - it's a parent's worst nightmare. If positive thoughts could heal someone, she will be on the road to recovery soon! Make sure to take care of yourself, too, because it's tough to be the caretaker.<br>
[Eat right, sleep right, pamper yourself a little ... ]</p>
<p>Dear Susan,</p>
<p>I am so, so sorry to hear of your beautiful daughter's horrible ordeal. How utterly devastating for all of you. I am grateful, though, that your daughter can expect a full recovery with time. You are right in that such a call is THE ONE none of us parents EVER wants to get. I so admire your strength and faith as you face her lengthy recuperation. Like schoolmarm, my musical theatre-loving daughters would like to send something to your daughter. Is there a way for them to do that? Please take good care of yourself as you help nurse your daughter back to health. We love you and are sending thoughts and prayers for your daughter's quick recovery! love, ~berurah</p>
<p>Susan,
many happy thoughts and wishes from our family to yours. I cannot fathom the fear you must have felt when you got word of what happened. I hugged my kiddos hard when I read your news. We will be sending much prayers your daughter's way. And a big hug for you.</p>
<p>Kat</p>
<p>Susan, I was just thinking about you this past weekend and wondering why you had been so silent lately. I'm glad things have taken a turn for the better and your D and will make a full recovery.</p>
<p>Give her ALL of our love and prayers. Be strong and pace yourselves through the recovery. Hugs to your whole family.</p>
<p>Oh Kathie...that's right..I guess we won't be meeting up afterall. But actually she is in Burlington. </p>
<p>Also to whomever mentioned postponing college...that is not needed and actually the timing of this (not that I would ever ever wish this tragedy on anyone) works out in her favor. Her auditions are done and she is to be back to normal in six months and that is in time to enter her BFA program. That is something she is grateful for and keeps in mind when she bemoans the many other performances she was to be involved in between now and then. We will keep open some of the summer ones but none of the ones in the next three months.<br>
Take care everyone and again, many thanks for helping me through this terrible situation. My husband has seen the wreckage and says nobody should have survived that. I just read the news of her hitting the rock ledge head on...oy. Another thing is that she occasionally relives this nightmarish memory and that is tough. She said she was laying on the highway thinking she was going to die and when I finally saw her in the ER, she cheerily said to me, Don't worry Mom, I did not die and I am not paralyzed. She was soothing ME! She has done so well through this! </p>
<p>Susan</p>
<p>Dear Soozie,
as soon as I saw the title, "Dear Forum Friends" I knew there was bad news and it seemed like it took forever for the thread to actually open to see what the news was.... it is a parent's worst nightmare....luckily, your youngest is going to heal and I already have visions of her entertaining her next audience, singing and lifting the spirits of those in beds and rooms alongside hers in the hospital. Never easy to understand why these things happen but I am confident your family will navigate this detour making new friends along the way. </p>
<p>Hospitals are like a parallel universe to those who are normally healthy... not sure if you guys have ever done the Harry Potter books on CD.... might be a great distraction for your daughter... the 5th book is 24 CD's and Jim Dale is awesome with all the voices. Headphones might also help drown out some of the constant hospital sounds. </p>
<p>Congratulations to your oldest daughter and the team success in Idaho. How wonderful that you shared that with her......hopefully the memories will keep smiles in your heart these next few months. </p>
<p>The song on Cheers talks about a place "where everyone knows your name" here on CC there are very few we know by name, you are one of the few exceptions, your willingness to share details these past few years brings your profile to life.....hopefully you will find solace in the wishes from all the "friends" you have made in cyberspace......we will keep you in our hearts and our prayers.....</p>
<p>Soozie:</p>
<p>Once again, big hugs. My S is taking driving lessons--as you know, he is a few months older than your D. It is a parent's worst nightmare when a child is in a major accident and there is so little one can do. But as usual, your D is amazing. What a wonderful, resilient young woman she is, to seek to reassure her mom at a time like this! She will pull through with flying colors and go on to do great things.
Take good care of yourself.</p>
<p>Talk about a perspective enhancer! </p>
<p>Susan, I am so glad your D came through this ok. Like so many other parents, I feel sick even when it's someone else's kid that I have never met. Her angels were certainly with her out on that road. My prayers and best wishes for her speedy recovery. Looking forward to hearing about her big splash at college in the fall.</p>
<p>ez</p>
<p>Good wishes and prayers coming your way for your daughter and your family. I love to read your posts, so please keep us updated as you are able. Take care.</p>