¶ ¶ ¶ Thus was to be a new but worse ME ! And it changed the lives of three growing children and a dedicated wife !

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† I can not really remember. The last I saw and remember were - - - those lights !
• Theory is that the car hit my VW van front mounted spare tire head-on, bounced off, and came back to hit my drivers side and front again !
• Tire tracks indicated my van stayed on the berm on my side of the road when I was hit and afterwards.

• I was found in the "passenger" seat; the floor gearshift bent flat toward that side of the van, and a huge indentation in the passenger side door where I had apparently been thrown... I had my seat belt on at the time of the collision ! Speculation is on first impact my body lurched forword and the seat belt button struck the steering wheel and released it !
• My head initially hit the windshield shattering it. Who knows where next !

† A friend was the EMT on the ambulance attending me. He said I was complaining only that me knees were hurting. When he opened the door he said I started to help him get me out ! The van was leaning down a steep bank, so I was much higher than my EMT friend.
• He had to hollar at me to keep me still. It was very apparent to him I had a head injury ! I didn't cooperate well when they transported me to the emergency room. I fought the cold pack place on my forehead and wanted to sit up - "I was alright !"
• In the emergency room, still not aware of anything, it is said I refused to let them take my shoes off so they could remove my pants more easily.
¤ My mother always warned me when I went out to make sure I had clean underwear and no holes in my socks - - - I wasn't sure, I guess !

† The ambulance waited to see if I would need to be transported further to a major hospital in Vermont -about an hours traveltime.
• But, back then, "head" injuries were not considered necessarily "brain" injuries.

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