When we went to visit Kate and Frank in February, Barb and Kate went out and got matching angel tattoos on their shoulders. At the time I thought it was just a kind and touching gesture shared between mother and daughter. Little did I know that that angel on Kate’s shoulder would come in handy.
We got the call around 5am one morning a couple of weeks ago. Kate calling from the ER after having been in an accident. She was on the way to work early morning. It had rained the night before and the roads were slick with plenty of standing water in the road. Kate was cruising along when she came upon an extra deep and extra long puddle, she lost control, over corrected, then went off the side off the road and rolled three times. The truck came to rest on its side, driver’s side up, with Kate still dangling in her seat belt. With the help of good samaritans who stopped to assist, she was able to scramble up and out the driver’s side window. Her only injuries were a sore shoulder (thank you seat belt!!!!) and some cuts on her hands and arms from crawling out the window.
Frank was on his way to work not too far behind her on the road. She was able to call him (she saved her cell phone!!) and let him know what had happened and to look for her on the side of the road. Rather than go in the ambulance, Frank took Kate to the ER where they took x-rays and found that it was most likely shoulder sprain. Nothing broken. Whew!
Needless to say its not the best call a parent can get at 5am in the morning. But hearing Kate on the phone was VERY reassuring, knowing that she was alright and able to call us herself. It wasn’t until later when she sent along some pictures that we realized TRULY how lucky (blessed!) Kate was to come out with only minor injury. Pretty obvious that the seat belt (and grace of God) save our baby for us. And maybe the angel on her shoulder
