TheHoneymooners
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Connie here
Mike hasn't been here much- mainly b/c he has been with me. My daughter was shot by a carjacker last Monday in Birmingham AL, while visiting her older sister. The guy didn't know where he was going, (got seperated from his accompliaces) and actually asked Amy where some 'woods' were. ALl he wanted was money from an ATM, but Amy didn't know that. So, she took him on a road that her sister & she had just traveled the week before- full of road humps & near a residential area. After probably 10 terrifying minutes, he had to slow down & she jumped out, but he shot her as she did that. She lost a kidney and her spleen as a result. She was found by a local resident immediately & he called my other daughter. The most horrible phone call I've ever received-- and my older daughter, Lanae, having to call so many while in the ambulance. Fortunately I was at Mikes so I was near Bham. She did well during the 5 hour surgery- and was actually out of the trauma unit after about 48 hours-- an answer to prayer, truly. AND her captors were also found in that time period. Because Amy was so calm after all that had happened to her,shewas able to give details that tied some other carackings together that helped solve the crimes- plus they were stupid enough to try it again that night. 2 had no priors, so finding them had been difficult to say the least.
She is still in ICU, we're waiting for her lungs to clear so they can remove the chest tube. She is just now getting up, made it almost to the door this morning, walking. Had a great morning yesterday but was like she's been the rest of the time- so she is very down about that. Normally an outgoing, funny person, she is withdrawn and just sorta lays there, staring. So much to deal with with so much pain too. They also had to repair her diaphram- so it doubly hurts to breathe deeply to help clear those lungs. But shes trying hard as she wants to go home-- she just has so much to contend with at this point.
So, I ask for ya'lls prayers-- in Amy's continued recovery and eventual counseling that they'll be having. We already see God doing wonders and are now curious about what He has in store for her-- b/c He has brought this to them for a reason. Amy and Adam will be married 1 year on Sept 18. Their house was robbed back in January-- so they have been through more in 10-11 months than most go thru in 10-11 years. Adam has been the most loving husband around her and I know they will be even stronger as a result of this senseless crime.
Thanks in advance for ya'lls prayers
Connie
Mike hasn't been here much- mainly b/c he has been with me. My daughter was shot by a carjacker last Monday in Birmingham AL, while visiting her older sister. The guy didn't know where he was going, (got seperated from his accompliaces) and actually asked Amy where some 'woods' were. ALl he wanted was money from an ATM, but Amy didn't know that. So, she took him on a road that her sister & she had just traveled the week before- full of road humps & near a residential area. After probably 10 terrifying minutes, he had to slow down & she jumped out, but he shot her as she did that. She lost a kidney and her spleen as a result. She was found by a local resident immediately & he called my other daughter. The most horrible phone call I've ever received-- and my older daughter, Lanae, having to call so many while in the ambulance. Fortunately I was at Mikes so I was near Bham. She did well during the 5 hour surgery- and was actually out of the trauma unit after about 48 hours-- an answer to prayer, truly. AND her captors were also found in that time period. Because Amy was so calm after all that had happened to her,shewas able to give details that tied some other carackings together that helped solve the crimes- plus they were stupid enough to try it again that night. 2 had no priors, so finding them had been difficult to say the least.
She is still in ICU, we're waiting for her lungs to clear so they can remove the chest tube. She is just now getting up, made it almost to the door this morning, walking. Had a great morning yesterday but was like she's been the rest of the time- so she is very down about that. Normally an outgoing, funny person, she is withdrawn and just sorta lays there, staring. So much to deal with with so much pain too. They also had to repair her diaphram- so it doubly hurts to breathe deeply to help clear those lungs. But shes trying hard as she wants to go home-- she just has so much to contend with at this point.
So, I ask for ya'lls prayers-- in Amy's continued recovery and eventual counseling that they'll be having. We already see God doing wonders and are now curious about what He has in store for her-- b/c He has brought this to them for a reason. Amy and Adam will be married 1 year on Sept 18. Their house was robbed back in January-- so they have been through more in 10-11 months than most go thru in 10-11 years. Adam has been the most loving husband around her and I know they will be even stronger as a result of this senseless crime.
Thanks in advance for ya'lls prayers
Connie
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