No news is...bad news.
My car is dead.
This guy (no license, no insurance, no plates) made an illegal u-turn but didn't see us driving along side him so he slammed right into us. I was braking, he was not. Hit Nana's side of the car and she is hurt really bad. Nothing life threatening, but very painful. She has staples in her head and a broken arm. I've sprained my elbow and both my wrists, but for the most part I'm fine. Car is totaled, though, which sucks because I have no savings and no money right now for a new car.
(Long story short, my dad was arrested for a DWI a few months ago and I had to clean out my savings to put towards his bail. It was only $500, but it was all I had.)
It's going to be difficult to manage getting to work, but I'll make it work. I think once I do have a car of my own again, I'll get a second job to catch up on bills and build my savings back up.
In the meantime, Nana needs a lot of help. She broke her dominant arm so she can't do much of anything right now. She's in so much pain and so uncomfortable too. She's never broken a bone before like this so this is new for all of us. I'm trying to help as much as I can, but with my arms hurt I can't help lift her or move her like she needs. My family is helping as much as they can, but hopefully my arms heal quickly so I don't have to worry and try to get someone here for her.
She just doesn't understand that it's going to hurt. It's not going to go away. She's going to be hurting and uncomfortable while it heals but she doesn't understand. She wants me to take her back to the hospital so she can be on morphine but they're not going to keep giving it to her. She needs to start coping now. Bad enough they're giving her vicodin.
At the same time, I'm feeling guilty. I know the accident wasn't my fault, but this is something I can't fix and I hate that. I'm responsible for taking care of her and I can't do that right now. I can't do much of anything right now.
This guy (no license, no insurance, no plates) made an illegal u-turn but didn't see us driving along side him so he slammed right into us. I was braking, he was not. Hit Nana's side of the car and she is hurt really bad. Nothing life threatening, but very painful. She has staples in her head and a broken arm. I've sprained my elbow and both my wrists, but for the most part I'm fine. Car is totaled, though, which sucks because I have no savings and no money right now for a new car.
(Long story short, my dad was arrested for a DWI a few months ago and I had to clean out my savings to put towards his bail. It was only $500, but it was all I had.)
It's going to be difficult to manage getting to work, but I'll make it work. I think once I do have a car of my own again, I'll get a second job to catch up on bills and build my savings back up.
In the meantime, Nana needs a lot of help. She broke her dominant arm so she can't do much of anything right now. She's in so much pain and so uncomfortable too. She's never broken a bone before like this so this is new for all of us. I'm trying to help as much as I can, but with my arms hurt I can't help lift her or move her like she needs. My family is helping as much as they can, but hopefully my arms heal quickly so I don't have to worry and try to get someone here for her.
She just doesn't understand that it's going to hurt. It's not going to go away. She's going to be hurting and uncomfortable while it heals but she doesn't understand. She wants me to take her back to the hospital so she can be on morphine but they're not going to keep giving it to her. She needs to start coping now. Bad enough they're giving her vicodin.
At the same time, I'm feeling guilty. I know the accident wasn't my fault, but this is something I can't fix and I hate that. I'm responsible for taking care of her and I can't do that right now. I can't do much of anything right now.