Pretty terrifying 36 hours or so.

[opiate69]

Yesterday morning, our 14 year old son was hit by a pickup truck on his way to school. We got the call and frantically headed over to the local hospital, where we found him severely drugged out on oxycodone, with a pretty substantial concussion, a fractured ulna and various scrapes and bumps. But, after spending the night with him at St. Peter's hospital, he's home now and appears to be on the mend. Definitely not anything we want to ever have to go through again, though.

[oregonjen]

1. How scary for your family!

Hugs and healing thoughts your way.

[opiate69]

6. Thank you, jen.

[grasswire]

2. oh no

So glad it wasn't worse. Is that the St. Peter's hospital in Montana?

I assume the driver stopped.

[opiate69]

4. St Peter's, Olympia.

And yeah, he stopped, so big kudos to him. Though I'm still waiting to hook up with the sheriff to get all the info and stuff. I'm gonna need his insurance info (though the kids are, thankfully, covered under Washington State's version of Medicaid)

[Skittles]

3. wishing him - and you - well

yes INDEED

[opiate69]

5. Thank you, Skittles.

Sincerely.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

7. Watch out for that concussion --

Please do some research on concussion and post concussion syndrome. It can take up to a few weeks for symptoms related to it show up, as well as several months for a possible TBI related depression. I don't say any of this to scare you, just for you to be aware of. I am 8 months post concussion and I am still experiencing significant symptoms. The next 2 weeks he should avoid over doing it on the computer, texting, watching movies or TV, doing mentally challenging processes like math. He is young and healthy, but a TBI at his age can cause issues now and even decades in the future.

http://www.brainline.org/

http://www.brainline.org/landing_pages/features/blkids.html

[opiate69]

8. No doubt. Good link. Thanks.

We were given reams of paperwork by the hospital on concussions/TBI, but you can never have enough information, and in these cases, you can never have enough vigilance.

[orleans]

9. i'm so glad everything turned out as well as it did for your son and your family.

words of relief: "he's home now and appears to be on the mend."

yes indeed. sending you both healing thoughts and wishes. take good care.

[irisblue]

10. geez!

poor kid
poor parents
get better soon

[Solly Mack]

11. Oh, wow! Glad he's on the mend.

I would have been a mental wreck.

((((hugs to you all))))

[Behind the Aegis]

12. I am glad your son is doing better!

That must have been so scary for all involved.

[onethatcares]

13. kind thoughts and prayers

are headed his way.

I hope he heals quickly.

[LiberalEsto]

14. blessings of healing to your son

May he recover quickly and completely

[cyberswede]

15. Oh dear! I hope he recovers quickly!

I have a 14 year old son - I can't even imagine the worry!

All the best to your family.

[femmocrat]

16. Sending best wishes and vibes for a speedy recovery!

[redwitch]

17. Glad he is on the mend.

Scary call to get!

[Crewleader]

18. Fast healing for your son

and how frightening for you...I'm so glad he's on the mend.

[riderinthestorm]

19. So scary and relieved he'll be ok! Nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

20. scary! glad he'son the mend

[irisblue]

21. how is he today?

and you two?

[opiate69]

22. He's tons better today, thanks.

Amazing how quickly kids can seem to heal. And Mrs. Opie and I are doing better as well. Still get those moments of "holy shit, that could have been WAAAAY bad", but getting all the follow up appointments and whatnot gives us a bit of a sense of control over the randomness of it I think.

[opiate69]

23. Thanks, everyone.

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Fortunately, he's doing much, much better. Still has a bit of a recovery ahead of him but these kids can seem pretty damned resilient.

[LeftishBrit]

24. Sorry to hear that - how scary! Wishing your son a fast recovery.

[rurallib]

25. That dreaded call every parent fears

glad everything is going well
hope you have some very uneventful days ahead.

[panader0]

26. Heal rapidly young opiate69

[a la izquierda]

27. Speedy recovery to your kiddo!

Concussions are no joke.

[shenmue]

28. Mercy