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If you’ve been following my Twitter<\/a> feed or Facebook<\/a>, you might know I was hoping to get to the doctor today.  I hardly slept last night due to sinus issues<\/b> – apparently I have some kind of an infection, and it was actually quite painful.<\/p>\n

But I called the doctor throughout the morning and couldn’t catch anyone in to make an appointment.  I tried again after our sessions were done for the day – but nobody was there.<\/p>\n

So I decided to go to the store to see what I could find that would tide me over until Monday (I got something – we’ll see how it works…).  I also picked up some things for our Sunday meal at the church tomorrow.<\/p>\n

I was getting gas and just about home.  On the highway to my right, a vehicle rammed into a motorcycle with two passengers.<\/b>  The two went flying, and I thought that was the end of that.  The vehicle that hit them didn’t stop for a moment, but flew on down the highway (yes, someone got the license plate number).<\/p>\n

Thankfully, they weren’t killed (in spite of the fact that, as is usual, they were wearing no helmets).  I didn’t run over immediately, because there were quite a few people around.  I watched to see how they were (they were hurting, but more on that in a moment).  It didn’t seem like anyone was checking them out too carefully.  The police truck came, stopped momentarily for information, and then sped off to catch the vehicle (I have a feeling they were too late, but who knows…).<\/p>\n

My gas tank was filled by this time, and the situation changed slightly – it was raining a bit.  One man was lying in the middle of the highway, and the other sitting by his side.  I grabbed the emergency pack from our van (thanks, Petro Points<\/a>), and pulled out a blanket.<\/p>\n

We covered the one man, and I checked them out a bit and asked how they were doing.  The one man claimed to be fine (other than some scrapes), although I hope they check him out more later because I’m not so sure.  The other man seemed fine, except for a very sore leg (most likely broken).  But they were stable.<\/p>\n\n\n
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So, I helped direct traffic for a bit, since we were still in the middle of the highway (it’s been a while since I’ve done that – I have renewed respect for police who do it well!).  Then the rain really started to come down, so I pulled out a – what do you call it?  One of those hypothermia blankets.  And we held that over the guys to keep them dry.<\/p>\n

Finally the ambulance showed up, and got a splint onto the man’s leg (poor guy – it was pretty painful), and put him on the stretcher.  We did our best to keep the rain off of them.<\/p>\n

Someone got the motorcycle off the road and I think they were working on the two men in the ambulance for a while, because they hadn’t gone anywhere when I last saw them.<\/p>\n

Here motorcycles weave in and out – usually fairly carefully – but usually without helmets – and sometimes recklessly.  Almost hitting one is, I’m afraid, a very common occurrence for all of us.  Thank God He has kept us safe, and thank God that this accident wasn’t worse than it was.<\/p>\n

I got home, and dried off.  Praying for those involved.  Reminded again that life is fragile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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