We spent Sunday morning with a friend of ours at Craig Rehabilitation Hospital in Denver. Dave and Voni were on their way to visit family over the Labor Day weekend when they were involved in an auto accident near Colby, Kansas. Two days earlier they had climbed one of Colorado's "fourteeners" (a mountain with elevation over 14,000 feet). In their 60s, they are a very active couple. In a matter of seconds their lives were changed dramatically as their car rolled 5 times. Dave's neck was broken and his spinal cord sustained severe trauma. His right arm and leg lost all feeling, etc. Voni, while suffering broken bones and lots of bruises, fared much better.A little more than a month later Dave is working hard with the physical therapists to regain function of his right side. Dave has a great attitude and plans to be back on the tennis court and the golf course by next summer. If determination and hard work can make it happen, I have no doubt he will accomplish this. Right now however, he cannot perform many of the daily activities most of us take for granted. How sudden our lives can change!
Dave is a retired minister with hundreds (maybe thousands) of friends praying for his recovery. You can keep up with Dave and Voni's recovery on CaringBridge which is a great service found on the Internet.
Life is fragile ... be thankful for everyday - every hour ... you are blessed with life.
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