So Much Love

If we had One Wish...it would be that you all  know how much we appreciate your care and concern and we feel your love.

We all realized that Tim & Machel knew a lot of people, but our family has been overwhelmed by the out pouring of love for these two amazing people. Everyone we talk to tells us the same thing "They’re our best friends" – and the thing is, they're right - they really were best friends with so many people. Hard as we try we just can’t seem to keep everyone up to date on what’s going on. So we’ve decided this might be the best way to let ya’ll know how Machel and the kids are doing and maybe just have a good group cry. We hope some of you might decide to share some of your memories of Tim & Machel and maybe even a picture or two along the way at MrsMay10@yahoo.com   Here’s a quick update to let you all know how far our miracle has come in just the last 4 days.

Day 1:  The EMT’s intubated Machel upon arrival at the scene and immediately transported her via life flight to the University of Utah Hospital on Saturday, August 7 at approximately 12:30 PM. When she arrived at the ICU she had no blood pressure and was not emitting any C02. Her Pelvis was shattered and she was bleeding internally. There were numerous broken bones and unknown head trauma. She had received a tremendous blow to her chest causing severe lung damage. She was rushed into emergency surgery in an attempt to stop the internal bleeding. They also stabilized her pelvis and inserted chest tubes.  Neuro Surgeons inserted a monitor to measure the pressure in her brain.  The next 24 agonizing hours were spent waiting for the next update from the medical team and praying to God that she’d pull through.

Day 2:  This day has been spent getting Machel stabalized, which this amazing team of doctors has finally been able to do.  She's a fighter and with all of the prayers going up on their behalf things are looking better today.
 
Day 3:  Baby Steps... That's what they're telling us today.  They've taken her into surgery to close some of the incisions made in the fight to save her life the first 2 hours in the hospital.  She's not stable enough to go to the operating room so they do the surgery in ICU.  She suprizes everyone after surgey when they turn off the ventilator and she breathes on her own for 45 minutes.  They administer 3 units of blood in preparation for additional surgery tomorrow morning.
 
Day 4:  The Nuero Surgeons give the Bone Doc's 2 hours today to fix her worst broken bone by inserting a metal rod into the femur to stabalize the bone.  They also realign her pelvis and reset the metal bar that holds it in place.  She's handled the surgery well enough that they're hoping to work on some of her other broken bones on Friday.  They're able to take her off the medicine that goes through her ventilator - this is a big step!!  Tomorrow we hope to get an update from the Attending Tramua Doc.  We'll keep you posted...

Love,
The Family