This is Sherry, Larry's wife... I know Larry is on this forum a lot and I wanted to share with you what has happened. Larry has one child, a daughter named Heather who is 14 y/o. We found out yesterday that she was hit by a car. She is in very critical condition w/a serious head injury. A friend was kind enough to buy a airline ticket for Larry to get to Heather (she is in Anchorage AK & we are in Austin TX) as Larry was let go from work almost three weeks ago. He is on his way now and we would appreciate all the prayers you can give.

Thank You,
Sherry

So sorry to hear about your troubles. As a father, I can imagine your anguish. Our prayers are certainly with you all!!!!

Without a doubt ... God is with you, along with my prayers.

All of the Bin family's prayers are with Larry's daughter, him, and you.

God bless.

Sherry,

I shall hold Heather & Larry in my prayers. My sympathy goes out to the family. the9.3Guy

You have them from the Ellisons next door in Buda.

Sherry
I am in Anchorage and have met Larry... if he needs anything here in town have him call me 345-1123.
hoping for the best
art

Hopefully she will recover fully, but in the meanwhile you guys are in my prayers.

That is a shame. My prayers for Larry and his daughter. I do hope all works out.

I live in Anchorage, If there is anything I can do to help Larry please have him call me
349-8099. Russell

You have our prayers here in Alabama...

.....in South Dakota as well. Good luck, Troy

Sherry you've got it! May everything work out to the best!

Sherry -

Although I am no longer with Continental Airlines I still have pass privileges and can get you there on a buddy pass - my treat. Let me know I am in Houston and can set up the pass on the internet. gimmie a call if you want 281-337-1567 (home) - or work at Base Ops International 281-556-2400.
My thoughts and prayers are with you and yours.


Melodi Johnston

Our prayors go with you.

Phil

Our prayers will include you.

With several of us for rides, or whatever, the odds increase that we could help. I live in Eagle River, just next door to Anchorage. Phone is 440-6980, call if I can help. The offers aren't idle offers, either.
batch

All of you will be in my thoughts. Please keep us advised of the situation if you can.


BCR

Sherry,

You and your family are in my prayers. I hope all turns out well on all fronts.

God Bless you and yours,

Bob

Sherry,

thinking of you, Larry & Heather.
badger

more prayer from alabama.

and might i say what a blessing it is to see so much sincere help being offered.

Sherry and mtgoat; My families thoughts and prayers are with you and mtgoat's daughter. May the Lord's will allow our prayers to be answered for you. -memtb

I understand why Larry likes to visit here, what a wonderful group of people. Larry arrived safely in Alaska last night and so far there has been no changes in Heathers condition. I can't tell you how much your support and prayers mean to us. And w/toons03 offer (still pinching myself) I will soon be able to join Larry & be there to offer whatever support I can. I may need to call someone for a ride from the airport to the hospital if the offers still stand from the Anchorage folks.

I am truely humbled by your caring and kindness,
Sherry

Sorry for the lapse,but I just now caught this thread.

Please relate my Family's well wishes to you and yours. Fingers are crossed and though I'm quite a spell from anchorage I'd be happy to help in any way that I could.

Positive thinking is a powerful thing and you have mine. Best to all.................

Sherry -

Your email addy is getting kicked back and the cellular is going straight to voice mail...I will be home all night and if you want I can just set the pass for you tonight I just need how your name reflects on your Texas Drivers License. You can check the flights at CO for which ones you want to go out on tomorrow - as relayed earlier it is stand by but most of them look pretty good. If you get stuck in Houston gimmie a holler and I will put you up for the night at my humble abode. The flights look good so far so if you can at least post here then I can follow your instructions as far as name spelling and flights you want to travel out on etc. and I will post your confirmation number on line as well. It is easy to travel just check in at the ticket counter with the confirmation number and from there the agent will finish getting you settled in for the flight. My work can reach me pretty much 24/7 so if all else call BaseOps and they can get me as well. Let me know asap as the reservation is a matter of pressing a few keys. TLee's son traveled over a year ago and had no trouble whatsoever with it so let me know.

Mel

My prayers are with all of you too Sherrie.

Our prayers are with Heather and all of your family.

Paul

Mel,

I just tried your home number & left a message. I can't believe my work is giving me a hard time... doesn't look like I'll be able to go after all. I'm so upset about this but since I'm the only one working right now I can't jepordize my job.

I talked to Larry and they are going to start bringing Heather out of the 'drug induced' coma & bringing her body temp back up. Guess this was due to the brain swelling. Dr's stated that they need her concious to try and determine the severity of her injuries. Dr's told him she wasn't out of the woods yet but they were happy w/how she was doing today (swelling was more stable) and that she is a true fighter.

I'll keep you posted...
Sherry

Sherry,

Your family has our prayers too.

Don't know if you remember, but we had lunch in Austin about two years ago.

When things get better, and it's time for Larry to return, make sure he books a flight that runs through Sitka! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Sherry,

I said a prayer for Larry and Heather.

God bless you,

HogWild

The Samuelson family in Centralia, Washington will be saying bedtime prayers in a little more than an hour. My oldest daughter prays for a guy from this forum (Texas Hunter) every single night (I'm not kidding) and lifts him up to the Lord. She would be delighted to lead our family in prayer for Larry and his daughter.

Hey there -

well keep in mind this is not a one time offer - let me know when you can go and we can get you up there....you are in my thoughts and prayers

Sherry, Larry and Heather, my thoughts and best wishes go out to all of you.

Scott

somehow I missed this thread until now...I must admit to being a little misty over the not unexpected greatness of the people on this board!!

Add my prayers for ALL involved..

Mike

Sherry,

I have you and your family in my prayers as well. God Bless.

Sherry,

Larry and his daughter will be in my prayers, and I wish for a full and speedy recovery.

Hudge

Hi all,
Larry here, I thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart. I know I hadn't been here a lot lately but surely see why I need to keep in touch more!!! I am truely overwhelmed but not surprised as I have seen it here before. The true warmth of this campfire never diminishes. I am currently at Prividence Hospital in Anchorage and found a 'puter to use.

Here is how things are going right now:

Heather was taken to the local hospital in Soldotna Saturday afternoon after being struck by a car and it was Imediately determined that she needed to be medevaced to Anchorage for imediate emergency surgery. She has a fractured skull and a broken leg with some internal bruising of the abdominal area. They operated Saturday night to remove a blood clot from her brain and from what Heather's mother told me that went well. Sunday was a hard day here and I was told that it looked very grim at the time, even though the previous surgury went as planned. I arrived Monday to see Heather looking very bad but was praying and thankful that she was still alive. Tuesday looked a little better but was still told not to get our hopes too high. They also wanted to release here from the induced coma they were keeping here in to see if she was still there. the good news was revealed when she moved here leg at the sound of my voice!!! (She was still in there) We had some trouble that night and it got rather tense for a while but things worked out. Wednesday and Wednesday night were quite good and things continued to improve. Today (Thursday) we were told that she was looking good enough to try for surgery on her leg and possibly remove the "Bolt" (for measuring Cranial pressure) on Friday.

I want to thank everyone again and let you know I do beleive in the power of prayer and it is working!!! there are too many to thank individually right now but do want to make some acknowledgements.


Melodi:

Thank you for your offer and we are still looking into Sherry visiting sometime.


Waders:

Tell that little girl we love here and thank her for her prayers. I have seen the improvement in Tex since she has been praying for Mr. Widders and know God has been listening to her this time too. Just something abouth that connection between God and the little ones!


The Anchorage bunch:

I thank you all for your generocity and may just call all of you just to sit down a while and visit. I hope Art just keeps those hairy guys away. (grin) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Just one more thing. Sherry and I have been planning on moving up here for a while and did have plans to get re-located next year. Since Heather will be in the Hospital for at least a Month, need extended care afterward in Anchorage and my being between jobs just seems like God's message that I am needed here sooner. So Sherry and I have decided that I will be moving as soon as I return, which is as soon as I see my little girls eyes and know she is out of danger. Won't she be surprised!!! Thank you and may God bless all of you, including those I knew viewed this thread with a misty eye but didn't post.

.....................................Larry MtGoat

A most outstanding update,given the gravity of the situation. It seems great fortune abounds in these parts and I'm glad that you got a slice of that pie!

Prayers and well wishes shall continue,for you and yours. Thanks for the update,it seems the ball is rolling in the best of directions.

Congrats on the good news.................

Well guy that is great news!!! The Lee clan shall keep her and you in our prayers as long as needed. God Bless.

Larry,


Thank God for all done! I will keep Her in my prayers along with all others.

If there was something I could do i would but all I can do is pray, so here it goes....

Just read the post...will certainly keep your daughter and your family in our prayers.
Razz

Larry and family -

I mean it call me anytime. I can set up those pass(S) in a new york minute. If the flights look crummy I will burn a vacation pass and ride up with Sherry to give her a better chance on getting on the flight. It would be nice to sit a spell and get to know such fine people even better. There are wonderful people who really helped me out during a rough time frame and I cannot tell you how much it helped me, and it is my time to give back.

There is no time limit on the tickets and it would be more than a pleasure it would be a honor to help out. If you need help bee bopping back and forth while you are getting moved north, just gimmie a call at home or at work. (h) 281-337-1567 or work 281-556-2400.

God blessed me with the good fortune of being able to help out so allow me to use His gracious blessing for something so good. Take care and let me know what I can do and when. No time is a bad time to call. My best to you and yours.

Mel and the girls

Larry & family,
Just read your post, our prayers are with you and your daughter. God bless you! MtnHtr

Larry,

Good to hear you posting. Our family will continue to pray for your daughter and your family. My wife is an ICU nurse and I hear of these kinds of stories every time she works. It is amazing how resilient our bodies have been created � and especially the young. Take care, try to get some rest, and I�ll pray for continued peace and tranquility for you. Phil 4:6-7

Hello Friends,

I just heard from Larry, here is the lastest...

There is a bruise on the right side of Heathers brain which is causing swelling. The med's they were giving her had not been working so they tired some new more aggressive ones which didn't work either. Last night they did a surgical procedure where they drained some of the fluid around the brain to see if that would help, didn't work. They are now scheduled to preform brain surgery today at 4:00pm AK time to remove the bruise (and a portion of her brain). Larry is trying hard to remain the rock that he is.

Thank You for your continued support,
Sherry

Thank you for the update. Our prayers continue to be with you!

Sherry, our prayers continue to be with you all. Can't imagine what you and Larry are going through, and being seperated to boot. Personally I think I'd tell your boss where to stick it! And take toons up on her offer. But then again I've found that most Women have the common sense to look at the "Big Picture" and usually do what's right.

Praying for Heathers full and quick recovery.

Phil

Hi All,

Talked to Larry this morning and when they went in for surgery they discovered a clot that they hadn't been able to see which was outsde of the brain...so the good news is they removed the clot w/out touching her brain. They also operated on her leg. They were to give her another CAT scan today to see if the brain pressue has gone down and take it from there.

Thanks,
Sherry

Hey Sherry -
Please let me know if I can do more than just keeping you in our prayers and thoughts. I want nothing more than to be of help so please let me know.

Melodi

Larry here,

It is now 11:00 PM Alaska time and the docs have told us for the first time that things are finally starting to stabilize. I can't thank everyone enough for all the prayers and support. This is just so great to have everyone here with all the different support being offered. Sorry if it looks like jibberish but I just wanted to thank everyone since I got a chance to get on here.

Larry, I'm glad to hear it. You will remain in our prayers, now try to get some sleep!

Phil

Well stabilize is one thing and improvement seems to be another by the Doc's standards. I was initially depressed by the revelation because there doesn't seem to be any change in the cranial pressures. When we hear news that doesn't sound like real good news my ex-wife just spirals downward with me chasing after to help and getting caught up in things. I have faith in the Lord that this will resolve itself positively even if the road may be a long rough one. Today was no exception as after I heard what wasn't encouraging the ex was on the same path with me trying to help to no avail. Just then we encountered an old friend of mine that I hadn't seen in 6 years who told of his nephew that had a similar experience that was even worse. After telling all the horrifying detailes he proceded with; "After 8 months he woke from the coma and was like a baby not knowing anything. After 1 1/2 yrs of therapy he was just as before and only having problems with math that were solved with more useage af a calulator than before." We then saw a couple whose 5 yr old daughter was diagnosed with a rare cancer only recorded in 47 previous cases worldwide. They sounded so upbeat that after the other story my ex was doing much better and so was I. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Larry,

Have faith, my friend... Remember; "All things work together for good to them that serve the Lord." Sometimes it takes a while to understand the obstacles we are given in life. I really believe something positive will come from this trial. You remain in my prayers. BTW, thanks for the update, and keep them coming...

the9.3Guy

Larry, We will keep the prayers coming and light a candle in her honor.
May God look kindly on this young lady and help her through these trying times. May He also give you and yours comfort along this rocky road. Amen

Larry, the Ellisons will keep you and yours in our prayers. It is harder on you and the mrs now than on Heather. God grant you strength.

Larry,

We're still praying here too (just said bedtime prayers a little bit ago, in fact). Kylie is a warrior and will keep at it until somebody calls her off. Hang tough!