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I'm a survivor of the 35W bridge collapse.I was the driver of the big yellow bus .We now call it the Screaming Yellow Zonker because of what we went through. This was very scary for all 60 people on board, my own 2 children and I. But we all made out alive. I'm still healing and not back at work yet.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 9:04 PM, CDT


Hello all sorry it has been so long again. It has been crazy again with more injections and doctors appointments. I went to get my second set of injections and I got 50% relief so that quilifies me for a Riseatomy. I think that is how you spell it. It is were they go in and burn the nerves that are on the end of your spine. They are like feelers on the ends. the go and burn them off with a laser. Now mind you they will drug me up for this but it very painful for 2 weeks and it might have to happen more than once. Yeah! I'm not looking forward to this but they think this will help me get some relief. I sure hope and pray that it works. As for my wrist the doctor gave me a cort. shot in it and that was supposed to make it better he hoped or he will go in and do the surgery on that. I have trobbing pain ever since I started PT on it. It has been really weired because carpo. is on your wrist and most of my pain has been on top off it. I hope when I go back to see him he can fix both sides who knows though my body has been such a mistery to me and it seems the doctors to. Now if my back nerve burnings don't help then we will look into a pain pump or a nerve block put in my back for relief. I hope they can fix it with this though. It will take at least six weeks to know if it worked for me. I have this done next Tuesday. I'm nervous but hopeful. Other than all that good stuff I have been trying to play in my garden. it is sooo beautiful I can't wait till my lillies start to bloom they are my favorite. I go in there and I will sit in there to do what I need to. My body doesn't let me bend over and get the weeds out I feel like a kid in the dirt. It is fun though. The kids are out of school and it is funny they are bored already. See I wish there was all year long school then they wouldn't be bored. They have evrything a kid could want and more but still bored I don't get it. When we were kids we would be gone all day and come home at night before bed. I know thing are not how it was then but wow. Brianna and lil David surprised me this last week by swimming around the pool with there life jackets on but swimming. I was so happy to see that. It made tears in my eyes just seeing Brianna do it. That girl amazes me all the time. she is growing so fast and David to. He will be my second grader next year and Brianna goes in to 4th and a new school. Arrianna now a 7th grader. She got a 3.6 grade average this last tri. I was very happy for her. I love seeing them do good. Big Dave is working on becoming self employed here. It will be nice because when I have appointments he can take me. That has been all. I promise to get on here more and keep ya updated on the next healing factor. Oh how I hope it works. Well till next time and thanks for all the support keep it comoing because next week on Tuesday I will need lots of hugs, and thoughts and prayers. Take Care you all rock!!


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I would like for anyone who visits write something for me it helps keep me going and my head up.Some days it makes my day go better when I worry.I even would like to share it with my kids who were on the bus that day .Thanks So Much Kim&Kids

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Out of the hospital
MN 55303
United States