WHILE WALKING HOME ON FEBRUARY 18, 2008, MY 20 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS STRUCK BY A CAR AT SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD AND COTNER, RIGHT BY THE NORTHBOUND 405 ON RAMP TO THE FREEWAY. SHE WAS UNCONSCIOUS INITIALLY AT THE SCENE, THANKS TO THE QUICK AND THOUGHTFUL THINKING AND REACTION OF A BYSTANDER, A CAR THAT HAD BEEN WAITING FOR HER TO CROSS, SHE WAS PROTECTED AND SAVED BY THIS "GUARDIAN ANGEL". OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL TO THIS AWESOME LADY. THE DRIVER THAT HIT HER WAS A HEARTLESS COWARD THAT TOOK OFF, LEAVING HER LYING IN THE STREET UNCONSCIOUS AND ALONE. HOW ONE HUMAN BEING (I USE THAT TERM HERE QUESTIONABLY IN THE PERPETRATORS CASE) CAN DO THAT TO ANOTHER IS JUST BEYOND COMPREHENSION. MY DAUGHTER SPENT 1 1/2 DAYS IN THE U.C.L.A. EMERGENCY ROOM'S TRAUMA UNIT...ANOTHER ANOTHER 4 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL...BEING DISCHARGED ON FEBRUARY 23, 2008.
SHE HAS EXPERIENCED NAUSEA, SEVERE HEADACHES AND BACK AND LEG SPASMS. THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE VICTIM, BUT ALSO THE FAMILY. THIS HAS BEEN A VERY DRAINING TIME BOTH EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY FOR ME. I HAVE BEEN HER ONLY DAILY CAREGIVER. PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE HOW FRUSTRATING, AND LONELY BOTH THE VICTIM AND CAREGIVER CAN FEEL. SHE LOOKS APPARENTLY WELL IF ONE WERE TO LOOK AT HER, AND I GIVE THANKS EVERYDAY TO GOD FOR THIS. BUT PEOPLE DON'T SEE THE PAIN AND SUFFERING SHE GOES THROUGH ON A DAILY BASIS. SHE IS A LOVING, CARING AND COMPASSIONATE PERSON WHO DIDN'T DESERVE THIS...BUT THEN NOBODY DESERVES TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN TO THEM.
AT THE TIME THIS HAPPENED, SHE WAS WORKING A TEMPORARY JOB...WHICH SHE CAN NO LONGER DO, AND I HAD BEEN LAID OFF MY JOB 5 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT HAPPENING. WHAT WE NEED IS ANY INFORMATION ON THE DRIVER THAT DID THIS TO HER...THEY HAD BEEN DRIVING ERRATICALLY PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, CUTTING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC, AND WENT AROUND A CAR THAT WAS STOPPED FOR MY DAUGHTER, AT WHICH TIME THEY STRUCK HER, SENDING HER FLYING INTO THE AIR. SHE SUFFERED A HIT TO THE BACK RIGHT SIDE OF HER HEAD, WITH A BLEED TO THE LEFT FRONT TEMPORAL REGION OF HER HEAD, WHICH THANKFULLY APPEARS TO HAVE STOPPED THE FIRST NIGHT AFTER THE ACCIDENT.
SO WE HAVE AT THIS POINT NO RECOURSE WITH THE PERPETRATOR UNTIL THEY ARE TRACKED DOWN, NO INSURANCE, AND NO MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF THE COSTS THAT HAVE BEEN INCURRED BY THIS ACCIDENT. ANY HELP IN ANY WAY, WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. WE COULD USE HELP FINANCIALLY RIGHT NOW, TOO! COULD YOU PLEASE FIND IT IN YOUR HEART TO HELP US OUT? WE WOULD BE FOREVER GRATEFUL. YOU COULD SEND A PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL ima_49er_fan at hotmail.com OF IF YOU PREFER YOU CAN SEND A MONEY ORDER OR CASH TO US, JUST E-MAIL ME FOR OUR ADDRESS...OUR DEEPEST THANKS GO OUT TO EVERYONE WHO READS THIS...AND ANY PRAYERS, OR HELP YOU CAN GIVE US IN ANY WAY. GOD BLESS YOU ALL! EVEN PRAYERS FOR FINDING THE PERPETRATOR WOULD BE APPRECIATED, TOO! WE WILL BE DOING A PRESS CONFERENCE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE DO HAVE A PICTURE OF THE CAR.
