My dad

Well, now that lucky13 is home from her honeymoon, I can tell all our Sowal friends that our dad survived a serious car accident on Thursday. I didn't post the news to the board on the chance that she might read the board or run into a Sowaller who would ask about him. We decided not to tell her until she came home.
Anyway, thoughts and prayers for his speedy and full recovery are much appreciated. Long story short, he's a diabetic who doesn't manage his condition the way he should. His sugar level bottomed out while he was driving on the interstate, and he lost consciousness and ran off the road into a parked tractor trailer. The state trooper told him numerous times that he was "the luckiest man in the world," and his car is supposed to be a sight to see. He was helicoptered from the scene, and his worst injuries were a pretty heavy duty laceration on his cheek and a broken L-2 vertebrae. He should recover just fine, but he is very stubborn and is already complaining about wearing the back brace--saying he won't wear it--and is already not taking his insulin. So, maybe pray that his head will soften up a little bit, too... ;-)