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Tuesday, Jun. 20, 2006 - 10:56 a.m. Prayers for a Dear Friend
I guess I am like many of my other friends
today, and penning in their journals how petty and insignificant little
annoyances in our lives are.� Because the day before yesterday, a very dear
man we all know, Randy Gardner, a long time performer at the Texas Renaissance
Festival, and someone I am proud to call a friend, was seriously injured in a
welding accident.�� Randy was working at a gun range, welding
something, the details are fuzzy at this point, when an explosion
occurred.� From what I understand, the building he was working in, most
likely some kind of shed, was blow to bits, and Randy sustained 2nd and 3rd
degree burns on both of his arms and hands, the back of his head, and his
back.� He also sustained burns on his face.� He inhaled some of the
scorching air and burned his throat as well.� He is currently in the burn
unit at Hermann Memorial Hospital in the Texas Medical Center, arguably the
finest medical complex in the world.� He is of course of gobs of pain
killers, and is being assisted in his breathing.� I understand though that
he should be able to breath on his own by tomorrow and they have reduced the
oxygen percentage they are administering him.� We understand that Randy
holds no health or medical insurance and we will be embarking on some kind
of� fund raising project for the coverage of all of his medical bills here
very soon.� They are going to be enormous and most likely in the hundreds
of thousands of dollars.� Hopefully he will be able to file a successful
workman's comp. claim to offset the cost. This
is just so heartbraking.� He is going to be alright, but you will be hard
pressed to find someone friendlier, more willing to lend a hand in need, and as
good natured as Randy.� Like my friend Jennifer Ellis put it in her Live
Journal, this "hurts my heart."� He is going to be in alot of
pain for quite a while and to get the skin healed will take alot of strength on
his part.� We, unfortunately, have first hand experience with burns and know a little bit about the excruciating pain and discomfort he is about to go through.� Please keep good thoughts and prayers in your
hearts for his speedy and complication free recovery.�� Song
Virus du Jour:� "Venus in Furs" ~ The Velvet Underground Useless
Trivia du Jour:� On days like today, with such painful news, and while
pregnant, I really should not listen to songs like "Suffer the
Children" by Tears for Fears, and "Baby Mine" from Dumbo. |
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