Dad

hey all, i'm pretty tired so this isn't going to be long, but just to fill you all in...
Some of you've prob seen on the youth site, but at Mobile Maintenance Ministry this morning (which is a church thing where a group of volunteers go round to ppl's houses and do odd jobs, gardening etc) Dad was up a ladder cutting down branches from a dead tree with a chainsaw, and a branch slipped down on him or something (he can't remember too much, and he was being careful, it was a total accident) and slipped and fell 3-4m backwards onto the driveway below. He was unconscious and bleeding pretty badly from the back of his head and having trouble breathing so we turned him over and (thanks to all the other ppl there esp Richard Banger!! I was madly trying to think of the first aid training we did in yr 10 child studies, but all i could remember was the recovery position!) applied pressure and stuff and rang the ambulence which was around the corner and, yeah, i rode in the ambulence with him (first ambo ride, which under different conditions coulda seemed pretty cool!) to the RAH... Basically after the testing and stuff he's got a small fracture to his skull (God's version of a built in helmet) and bleeding under the skin, but the skull itself didn't dislodge or move or anything like that, and providing the bleeding doesn't spread he should be home tomorrow, fingers crossed. In a LOT of pain at first, but got better thru the day... Been there most of the day with D&P at first, then Mum, in a bit of a daze now. All pretty scary, being there when it happened...

Thanks everyone who messaged, rang, or were thinking about us, v much appreciated :) Makes me realise what a support network I/we at church esp, everyone knew within like a few hrs! Love you all :) xo