So last night Sharm and I went to a dinner/dance at BYU. Long story as to why we were even there, but that doesn't even matter. A man, about 28 years old, came over to greet our friend who we were sitting by and explained that he had just resigned from his job in Arizona, because of an accident. When he turned and sat down at the table I could see that one side of his face and neck were severely burned. He explained that he and his wife had been in an airplane crash. It was a small plane that went down in Eastern Arizona and the pilot was killed. His name is Christian Nielson and he was burned over 40% of his body and his wife, Stephanie Nielson was burned over 80% of her body. They have 4 small children between the ages of 2 and 7, who were cared for by family members. The accident happened in August and they were in a medically induced coma for 3 months. He was such a gracious young man, so curtious and kind. We asked questions about it and basically he and his wife are looking at about 20 more surgeries between the two of them. Their little kids have had a hard time because they don't fully recognize "Mommy" and "Daddy" now. Wow, I thought my life was rough sometimes. He told us that at present, his medical bills were in the millions!
His wife wrote a blog called Nie Nie Dialogues that was followed by over 1000 people prior to her accident and now, since the accident, there are over 20,000 people following it. After 3 months in a coma, she woke up to celebrity"ville". Matt Lauer wanted an interview as well as others. Her blog is popular because she talks in a very positive light about being a mom and wife, even though it's tough.
Take a look at the blog and read the story. It will put your life in perspective!
Love to all,
Laura
