Katie

My sister had an accident Tuesday night while with her running group. She fell and dislocated her hip. For those of you who don't know her she is an avid runner. She recently completed her first marathon in under 4 hours! Holy Cow that is awesome!
She has been a runner now for a while and loves it. Most people have kids, or craft hobbies or something they really enjoy, well, running is IT for her. Not saying that is all she does but she really enjoys it and is REALLY good at it. Anywho, my sweet sister lives in Fairhope and has a sweet boyfriend, pictured here


Darin has been helping her since the accident but he is a civilian contractor and has been in Afghanistan for over a year now, he has to return home this weekend so he can go back to Afghanistan.
So, to the grimy details. After she fell, her running group called 911 and she got rushed to the hospital. First of all, let me just PRAISE GOD that she was with some people. Katie runs by herself often and had she been by herself, I don't even want to know what would have happened.
They tried to put her hip back in place but it just wasn't happening. They did a surgery to try and repair it and while in surgery they found that some bone had been broken off when her hip dislocated. While that surgery helped a little, she had to then see a specialist to see if further surgery will be needed and they concluded that more surgery would be the answer. That was decided today. She will have surgery in the AM at USA in Mobile.

My mom just had cateract surgery today and will be going to help my sister out after her follow up appointment on her eyes tomorrow morning.
Once my sister is released from the hospital, which will probably be Sunday, I will pack up the kids and head down there to help out.

Please say a prayer for Katie. I realize it could have been a lot worse but she is really shaken up over this whole thing. She is worried that she may never be able to run again and if she can run, that she won't be able to run fast.
Also if you could pray for me as I journey with my two kids to help out. Aric will have to work so I will be traveling by my lonesome.

Katie, if you are reading this, we love you. Hang in there. God knows the plans He has for you. No matter what happens, remember to praise Him and give Him glory. He will never leave you or forsake you.

Unfortunately this is the most recent pic I could find of me and the sister. I guess I need to do a better job of taking pictures!





Katie finishing at "Make it to the line" 4 mile run at the Flora-Bama