{"id":9368,"date":"2014-05-25T10:22:49","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T17:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/?p=9368"},"modified":"2014-05-25T18:51:22","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T01:51:22","slug":"vernon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/2014\/05\/25\/vernon\/","title":{"rendered":"Vernon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Vernon-and-Ali\"<\/a><\/p>\n

At a healthier moment, Vernon with Allison.
\n(Below) How he looks today.<\/h6>\n

Today we’re breaking from the ongoing saga of my parents’ story for a news-flash on another member of our family. It’s our son-in-law Vernon, Allison’s husband. He’s currently the center of our concerns, though he knows nothing about it.<\/p>\n

Friday evening police showed up at Allison’s door in San Clemente. There’d been an accident and she should get to the hospital as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

Even now it’s taking time to get the details. Apparently a pickup truck turned into the road never seeing Vernon cruising home on his Vespa. There was never a moment to break or swerve. Many people saw it, many immediately punching in 911. Paramedics were there within minutes. Some onlookers thought it was already too late.<\/p>\n

By the time we got to the hospital a group of what was to become a team of five doctors was assembling. The neurologist was first, brain trauma being a major concern. As was pulmonary; he wasn’t breathing when they brought him in. Then there were all the broken bones, the jaw, the pelvis, the femur. Plastic surgery would be needed for the face.<\/p>\n

We were there for hours. The team of doctors worked till 5:00 in the morning.<\/p>\n

Vernon is in a coma, part natural, part induced, and will be for a week or longer. The hospital stay will be long, the rehab longer. Even now we’re in a precarious period what with the brain trauma.<\/p>\n

So many people have come to the rescue.\u00a0The nameless paramedics, with their quick action, saved his life. The doctors, we’re told, are among the best in the land.\u00a0Many, many are gathering around Allison, supporting her.<\/p>\n

My reading the following morning was in Mark. Jesus was interrupted in his teaching to come heal the daughter of one Jarius. On the way, another sufferer touched the hem of his clothes, hoping for a healing. She got it. He told her that her faith had done it. But by the delay, the daughter of Jarius had died. But then Jesus reversed that too.<\/p>\n

The take away for me at the moment is how it was\u00a0the faith of the one that effected the healing, and yet there was a complete lack of faith on the part of the other, already dead. But others believed.<\/p>\n

And that’s where we are.<\/p>\n

Believing.<\/p>\n

\"Vernon-in-Traction-650\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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