This past weekend was supposed to be calm and relaxing. Travis and Brook went on a camping trip sponsored by Brook’s school to Sunset Crater. They went with Scott and Ellie and a few other people from the Montessori.
Travis and Brook in the Lava Fields of Sunset Crater
From what I was told, they had a blast…they hiked the Lave Fields and visited an old Native American Ruins. The kids all played well together and Scott and Travis had fun hanging out having a couple of beers after the girls went to sleep in their tents. It was Brook’s first camping trip and I think she had a great time and will want to do it again.
So, back to the supposed to be relaxing part…
On Saturday, I got a call from Mom F. freaking out because Shannon called her and told her, “not to worry, but I’ve been struck by lightning Mom,” before the connection broke. Mom F. wanted me to find her and to figure out how to get help to Shannon.
Honestly, struck by lightning?
At first, I had a hard time believing it…it just wasn’t sinking in…who gets hit by lightning?
But after a few minutes of digesting the news, I started to get concerned. I knew she was hiking in Globe with her friends, but I didn’t know which mountain range. I started calling the fire department and hospitals, but no one answered the phone. I finally got a hold of someone at the Globe Police Department. She told me she hadn’t heard of the accident, but she was State of Globe and not County of Globe. She told me to hold on and she would find out if the County was dealing with this case.
They were and through her I found out that there were no casualties and two people were being Medivaced back to Phoenix.
CASUALTIES??? I know she said no casualties, but hearing that still freaked me out. Karen (Shannon’s BHF – best hiking friend), called me soon after that and told me which hospital Shannon was at.
I rushed right over there and when I got there, I was informed I couldn’t see her with Blake…I was trying to hold back tears soooo badly, I just wanted to see my friend for myself and make sure the doctors were right about her prognosis. Luckily, two nurses came out and said they would watch Blake so I could see her and I took them up on their offer.
I rushed to her room and when I saw her, I couldn’t hold back my tears anymore…I hugged her and told her she only had seven more lives left, so she better use them wisely! (I count the Harley accident as life number 1).
For her version of the story visit her blog, it’s crazy to read about someone getting struck by lightning.
She really is okay…she’s a little sore and has some minor tingling and dizziness, but nothing that won’t get better with time.
Really though, it’s amazing that she survived with barely a scratch…it really makes you appreciate life and the small moments.
In the game of life, there are sometimes unexpected twists and turns and really all we can do is live in the moment, love hard and laugh often.
Glad you are okay buddy!
