Bridgett's Bike Wreck: Second year Day 323

Friday, November 8, 2013

Second year Day 323 - Friday November 1, 2013

Today when we were headed to town, Bridgett saw a bike rider and said, if I hadn't been wearing a helmet, would I have died? Yes, I said, you almost died and you were wearing a helmet. Its a sobering thought for all of us.

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THE PICTURES ON THIS PAGE ARE PICTURES OF BRIDGETT BEFORE HER ACCIDENT. AT SOME POINT, WHEN I GET SOME HELP, I WILL POST SOME PICTURES OF BRIDGETT AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND A CURRENT PICTURE.

If you want to contact Bridgett you can send an email to her at mtmacro@gmail.com or you can send snail mail to:

Bridgett Noland
PO BOX 9078
Kalispell, MT 59904

Cards, photos and letters are welcome and appreciated! If you haven't seen Bridgett lately, please remind her who you are or how she knows you to help her remember.

What happened?

On December 14, 2011 at about 5:15 p.m. Bridgett was traveling eastbound on her road bicycle on 800 South near Carterville Road in Orem, Utah. A westbound pickup truck did not see her and turned in front of her. Bridgett impacted the pick-up truck approximately at his front wheel and then his side view mirror hit her for the second impact. She was wearing a helmet and had the right-0f-way. Bridgett sustained a severe traumatic brain injury (including a left temporal lobe hematoma and shearing in the corpus callosum), neck fractures at C5 and C6, a broken cheekbone, a broken nose, four broken teeth, and aspiration pneumonitis. Bridgett was chewing gum at the time of her accident, which fell back in her throat, blocking her airway. She suffered from anoxia for approximately 20 minutes, until the gum was discovered. Her initial Glasgow coma score was 3. Additionally, when the doctors placed the shunt they pierced the dorsal midbrain and damaged her optic nerves. Although her injuries continue to heal, her optic nerves are still affected at this point. There is a possibility that she will need to have surgery on these optic nerves but they won't do that until one year after the accident.

Bridgett's Bike Wreck

Friday, November 8, 2013

Second year Day 323 - Friday November 1, 2013

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