How It All Began

On Saturday morning, September 27 Jill decided to take her usual walk to Curves to do her workout. She had figured out that if she walked a half mile to Curves, worked out and then walked a half mile home that she was getting much more exercise. At about 8:30 a.m. she started to cross a street in Edmond and was just a few steps from reaching the other side when she was tragically hit by a car. This blog is for the purpose of sharing the journey that her family, friends and multitude of loved ones have been on with her now for a week and will continue to travel.

After Jill was was struck by the car, an eye witness immediately stopped and rushed to her and immediately started praying over her. Two more people came, both from the medical profession and also stayed with Jill until the ambulance could arrive.

Because Jill was going to workout, she didn't have any identification with her except her Curves ID. The manager of Curves, however heard there had been an accident and knew that some of her members walked to workout. She got in her car immediately and went to the scene of the accident but by that time the ambulance was already headed toward University Hospital, where an excellent trauma emergency room awaited their arrival. The police talked to the manager of Curves and showed her the ID which she took and was able to scan and identify to whom it belonged - our loved one - Jill. She provided the police with contact information and through a series of events, her husband was contacted and headed immediately to the hospital.

As family, friends and loved ones gathered at the hospital, prayer started to be lifted to The Father on Jill's behalf. The wait was difficult, but the chaplain was faithful in updating the family and soon they were told that she was breathing on her own, but needed to go to surgery immediately to remove the spleen and try to do some temporary repair to her now very broken body. The wait began and cell phones were in constant use updating other friends, family members and co-workers.

After about one hour in surgery the first doctor came out and reported that her spleen had been successfully removed and the other doctor was going to work on the rest of her injuries. He reported that she was doing fine. After about four more hours of waiting the news came that she was out of surgery and that her vital signs were improving. By this time the news of her accident had spread and many friends and family members started arriving at the hospital. Many were praising the Lord for bringing Jill this far on what would be known as Day 1 of the journey.