Update much?

Here's the news I've heard lately:
-Nikko now has both of his legs sewed up and he is slowly getting over his pnemonia. He still needs to be sewn up in his stomach, but he is doing well. Angry, but well.
-Tyler is doing fantastic. He has one leg totally sewn up and the other will be in the next two or three days.
-The boys will soon be moved into the same room so that they can be together through this time.
-Yesterday night there was another fundraiser, a spaghetti dinner, that was hosted by a new restaurant where Tyler's two brothers work. A silent auction, that had everything from massages to dogs, went on at the same time, and the number floating around today was in the $60,000 range. They only expected about a thousand people, but after about only an hour and a half, 2,700 people had already walked through the doors. It took me about 30 minutes to actually get food, and they ran out before even everyone could eat. It was very successful.

That's pretty much it, but almost nothing has gone wrong since they arrived.

Thanks for, uhm...tuning in? (:

P.S. Email me! sonkissed831@aim.com

Better These Days

Things are going positively in almost every way possible.
It's incredibly better since a week ago.

:Nikko and Tyler are doing really well. As each second passes, their chances of a good recovery grow. Tyler has awakened from his drug-induced coma, is eating solid food, knows of his situation and the loss of his legs, and has a positive outlook. He said to his dad after recovering from the shock & pain of hearing about his legs, "Well, I guess this is just kind of a new beginning for me." He's doing really well and is cracking jokes as normal. Nikko is slowly being brought out of an identical coma, and while he hasn't heard the news about his legs, he now has a friend to be beside him who is in a similar situation to help him through. Both are now in the Pediatric ICU, rather than the full-on ICU, if that makes sense.

:Last night was one of the best nights of my life. It felt so good. A week ago, one of my friend's moms, Martha, and her assitant (both work for the Limb Preservation Foundation) came up with an idea to do a phone-a-thon, seeing as the majority of all teens these days have cell-phones. Every news channel-4, 7, 9, 31-showed up to cover the event, and about 200 kids and a few parents showed up to make calls from a list from a phone book. It began at 7 o'clock sharp after a short "opening ceremony" and we began calling for pledges. Pledges ranged from $10 to $5,000 at a time. [Most] people were very generous, although almost everyone was hung up on at one time, and one girl was even harassed by a drunken man that she had called. Things were smoothed out though, and, in the end, 3 hours later, our total came to $54,012.82. It was absolutely phenomenal. I, personally, made a total of about $450 after calling around 35 people. Check out this, this, or this and click on the movie icons to see it live from last night. (You might even see me! :])

:I had a swim meet today and got 2 new best times: 200 free - 2:24.something, 100 free - 1:05.87. I know you don't know how that measures up, but, for me personally, that's really cool. The rest of the week at practice is going to kick our butts, seeing as we're going to be swimming 6,000+ yards every day. After this week, however, we get to rest, and that will be good for everyone, including the coaches.

So, life is looking up. Thanks for checking in and I hope your weeks have gone well thus far! (:

P.S. Should you like to donate, send a check to:
Centennial Bank of the West
807 Mountain Avenue
Berthoud, Colorado 80513
(Make checks payable to "The Berthoud Wrestler's Medical Fund.")
Anything is greatly appreciated!

Not the Best of Days

The blog I just wrote I lost, and it was very informational. I have no desire to once again recant the events, so check this out to find out what I discussed. There were a few key things, however, that the story did not cover: 1. Tyler (who is in worse condition than Nikko) went into surgery at 10am this morning to correct internal bleeding. 2. Both boys, as of around noon today, have lost both their legs. 3. There were, in fact, 3 teenage girls in the boys' truck, one of which was a close friend of mine. 4. As far as I know, the female teenage driver is at no fault and did nothing wrong. 5. There were no drugs and alcohol involved as we know.
I'm sorry I lost my original blog; it was much better than this. Please pray for these boys, the driver, and the families. They are obviously going through a very rough time right now. And keep in mind our school, seeing as it is going to affect us greatly.

Nothing too exciting.

Happy 2007.

So, Monday was declared a national day of mourning, and Tuesday we had off. Wednesday was then made a snow day by the district officials, and so we went back to school on Thursday. We went to our regular four classes that day, expecting to go to the last four on Friday. Friday was made a snow day, too. So, although we were supposed to go to school for 3 days this week, we only did once. Shweet.

Nothing exciting happened on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday.
On Thursday I wrote three essays just during the school day. Wooh!
And then on Friday, I was supposed to have morning practice. After a restless night sleep I got up to go to practice at 4:45 and my ride didn't show up. I went to bed again at 5:30, hoping to sleep until I had to get up for school. I woke around 6:45, panicing thinking that I had school. I had jumped in the shower, got dressed, and scarfed down some Wheaties when my brother came up and told me that Kelsey had texted him and told him that school was cancelled. I rushed downstairs to check 9news.com and saw that what Kelsey said was true. I was so frustrated after having to wake up for practice, not going, and then panicing when I thought I'd be late for school. Dag.
Yesterday was a welcomed surprise without school and I enjoyed it to its fullest; I didn't take a shower until around noon. Yeeah. :]]
BHS's Black & White Ball had to be rescheduled since there was no school yesterday, but I don't really care since I wasn't planning on going anyway. Our Greeley Invite scheduled for today was cancelled as well, so I didn't have to swim the 100 breast. I was quite happy.
Today I hung out with Jeri from school/swimming and we had fun. We went to DazBog for coffee. Yum. Then I went over to Centerra to meet Katy and Mel so that I could have a ride to Ryan & Emily Walker's reception. The reception was beautiful; I really enjoyed it. They showed the whole ceremony and a slideshow of pictures of when they were little and such. It was a good time. (Those who missed out would have loved it. [;) So now I'm home, writing in my blog. After this I'll probably take a shower and then head to bed. Night!

I hope your first weeks of 2007 have been even better than you could have hoped. ♥