Avra Vounou Farm & Soapworks

Our New Year's Miracle

We truly had a New Year’s
miracle. Gianni had a wreck in his truck the night of January 1. He was
returning home at around 2AM from a friend’s birthday party when he hit a patch
of ice. After 4-5 nose-to-tail flips, it landed on it’s side in the middle of a
field. Because of roadside bushes and the field was lower than road, he was not
found until 7:30 AM. After removing him through the windshield he actually
managed to stand and speak. He is not sure if he was wearing a seatbelt and the
airbags failed. He suffered hypothermia, mild frost-bite on his fingers, and a
concussion of the cerebral cortex (sorry, not sure if that is what it is called
in English, this is translation from Greek.) Amazingly he did not break any
bones, no internal injuries, and only two minor bruises. Of course, he couldn’t
move for two days and there was a lot of pain in his hands due to the
frost-bite and concussion. He is home from the hospital today, still shaky and
sore. The only lasting effect is that he cannot move the fingers on his right
hand and uses his left hand with difficulty. There has been improvement and the
doctors assure us that he should regain full use (probably within a month) with
physical therapy. The only part of the truck (a 2 year old Nissan Navara,
Frontera in US) still in one piece is the passenger cabin (minus all the
glass). It truly was a miracle. Please pray for his hands to recover. 
 
 
 
A lesson in reading the fine
print: We found out that our 30,000 euro truck with only 2 payments left to pay
it off, is not covered by our insurance. We thought it was. Although this is a
real financial blow, it is just money. I’m just so happy that my hubby is
alive!