I was going to blog about having a sinus infection and post a recipe for onion soup for the sick, but I’ll let Wacky Mommy cover that. I found this story today that just defies belief.

From WLEX TV in Lexington, Kentucky (emphasis added):

A Letcher County woman suffered a horrible injury early Thursday when her arm was severed in a car crash on the Mountain Parkway in Clark County.

Jacqueline Dotson and her six-year-old daughter had to be cut out of their vehicle after the accident in which Dotson veered into the median and over-corrected, rolling her truck over the guardrail and landing upside down after flipping several times.

Several people stopped to help, and it turns out, the good samaritans may very well have saved Dotson’s life. Sheila Vice, a nurse’s aide, and an off-duty EMT from another county stopped to help, and put a tourniquet on Dotson’s arm to stop the bleeding. Her arm was found near the accident still clutching a cell phone.

“Basically we stayed there and talked to them until the EMT drivers got there,” said Vice.

Rescuers used the jaws of life to get the Dotson and her daughter out of the truck. Both were flown to hospitals, and Dotson is listed in serious condition at UK Hospital. Her daughter is not in the hospital, and sheriff’s officials say they believe she’s going to be fine.

Both were wearing seat belts.

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