KEEPING VIGIL FAMILY, FRIENDS WAIT AT CRASH VICTIM'S SIDE.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer SYLMAR - Carol Grant's favorite pillow is tucked beside her. A family photograph sits at her bedside. And her husband constantly holds her hand as other family members come and go, praying for her recovery. Though she's in a drug-induced coma produced to spare her pain, the 34-year-old mother of two wiggles wiggles - [scientific computation] In solving partial differential equations by finite difference and similar methods, wiggles are sawtooth (up-down-up-down) oscillations at the shortest wavelength representable on the grid. and tries hard to open her eyes. ``I know she will get through this,'' her husband, John, said, tears in his eyes. ``She has so much to live for. She's strong and we're all praying for her.'' Seriously injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. April 17 in a crash that killed two others, Grant of Canyon Country remains hospitalized in Mission Hills, undergoing surgeries and slowly recovering. ``I never thought anything like this would ever happen,'' Grant said, sporting a new tattoo tattoo, the marking of the skin with punctures into which pigment is rubbed. The word originates from the Tahitian tattau [to mark]. The term is sometimes extended to scarification, which consists of skin incisions into which irritants may be rubbed to produce to honor his wife. ``She doesn't even know what hit her.'' The high school sweethearts were married more than 11 years ago and have a 10-year-old daughter, Natalie, and an 8-year-old son, Connor. ``She's a wonderful woman. She doesn't deserve this,'' Grant added. ``I couldn't live without her.'' Carol Grant was driving a 1994 Chevy Silverado pickup truck when she was hit by a 1995 Chevy Camaro that jumped the center divider divider See European currency quotation. on Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling in Newhall. The occupants of the Camaro, cousins Patricia Marsh, 48, of Canyon Country and Mark Harden, 33, of Sylmar, were killed. Grant suffered traumatic injuries to her face and remains in serious condition. So far, she has undergone a 14-hour reconstructive surgery reconstructive surgery n. Plastic surgery. reconstructive surgery, n surgery to rebuild a structure for functional or esthetic reasons. where 13 plates and 60 screws were inserted to repair injuries to her face. Since the tragedy, family members have kept vigil vigil (vĭj`əl) [Lat.,=watch], in Christian calendars, eve of a feast, a day of penitential preparation. In ancient times worshipers gathered for vespers before a great feast and then waited outside the church until dawn for the liturgy (Mass). at her bedside and set up a motor home in the hospital parking lot for family members and other visitors. ``They haven't even touched her jaw or her nose,'' said Linda Delarosa, a close family friend. ``It's going to take a lot to get through this.'' Delarosa has started a fund to help the family as Grant recovers. ``We're just trying to help them as much as we can,'' Delarosa said. ``She's getting better.'' For the past 12 years, Carol Grant has worked as a manager at Victoria's Secret For the Sonata Arctica single, see Victoria's Secret (song) Victoria's Secret is an American retailer of high quality lingerie and beauty products.[2] at the Valencia Town Center. Her husband is a salesman for Dreyers Ice Cream. ``She is one of the nicest people,'' said Delarosa, a neighbor and longtime friend. ``She would do anything for you.'' In upcoming weeks and months, doctors plan to operate on Grant's hand, which was crushed in the collision, and reconstruct her heel. She isn't expect to be able to walk for six to eight months. ``She is devoted to her family and that's what's keeping her strong,'' said Jay Brigandi, a family friend. ``Her love for them and for life, that's what will make her get through this. Anyone else wouldn't have made it.'' VICTIM'S FUND A fund has been established to help the family of crash victim Carol Grant. Checks can be sent to the Grant Family Fund, c/o Valencia Bank and Trust, 18710 Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road, Canyon Country, CA 91351. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, box Photo: (1 -- color) John Grant holds a photo of himself, his children and his wife, Carol, who was critically injured in a car crash on April 17. (2 -- color) Carol Grant was critically injured in a head-on car crash last week and remains in intensive care in a hospital. (3) Dina Demas, left, pins an angel on Linda Grant at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History , where family and friends are keeping a vigil for Carol Grant, critically injured last week in a car crash. The 34-year-old mother of two remains in a drug-induced coma while undergoing a series of painful operations. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer Box: VICTIM'S FUND (see text) |
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