Last week Tyler and I were in an accident. Tuesday, after we left work, we headed down to Orem to pick up a few things for Tyler’s math class. Well we didn’t make it that far. We ended up getting in a car accident while trying to get on the freeway at the American Fork Main Street on ramp.
We were trying to merge onto the freeway so Tyler had begun to speed up. There was a car trying to merge in front of us and a car trying to let that car in. The car trying to merge didn’t think she had enough room so she ended up slowing down and stopping which caused the car trying to let her in (the car in front of us) to stop as well. By the time Tyler realized they had stopped and not just slowed down it was too late. He slammed on his breaks and we slid into the car in front of us. We rear ended up Toyota Sequoia. So needless to say there was more damage to our car than theirs. Shortly after the accident a highway patrol car pulled up behind us. Luckily, the lady that caused the accident, the one we hit, and the guy behind us (that almost hit us but luckily didn’t) all stopped and gave their reports. We pulled into the shoulder as everyone gave their reports and the highway patrol man proceeded to give Tyler a ticket. He said that he is required by law to give a ticket whenever a rearending occurs. So we got a ticket for following too closely under the conditions. Oh but don’t worry… the lady that caused it all walks away with nothing. Tyler asked if she would at least get a ticket for failure to merge, but the police said, no she was just being cautious. Stupid. It was just rediculous to sit and listen to her say, “Merging is so scary… I hate driving on the freeway… I was going to pull over into the shoulder and wait for an opening.” I think if you are afraid of merging and afraid of driving on the freeway then you probably should take state street because you are a danger to other people on the freeway.
After we gave our reports the police had us call someone to pick us up. I called my mom because I forgot she had class. So I called Katie, which she said she would pick us up, but she has two little boys. Shortly after Katie said she would come, my dad called us. He had stayed home from work because he was super sick. He ended up coming to pick us up, despite feeling like he was going to pass out. He took us back to the credit union where my car was and we went to the hospital. Tyler called to see what we should do and the doctor told him that if it were his wife he would go to the hospital to be monitored.
When we got to the hospital the nurse asked us a lot of questions. They were all shocked that the air bags didn’t come out. We were pretty lucky. If the air bags would have come out it could have been a lot more harmful for me and especially the baby. But the put some monitors on me to check for contractions and also make sure hit heart rate was still strong and steady. I was having contractions, but nothing that I could feel. The nurse told me that they would have to give me a shot of something to stop the contractions. Tyler and I just looked at each other and I proceeded to tell her that I would rather not have that shot. She then asked why like five times. I finally told her that unless there was danger to the baby I would rather not put extra chemicals or medicine in my body unless it was advised by the doctor. We were irritated that she was so pushy about the drug. She ended up calling our doctor who told her unless the contractions got worse to not worry about it and to just put me on an IV of fluids. I guess if you get super hydrated it will calm preterm contractions. Which in my case it did. Oh and I have great news! I was given an IV and I didn’t pass out! Wahoo! That is an awesome step for me. Anyhow, they kepts us at the hospital for about 3 hours and a bag and a half of fluids later we were able to go home. Joel, Liana, and Tyler’s parents were sweet enough to come by and visit for a while. Thank you to Katie and Bryan for bringing us some food. It cheered us up for sure! We finally got home just after 9.
So everything is alright. Well not Tyler’s car, but we are just glad that the three of us are alright. We are still sore, but that will go away soon enough.
Don’t worry thought, to make the story better… I was sitting there in the car without shoes. My family all thought it was the strangest thing, which it was. I had a friend at work who had her shoes soaked earlier and she didn’t want to wear wet shoes to class. I told her to take mine because I was just going to be sitting in the car driving for a bit. Well that wasn’t the best day for me to be nice and give someone my shoes to borrow. But it made for a good story! Luckily I had a pair of shoes in my car so we were able to head straight to the hospital after the accident. That was the twist to our story. . . What a fun Tuesday night! 
