MORE BAD NEWS FOR THE CITIZENS OF CHURCHS FERRY

I heard from someone on Tuesday after work that on Monday a friend, Julie Tollefson, was in a bad accident. She was on her way to Brinsmade to have a dress for her daughter altered once more before her brother-in-laws wedding this weekend. A gravel truck failed to yield and struck her vehicle. Her daughter was okay, she just had some scratches and bruises that will go away with time. But Julie suffered a broken collar bone, broke either an ankle or foot (I'm not to sure which one yet) and she had damage to an arm along with many other things. Julie was fine, considering what happened. The ambulance took her to Cando but the doctors in Cando couldn't so anything for her broken ankle/foot so they transferred her to Grand Forks and when she was in Grand Forks she suffered a stroke due to a blood clot and went into a coma. Grand Forks sent her to Minneapolis and she is on a respirator and they say she has no brain wave activity. She squeezed someone's hand just the other day, but they aren't sure if she is responding or if it's muscle spasms that is causing her hand to squeeze things. Julie's family won't know anything for about another five days. If she is brain dead, I hope that the Lord will end her suffering. I would hate to see Julie end up like Terry Schiavo. They say that she could come out of the coma with little or no brain damage, she could be severely brain damaged, or she may not come out of it at all. I am hoping for the best. My thoughts are always with her husband, son, and daughter. By the grace of God, I hope she pulls through.