Saturday, August 16, 2008

Guerrette Benefit

In May, my brother-in-law, Willie and his daughter Nikki were brutally attacked in their home in the middle of the night. They both sustained incredible head injuries and were the in the hospital for a long time. Willie spent 4 weeks in ICU and then 2 more weeks in hospital before being able to come home. Nikki spent a few days in ICU and then about 2 weeks in the hospital before she was able to come home. Since, she has been back in the hospital with a head surgery. Willie has upcoming surgeries as well. We are so happy that they are both on the road to recovery, but it will be a long road of therapies and just getting over this awful thing that happened to them. Some friends of the family put on this incredible benefit to help with medical expenses not covered by insurance. We had abut 1200 people gather at the local high school to be entertained for the evening with Bob Marley, who is a great Maine comedian, and a local band. It was a huge success and people were so generous. People continue to be generous too. It is wonderful. We are so thankful for the thoughts and prayers on Willie and Nikki's behalf. I know this has sustained them during this terrible time. We are so happy they are doing so well and continue to improve every day.

1 comment:

Nikki said...

So nice to see a picture of the family together.
It is nice to hear that they are doing well, but great to see them both.

We still pray for all of you!!!

~~Nik