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Hi all. I felt like I should share this as it amazes me how to this day Jessica still stands out to people. Unfortunately the severity of her accident is definitely part of it but in some way I feel like it was also just because it was Jess. I don't know for sure but feel like God placed certain people for certain reasons. Some day I will ask him!  

 I have been told by many that were there that day that they could literally feel she was different and not just for the severity of her injury. I will try and find this guy and go visit ( of course letting him know I can't handle details) but to let him know I am grateful and let him know what helped me.   He is not the first, first responder to let me know they had to seek counseling after witnessing this :(.  Amazing to think how much this effected complete strangers and people who come across accidents with deaths etc as part of their career, yet she stands out.  And then I wonder myself how I am still sane as this was my child...well mostly sane. Hopefully this will also give you some understanding to why I may not act it at times and I have also been told I have PTSD.  

Only by the grace of God and all of you have I made it this far.   We have experienced so much loss and not just the loss of Jessica's sweet personality but of people who just disappeared from our lives. And you're all still here.  I hope you really realize how grateful I am. 

Emails like these make me that much more grateful and convinced that " we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us". Phil 4:13. 

Hugs 

Lisa. 

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Date: October 20, 2016 at 11:20:49 PM PDT
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	journeyforjessica contact Oct 21, 2016 at 1:20 AM Name: mark Email address: emt...@yahoo.com Phone: Message: I was one of the two paramedics who worked your daughters accident scene. The other was SJFD. I have only known of Jessica's survival for about 4 years. Of which it has taken me this long to write this note. I'm crying even now. We see lots of bad things in our work. I've been in EMS for about 20 years now and among all the things that keep me up at night Jessica's call really stuck with me. I buried it down deep at the time and soldiered on until my emt partner at the time J saw me and told me about the walk benefit. I looked at him and asked him how, how did she survive. It all rushed back to me and i was overwhelmed. Six months later I started counseling for post traumatic stress and things have gotten much better for me. We see things for 5-60 minutes sometimes less. There is no follow up unless we screw up. We don't know what ultimately happens to 99% of our patients unless they are habitual callers and we see them everyday. I'm not writing this to bring up bad memories for you. I'm not writing this to toot my own horn. I want you to know that we did the best we could as fast as we could and as far as the call went it was an exceptional run for all of us. They don't all run smooth, but that scene was polished and all team. All the ego was checked and we were humming. I have known the SJFD medic for years, he is one of the good ones, somebody I would want working on my own family which is the highest praise a medic can give. My partner was very experienced and was a rockstar with his driving/scene management. He was reading our minds and filling our hands with what was needed before we asked . The bystander and police cpr that gave us the chance to put our knowledge and skills to work was flawless. What i'm trying to say, and feeling it isn't clear, that for those that were there that day. It was the call of a career. One where everything that needs to be handled, was, fast, and right. I never got to meet any family at the hospital or scene. I want to say now I am so very sorry this happened to your little girl. I'm sad that this is a hard memory for me, but happy to see that you have hope and some way of communicating with her. I'm deliberately not using names of other responders to protect their privacy please don't take offense. I have no way of talking to them now to ask their permission. The SJFD medic told me once that he had met you. My partner said he went to one of the walks. With time I may show up as well. I'm sure your questions have at this point have all been answered about that day. If there are any that have not been feel free to ask me and i will answer to the best of my ability. I don't know if this was a good idea or not. I think about it a lot in October. I talk about it with my wife and friends, never using names of course. When training, I run through a similar paced and presented scenario to pass on some of my knowledge to the up and coming responders. More than other industries a lot of what we do we learned from direct experiences of those that come before us I hope you don't mind. with all my sympathy and support mark
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[Pam Belgum]

Totally in tears , throat is so choked up. Lisa this is pretty amazing. Stay sane, girl. 

Pam

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