“Jordan’s Story”A story of traumatic brain injury………….

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can

happen to ANYONE , at

ANYTIME………. Life can change in

an instant……

Your life, your child’s life, your grandchildren’s, your

sister, your brother’s, aunts, uncle’s, friends, your

parents, or your grandparents…. lives can change in

an instant……

JORDAN’S LIFE……

Facts about Traumatic Brain Injury…….

TBI is the leading cause of death and disability in children

and young adults

Seven times more people experience TBI than AIDS, HIV, or

CANCER combined

Leading causes of TBI is falls, motor vehicle accidents, and

violence

57,000 Georgians suffer from TBI’s every year, with over

3,000 resulting in permanent disability

Jordan 18 years old, high school senior,

college bound, life is just beginning……

Jordan’s Life…..

April 16, 2010

The almost fatal accident ….. Jordan’s

vehicle is struck ,while on the way to

work, when the driver runs the stop sign,

at a high rate of speed. The accident

happens on the day of her senior

prom…..

EMS give her no chance of surviving the

ambulance ride, she was thrown into the

passenger’s side, Jordan was not wearing a

seat belt……..at the time of impact……

Jordan arrives in Trauma Center….an Emergency craniotomy is performed, surgeons remove a part of her skull to reduce swelling, coma is induced to control bleeding in the brain…..

Jordan emerges from her coma ….2 months

later…………… the family begins to pray for a

miracle… doctors tell her mom to find a nursing home

for her 18 year old daughter…………….

Jordan’s Mom goes to hospital chapel.

On her hands and knees she prays to

God….

“Lord, please send me a sign, a sign I

can see with my own eyes…..”

Jordan’s Journal……..Her teacher brings me her English Lit. Journal , she

wrote 30 days prior to accident……

“ God will send a sign. The sign will be a

RAINBOW….”

The Stranger……..

There are ANGELS among us…..

While in a drug store, Melissa (Jordan’s mom ) is approached by a stranger….a black male, with blue eyes, wearing a red t-shirt, and a beautiful gold cross….

The stranger tells her….

“God told me you will see a rainbow. Can I pray for your daughter?”

He had no knowledge of her journal…….

Rehab begins…Jordan has to learn how to walk,

talk, feed herself, bathe herself, etc…..

Jordan’s Skull is replaced 6 months

later……………the journey continues….

Jordan’s Mom gets her sign…..

GOD is still in the miracle making

business….my daughter is living proof…

( look at the clouds…..an eye from heaven??)

Jordan continues to recover….. She gets

better each and everyday…. Thanks to

God and your many prayers…….

I owe my child’s life to God and his Angels.

Love, Faith, Hope & Prayer…got our family

through this ordeal…. Jordan has no

recollection of her hospital stay or the accident

Many, many, many thanks to friends, family, and

strangers who prayed for Jordan and our

family…..we never could have made it without you.

I want each and everyone who watches this …to

know that no matter what problems you may have,

no matter what you are going through, ..there is no

problem to BIG or SMALL that GOD can’t

handle…..you simply have to BELIEVE……….

Melissa Oliphant…

I sincerely …… Thank you ALL from the bottom of my heart…..

(Jordan’s Mom)

Special thanks to Burke County EMS, Shock Trauma ICU at Medical

College or Georgia, Atlanta Children’s Hospital at Scottish Rite, to all

the Doctors, Many Nurses, CNAs, and Rehab Therapists who aided in

Jordan’s recovery….and who are stilling helping today……