You might think the link is a joke, but I'm only slightly kidding. Mrs. Underground and her parents and Eleanor were in a rollover accident this week. This is the truck they were in:
It rolled three or more times. Mrs. Underground and her Dad sustained cuts and bruises requiring stitches. Mrs. Underground's Mom crushed some of her vertebrae and broke her wrist and will be wearing a neck brace for six weeks. Eleanor literally was not scratched. She doesn't even have bruises or red marks where the straps went across her shoulders. I can't recommend that car seat highly enough.
UPDATE: The post title is a link to the brand of seat that Eleanor was in, I'm not sure that the original post made that clear. The seat is a Britax Marathon and it turns out they the company, in additional to building kick ass car seats, is also awesome at customer service. If you send them an accident-damaged seat, they replace it free of charge. They even pay for shipping. Eleanor's seat didn't look at all damaged, but you're still supposed to replace them after an accident. Thanks to Britax, we didn't have to shell out $200 for a new one. Once again, I can't recommend that car seat or the company highly enough.
UPDATE: The post title is a link to the brand of seat that Eleanor was in, I'm not sure that the original post made that clear. The seat is a Britax Marathon and it turns out they the company, in additional to building kick ass car seats, is also awesome at customer service. If you send them an accident-damaged seat, they replace it free of charge. They even pay for shipping. Eleanor's seat didn't look at all damaged, but you're still supposed to replace them after an accident. Thanks to Britax, we didn't have to shell out $200 for a new one. Once again, I can't recommend that car seat or the company highly enough.
9 comments:
Jeeeeeeez, man. That looks super scary. Anyhow, I'm glad everybody came out of it relatively unscathed.
-Divisadero
Sorry, I missed the part about Mrs. Underground's mom's crushed vertabrae. I can't call that unscathed, even relatively. That sucks. Hopefully everything will heal quickly.
As of right now, it looks like she's going to be OK. Believe it or not, this is the second time she's fractured her spine without being paralyzed. She was riding a horse as a kid and was literally clotheslined by a clothesline and thrown from the horse. I hope Eleanor is that tough, I doubt I am.
holy crap, underground. i had no idea from your email that this all happened. seriously, if you need any relief from us, let me know. be well, and good vibes to the family.
Thanks, eair. We're doing OK. We'll probably be going to see the Missus's parents each weekend this month, so that'll probably delay our contemplated rendezvous.
Sorry to hear about the accident. I'm glad everyone came out (almost) okay. The roads are a scary place. My thoughts are with the Mrs and her parents.
KC,
I'm glad that your family is okay. I hope that your mother in law is healing well.
Amber R.
Scary. Glad everyone is relatively alright.
What is the make and model of that car seat by the way.
That must have been a truly frightening moment, Underground. Thank god everyone made it out relatively okay.
Give my best to Mrs. Underground and her family,
Yours,
Russet P.
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