We Love You Richelle !!!

1/18/10 - Here are 2 amazing new additions to the Richelle support system: You Tube video honoring Richelle - click here. News broadcast about the community remodel - click here.

12 Blue rockin' the R5 in Richelle's honor at our tournament 1/17/10.

1/14/10 - Richelle's amazing support team has a website live now with any information we need to lend our support and follow all of the progress on fundraising efforts. Heacock Fund !!!

1/11/10 - I, Cristina and Julie visited Richelle last Sunday (1/10/10). We flew up in the morning and was able to visit with her for about an hour. The visit really was incredible. Richelle's smile and amazing attitude literally lifted the room. And we thought we were there to cheer her up ..... HA!

Smilin' as usual.

The best way to get updates is on CaringBridge Site ..... click here!

Be sure to sign her Guestbook often and see testimony of her incredible strength in her Journal.

Club Teams Honoring Richelle - we are working on a permanent patch to wear on all of our jerseys! Thank you to all of you who wore the "R5" on your arms/hands/etc. Richelle has seen all of the pictures that I took and were sent to me. She loves to hear from EVERYONE and see all of the photos!

16 Blue Rocking the "R5"

16 Blue

Kinsey - 18 Blue

Angie- 18 Blue Kristen - 18 Blue

14 Blue

16 Blue wins Silver at ECC

16 BLUE & 14 BLUE win Silver at ECC !!!

Here is some information surrounding the accident and her latest status:

Background Story

On Monday, January 4 at approx. 6:45 pm Richelle was in a car accident. She over-corrected and her car flipped and turned upside down and backwards landing on the hood of her car in the middle of the road. She was transported to Morton General Hospital and from there they determined that her 5th Vertebre (sp?) was broken. Because of weather conditions they could not airlift her out, so they took her by ambulance to Chehalis where a medi-vac helicopter was waiting and then transported her to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Journal - updated 1/12/10 10:48pm

Thursday, January 14, 2010 1:04 PM, PST

Richelle is well into Rehab now. She had a meeting today with the entire Rehab staff and they are discussing goals for her first week. Every Thursday that team will meet with Richelle and go over what she has accomplished and what she needs to work on. Richelle is really worn out today but she is very excited to be taking this next step in her recovery process. Many times she has told me how blessed she is to be surrounded by so many caring individuals and to be where she is at. I am in awe at her strength and perseverance. Richelle is determined to overcome all of the obstacles that are in her way. Thank you to everyone for your continued prayers and support.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 1:35 PM, PST

Richelle continues to do well and make small steps forward. This afternoon my mom was rubbing Richelle's lower back and hip and Richelle looked at her and asked, "Are you touching me? I can feel something!" Amazing! We continue to thank God for all of the progress that Richelle makes each day. Richelle should start rehab tomorrow, which is up on the 4th floor. She will be there for 4-6 weeks, depending on how things go, and then at the end of that period, they will re-assess how she is doing and either ask for additional rehab or send her home for in-home care. During the first two-days of rehab (Wednesday and Thursday of this week) they are asking for no visitors, with the exception of immediate family. And the main reason for this, is that she will be very tired because the first two days they work them really hard. Richelle is ready to get up to rehab and can't wait to get started.
Richelle asked me to tell everyone this..."God doesn't give me anything that I can't handle or overcome, and I WILL walk. So please keep praying and know that I am NEVER going to accept this and give up, but I will fight for everything and show the Doctors how wrong they are."

Monday, January 11, 2010 4:09 PM, PST

The doctors just came in and Richelle has some bacteria, so this is going to delay her going to Rehab by another day. So it is looking like she will be in the ICU until Wednesday. We all want Richelle very healthy and so we feel this is best as well! Richelle was able to get a lot of rest today, but I kept waking her up so that she will sleep tonight:) Thank you all so much for everything! God bless!

Monday, January 11, 2010 10:19 AM, PST

   Richelle is doing wonderful, and is on schedule to move up to the 4th floor (rehab) sometime today. Her schedule when she gets up there starts at 8:15 am and goes until about 4:00 pm. So during the week, her visiting hours will be after 4:00 pm until about 9:00 pm. On Saturdays, she only has 1/2 day workouts, so anything after about noon is fine. Sundays are her "days off" so she can have visitors from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm.
   Her breathing is doing good, and she is overcoming this obstacle. She wasn't able to get a lot of sleep last night, but only because she was wide awake! We aren't sure what time she will move up to the 4th floor today, but if you get here to visit and we aren't in "our" waiting room, please come to the 4th floor ;)
   Thank you all so much for your prayers and support. I know that I say this in just about every post I write on here, but I truely mean it from the bottom of my heart. We are blessed to have each and every one of you!