Help Amy Williams recover from wreck injuries

On July 26 the last thing Amy remembers is a car zig-zagging toward her head-on in her lane while traveling home on Lake Brandt Road. When she regained consciousness, the rescue firemen had already removed the door of her totaled car and were beginning to extract her from the wreckage. She is grateful she does not remember the impact.

Maybe Amy Williams has been your petsitter, walked your dog, provided in-home pet sitting or pet grooming services in the last 15 years, held your hand when you had to release your pet from its painful existence, helped you find the perfect rescue pet to join your family, sat beside you at First Moravian Church, or played handbells with you there. Or perhaps you knew her when she served her country in the U.S.Army 1992-1996 or lived in Oklahoma before moving to Greensboro. This remarkable woman now NEEDS OUR HELP!

The driver who caused the wreck was driving his girlfriend's car under a revoked driver's license. The car only had the minimum coverage of $30,000 liability. Amy's medical bills already exceed $130,000 with more medical expenses to come. Amy has no medical insurance.

She arrived by ambulance at Moses Cone Hospital with a broken left humerus, broken left wrist, radius, and ulna; broken right fibula with compound fracture (yes, bones sticking out of her foot), torn ligaments, and some bones in her ankle crushed into powder. Thankfully, the airbags saved her life. During her 3 weeks of inpatient hospitalization and rehab to prep her for surgeries, she had plates placed in her upper arm and wrist, a plate in her fibula, and 2 surgeries and a skin graft on her ankle. She was discharged to her mother's home on August 11, barely able to walk with assistive devices. They had to tear out bathroom fixtures and replace them with a walk-in shower to be able to bring Amy to live and rehab there until she can function again.

The prognosis is still unknown. She needed 2 months of home recovery before she began physical therapy this week. Doctors still must determine additional surgeries and grafts needed. She may need at least one additional surgery and graft on her ankle.

She certainly has not been able to work and will not be able to even consider that for a long time. After 8 more weeks non-weight bearing, she can barely walk with a walker and has a long recovery ahead. So the most optimistic scenario will be about 4-6 months of no income, and it remains to be seen whether she can return to her pet grooming work after that. Amy had a savings account that under normal circumstances could have seen her through several months, but it has already been depleted to make it possible for her to come home.

Peg & Jennifer are asking that you consider contributing toward Amy's long road to recovery. She has always been there for us, and now she needs our help. Amy stayed with Peg's pets for many years, enabling her to work in Lithuania and travel frequently. Amy's friend Jennifer Hart of Hart-2-Hart Rescue is co-sponsoring this campaign. For a number of years, Amy has so generously groomed Hart-2-Heart Rescue's foster dogs no matter what condition they were in when they were saved and no matter how "grumpy" they were.

We welcome all donations. It's going to take a village! If you would like to be in touch with Amy, the best way right now to contact her is through texts or Facebook messages. She will welcome your encouragement and will answer as she can.

Thank you for considering a generous donation.

Peg Parham & Jennifer Hart