Marilee Stripling:  

June, 2009 Jerry got out of the hospital a few days ago. I almost lost him AGAIN -- this time to WEST NILE VIRUS!!!! His brain is still waking-up and re-organizing itself from being in a coma for apx a week. It's been a scary, strange, yet interesting experience on the wonders of the human brain. We are in the process of moving. The house next door to my parents become available. This will make it soooooo much easier for me to help care for parents & hubby, & my brother-in-law. It is darn near impossible to be in two (or three) places at once. I recently completed an accident investigation for the family of 19 year old Danielle Winquest. She hit a light pole going about 35 mph in Seabrook, TX 5-17-2009. Three good Samaritans pulled her from the burning car, but Danielle's injuries were extensive and she did not survive. However, her liver and kidneys saved two other people. If you teach driver's ed, or have a teen that drives too fast, I will send you photos of the car. (But not the victim.) I never had children of my own, buy Jerry had a grown daughter when we married. I'm now a great-grandma 3 times over. The most recent is a boy named "Rilyn" named after MaRILYN Monroe. What is it with kids' names these days? Mary Miles-Warren was in a very bad motorcycle accident about a year ago. She was riding with her husband when they were in an accident on Loop 197 near the 9th street intersection. Her husband had to have his left leg amput...Expand for more