Monday, April 03, 2006

Jenny

I don't know if everyone has already heard this story or not, but I will tell it anyway.
For those who don't know Colin Mattila, he is Doug and Judy's son from Cokato, and he got in a snowboarding accident at snowmass, CO. He has been at Denver Health in Denver.
This story is just simply amazing:
Judy was on a shuttle bus, I think she may have been on her way to the airport, and she was on her cell phone to someone lamenting about how they were going to come up with money ($11,000) to get there son transferred from CO to a hospital in MN. When she hung up the phone, a lady next to her told her "I couldn't help eavesdropping, but could you please tell me the story about your son?" So Judy told her all that had happened, and when she was done, the lady said "I would like to borrow you the money for the transfer!" And Judy said "well that wouldn't do any good, for I would have no way to pay you back." So they parted ways.
I don't know how long after this was, maybe only a day or two, (sorry, I don't remember every detail!) but a nurse at the hospital came in the room and asked Doug, "do you believe in God? Well, you will now, that lady called the hospital, and they are going to donate the money for the transfer!" And not only that, but they paid Doug and Judy's entire hotel bill!! That lady's father is a physician, and him and another physician split the cost to pay for all this! Complete strangers! Is that just awesome or what? You can read more about it if you go to www.caringbridge.org click on visit, type in colinmattila, and read their journal.
Just thought I would share that....if anyone else knows about it, and I got something wrong here, do correct me.
Jenny

2 comments:

Kuoppala and Inlaws said...

What an amazing story. It makes me mjarvel that there are some amazingly generous people out there. WOW! Heather

Kuoppala and Inlaws said...

For those of you that don't know the family... While Colin has been in the hospital, the family has had to deal with a few other things as well. The Dad's sister had a massive stroke while babysitting in Spokane. A few days later while some of Colin's siblings were on their way to visit him in Colorado, they were in a car accident and totalled their car. Thankfully no major injuries. The same weekend as Colin's accident, one of his siblings broke a ?collarbone? while on the same ski trip. A story to remember when we feel our plate is too full. -b