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Prayers for Jackie Clay
just got this in my email. pray for her and Will
As you may have noticed Jackie has not blogged this week. While working on the roof of the storage building Jackie and Will both fell off. Will is banged up and bruised and Jackie broke her sternum and has a few other minor injuries.
Will called us here at the BHM office on Tuesday to let us know about the situation and said Jackie would most likely be released from the hospital Wednesday or Thursday. She will be back to blogging as soon as she feels up to it. However, it may be up to Will to get the canning done this year while she sits and gives him instructions. He will be learning a lot this year!
All of the Backwoods Home family of readers and friends wish her a speedy recovery. — Lisa, Editorial Coordinator
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08/05/10, 10:52 PM
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Ouch! So sorry they were injured. Prayers going up for both of them.
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08/05/10, 11:00 PM
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Oh, my heart was pounding when I read this. I'm sorry to hear what happened, but am also thankful it wasn't worse than it is! I just read her blog the other day about Will getting the tarps down off the roof and she was about to go outside and help him.
Bless her heart, she's had an extremely tough row to hoe over the past several years. She's an extremely tough woman, and I admit, kind of my homesteading idol. I've been reading her blogs and articles for many years now.
Prayers for her and Will and the rest of her family.
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Oh my! I hope they recover quickly and completely. A broken sternum sounds painful!
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08/06/10, 06:05 AM
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I was just sick when I saw the caption of this post! Prayers to her and Will.
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08/06/10, 06:15 AM
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Broken sternum means no moving the arms/shoulders in anyway that will flex the check at ALL while it heals up. wow...Can't imagine Jackie sitting still.
Prayers she heals fast and thoroughly.Prayers for patience and strength of will...and of Will.
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08/06/10, 06:19 AM
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Oh My! Hope it's a speedy recovery.
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08/06/10, 07:26 AM
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Yeah, I panicked yesterday when BWH announced on their FB page that Jackie had been hurt. Saying lots of prayers for her and Will's healing and Will's ability to learn canning to keep up with that big garden they have 
Jackie is an inspiration to me and I admire everything she and her family have accomplished or even attempted!
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08/06/10, 07:51 AM
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Oh my goodness! She is one amazing woman. Prayers for recovery for both of them, and especially patience for Jackie while she has to 'sit and do nothing'.
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08/06/10, 08:20 AM
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She is an awesome woman and I have gotten so much inspiration form her. Jacki I hope that both you guys heal quickly and that Will survives your convalescence! I know that my own DH would be really stressed...
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08/06/10, 09:48 AM
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If you're so inclined, you can go to Jackie's blog via the Backwoods Home page and leave a personal message of encouragement.
She's such a generous lady with all her knowledge and experience.
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08/06/10, 09:48 AM
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Sure hate to hear this....will be praying for healing for them....what would we do without Jackie Clay? Have kept up with her advice for years.....
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08/06/10, 09:48 AM
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Best wishes for a SPEEDY recovery! to them both! ldc
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08/06/10, 12:09 PM
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Prayers from FLorida....she is such a treasure!
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08/06/10, 12:22 PM
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Prayers sent for them both!
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08/06/10, 05:34 PM
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So sorry to hear this, prayers for both of them from me! Earlier poster said it: She's my homesteading hero!
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08/06/10, 06:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by myheaven
just got this in my email. pray for her and Will
As you may have noticed Jackie has not blogged this week. While working on the roof of the storage building Jackie and Will both fell off. Will is banged up and bruised and Jackie broke her sternum and has a few other minor injuries.
Will called us here at the BHM office on Tuesday to let us know about the situation and said Jackie would most likely be released from the hospital Wednesday or Thursday. She will be back to blogging as soon as she feels up to it. However, it may be up to Will to get the canning done this year while she sits and gives him instructions. He will be learning a lot this year!
All of the Backwoods Home family of readers and friends wish her a speedy recovery. — Lisa, Editorial Coordinator
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Prayers said for Jackie and Will. Jackie is one of my favorite people on the entire planet. I send her " Get Well Soon" wishes! Oh, and the same to Will.
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08/06/10, 08:57 PM
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Put your index finger to your sternum . . now take a deep breath . . . .don't move . . . .
Now try to imagine NOT moving that area while it "heals"
Ouch
Hope for a 'speedy' recovery.......
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08/07/10, 09:19 AM
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When I saw that title I got that terrible stomachache feeling that I get when I am afraid to look at something. I am praying for Jackie & Will and will pray for them constantly to heal and be as good as new.
Jackie Clay is my inspiration and the person I look up to. I have followed her advice over the years and feel she is responsible for me achieving my dreams.
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08/07/10, 02:24 PM
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I just went to the Backwoods Home website and found this update:
The magazine’s most popular writer, Jackie Clay, will be sidelined for a while after fracturing her sternum and compressing three vertebrae when she fell off a barn roof. She was released from the hospital Thursday after a three-day stay.
I talked to Jackie this morning. She’s in a lot of discomfort, but her spirits are upbeat and she’s hoping to get back to blogging Monday. Right now she has difficulty even sitting up and is doing a lot of sleeping to allow time to help with the healing process.
Lisa, the BHM Editorial Coordinator, posted a statement about the accident on Jackie’s blog yesterday.
Here’s what Jackie told me this morning: Will was putting metal roofing on their new storage barn. It was threatening to both rain and blow so she wanted to help him get the roof fastened down. Over Will’s objections, she went up on the roof to help him.
It then started to sprinkle and Will began to slide off the roof. Jackie reached out and grabbed his shins in an effort to stop his slide, but both fell off and hit the ground eight-feet below. Jackie landed on her feet “like a cat” she said, but the impact broke her sternum and compressed the three vertebrae. Will was bruised but broke nothing, and he is back out haying today. Jackie said he just missed landing on a metal trash can, which could have injured him seriously.
Jackie was ambulanced to a local hospital, then helicoptered to St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth when her oxygen numbers went too low and doctors feared her sternum was bleeding into a lung. A CAT scan revealed it was just fluid from lying down, not blood.
They sent Jackie home yesterday wearing a medical corset and told her to rest until she sees the orthopedic surgeon again in about a week. She said she can take a few steps but is otherwise not able to sit up for very long, so she is doing a lot of sleeping. Luckily, she said, Will is a good cook.
Jackie said there is a moral in this story: “Don’t be in too big a hurry to use a safety rope. We give advice to others about how to do things, but then we sometimes neglect to take precautions ourselves.”
So lets all continue to pray for this dear lady!
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