Well they were t-boned on the passenger side, and she was bruised more than him, though he was bruised too. The smell of the airbags bursting smells kind of like smoke from fire, so she was good enough to jump into the backseat and climb out the window in panic. Was at the emergency room with her from about 9:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.
He said that nothing on him felt like more than a hard hit in football (
I trust his ability to gauge injury after so long in football), but I was concerned for her and made her go when she said something about her side hurting (
the EMT agreed with me)--it was the left side and the console was right there. She was hurting in her kidney area, so I told her she had no choice about going. But the CT-scan was fine. Still, I wouldn't have slept if she hadn't gone.
They've slept a lot the past few days, and they're both purplish with some pretty bad bruises around where the seat-belt and console would have hit, but they're moving fine, so they're going to be okay. Thank you SO much for your concern.
Best thing out of it is that he was driving a rental, so it wasn't his own car that got totaled.