DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — What was supposed to be a mom and daughter’s trip to the movies ended with what was some of the scariest moments of their lives.
Tina Stevenson and her 7-year-old daughter were on the way home from seeing “Wicked” when the SUV they were driving in was T-boned in Douglasville.
Stevenson is out of the hospital, but not out of the woods. Her daughter could lose mobility in her upper body if she doesn’t heal correctly.
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“I thought I was dying in that car,” she told Channel 2′s Michele Newell. “This lady came, bless her and she pulled [my daughter] out. And all I could hear was her very faintly say, ‘Help me, help me.’”
The crash happened just a few days before Thanksgiving. Both mom and daughter were still in the hospital on Thanksgiving Day, grateful to still be alive.
“It’s excruciating to see your 7-year-old, who was a normal child yesterday and today, she can’t do anything,” Stevenson said.
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Stevenson, an elementary school teacher, is slowly on the mend.
“My son is like, ‘What does Christmas look like?’ and I said, ‘Baby, I don’t know what Christmas looks like, but all I know is we are together and that’s all that’s important.’ He said, ‘Mommy, don’t worry about money because Santa Claus is coming.’ And I said, ‘Yes, Santa Claus is coming.’”
Stevenson said she is on FMLA, which means she is out of work without pay and it will be a while before disability pay kicks in. They have set up a GoFundMe to help offset medical costs.
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