Relieved.

See my previous post for the story of the accident.

Tonight, a relative of the woman in the green car contacted me via email. Whoa. The woman, whose name is Elizabeth I now know, survived and is slowly on the mend. What a relief. What an absolute relief.

Tuesday last week, I took LW to the library. She'd been very withdrawn since the accident, I think the sound of the crash and all the noisy emergency vehicles gave her a bit of trauma. We were very careful that she didn't see any of the accident aftermath, but she certainly heard things. Anyway, I took her to the library for story hour, and she went into a panic when we got there. She told me she was scared to be in a room with so many children, and started crying.

I took LW to the picture book room instead. There were two children there, and two moms. While the kids played and read (LW was still being rather withdrawn), the moms and I talked quietly together (I was acquainted with one of them). I very quietly told them what we'd witnessed Friday before, and that it had had some effect on LW. One of the women startled at my story; turns out she's friends with a relation of the woman in the green car. She took my email address and name when we all left the library.

And then all was quiet. I set up a playdate Thursday for LW and her two favorite friends, and she came out of her shell. By today, she was her old self again.

And tonight I received the email from the woman's relation. I wrote back to her, thanking her for contacting me and telling me that Elizabeth was on the slow road to recovery.

I do believe I will sleep well tonight. It's been an anxious week.