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London Lyle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The last thing Christine O\u2019Brien told her 17-year-old daughter before she rushed out the door, late for a 6:30 a.m. Show choir class at her high school, was this: \u201cDon\u2019t worry about getting there a few minutes late.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

London Lyle, then an invincible teen who had received her driver\u2019s license two months earlier, dismissed her mother\u2019s advisory, raced up a winding road, swerved to miss a deer, and flipped her Nissan X-Terra at least four times. In the rumble-tumble, London, who was wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle, which pinned her underneath.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA deer came out of nowhere, and I swerved and then I remember five seconds of immense fear. Then everything kind of went black,\u2019\u2019 London said.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the seconds, minutes, hours and months that followed a community came to her side. Neighbors, 911 dispatchers, EMTs, Colorado Springs Fire Department paramedics, nurses, doctors, surgeons, chaplains, friends, family, janitors, a dog named Timber \u2013 and her mother.<\/span><\/p>\n

Christine didn\u2019t panic when she got the call from a friend who happened to live near the crash. It\u2019s a minor fender-bender, she thought. She drove to the scene of the accident, and the number of emergency vehicles present told her it was serious. As she arrived, the ambulance doors closed and took her girl to UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central<\/a>, now southern Colorado\u2019s only Level I Trauma Center,<\/a> the highest designation for trauma centers in the United States, reflecting a commitment not only to trauma care but trauma education and research.<\/span><\/p>\n

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UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central’s Level I Trauma Center<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022Level I is the highest trauma center designation
\n\u2022Memorial Hospital Central is one of four Level I trauma centers in Colorado and the only Level I trauma center in southern Colorado
\n\u2022Level I trauma centers are required to have trauma surgeons available around-the-clock and prompt availability of specialists in orthopedics, neurosurgery and anesthesiology, among others.
\n\u2022These centers treat a high number of patients who have suffered trauma. The majority of the trauma injuries include blunt injuries that are often the result of incidents such as motor vehicle crashes, pedestrians or bicyclists hit by vehicles, falls and penetrating trauma
\n\u2022Level I trauma centers must be leaders in trauma prevention and education and conduct research<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In shock, Christine to this day can\u2019t remember following the ambulance to the hospital. Not until she arrived, did she gather herself. In the waiting room of the emergency department, the busiest in Colorado, she waited less than a minute.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy daughter\u2019s here,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cI just followed the ambulance here.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

\"London
London Lyle is comforted while recovering at Memorial Hospital Central by a therapy dog named Murphy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A chaplain took her to London, who was in a room designated for patients who have suffered severe trauma. Dr. Paul Reckard<\/a>, a trauma\/critical care surgeon, along with ER doctors, surgical and physician assistant residents, nurses and experts from x-ray, respiratory, lab, ICU and the emergency room all did their part in trying to save the kid from Cheyenne Mountain High School.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey brought me right in, and I stayed with her,\u2019\u2019 Christine said. \u201cThere must have been 20 people in the room working on her \u2013 there were so many people. They were just trying to figure out what her injuries were. She was in a lot of pain; she was conscious and they were questioning her and they let me stay until things got pretty dicey and then things didn\u2019t look good and the chaplain walked me out.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Soon after, Dr. Reckard stepped into the hallway, looked the distraught mother in the eye and said: \u201cYou need to know two things. She\u2019s going to live, and she\u2019s a fighter.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

For Dr. Reckard, providing information to loved ones who are anxiously awaiting news is an essential part of working in the Emergency Department.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s probably the most important part of our job, to try to reassure families, or when things aren\u2019t going well to give them an honest assessment of what\u2019s going to happen with their loved ones. It\u2019s the hardest part of the job sometimes,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cI\u2019ve been doing this long enough that I usually know pretty quickly whether someone is going to do well or not, and with London, I believed she would do well, and she did.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

London had 26 broken bones, including pelvic, rib and spinal fractures from T-3 to T-11. She also suffered a collapsed lung and a head injury. Miraculously, she had no leg injuries, but she would need immediate surgery performed by Dr. Peter Fredericks, an orthopedic trauma surgeon, to stabilize a clavicle that was protruding from her skin; and surgery to repair a shattered left elbow. She was taken to the fourth floor Intensive Care Unit so she could be stabilized before the emergency surgery.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Paul Reckard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAnd when we got upstairs she actually had a few minutes of lucidity. When they told her, \u2018We\u2019re taking you into surgery,\u2019 she said, \u2018I can\u2019t. I\u2019m a junior. I\u2019ve got to take the PSAT (college entrance exam). Clean me up \u2013 I\u2019ve got to go,\u2019 \u2019\u2019 her mother recalled.<\/span><\/p>\n

Friends from Cheyenne Mountain gathered near. Some cried, though they wished her well before her surgeries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those days were mostly a blur for London. She doesn\u2019t remember the first of eight days she would spend at Memorial Hospital, five of them in the ICU. When she came to her senses, she was still every bit of a 17-year-old \u2013 headstrong and somewhat difficult.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really hard,\u2019\u2019 London said. \u201cI was in a lot of pain for a long time, and the nurses were like, \u2018You have got to get out of bed!\u2019 They wanted me to do all of this walking, and I was really defiant and stubborn.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Then came a dog named Timber, what London remembers as \u201ca brown, fluffy thing.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

The therapy dog handler, at the direction of some crafty nurses, told London she could pet the dog, but she\u2019d have to get out of bed to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, I was like, \u2018Ok, I\u2019ll get up to pet the dog.\u2019 \u2019\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n

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London Lyle recovers at Memorial Hospital Central after a horrific car accident.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Timber was only five feet from London\u2019s bedside, but in the five steps that it took London to get to Timber the Fur Ball, so much changed. A young woman with a softer demeanor blossomed. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes, you just need to hug a dog,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cIt was really cool that they did that for me, and they did everything with such humor and grace and they really viewed me as an individual and not just another Jane Doe, and that was really, really cool.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

During the five days in the Intensive Care Unit, London\u2019s family and friends visited often. One night, her girlfriends brought in pizzas and they watched a movie. It allowed Christine to go home and get some rest. Having the care close to home, and not having to travel to Denver for care, was a gift all its own. After three more days in the pediatric unit of Memorial Hospital, where care is provided by Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado doctors and nurses, London went home.<\/span><\/p>\n

London had a big cast on her arm, which was in a sling, and an IV that went into her back so that pain medication could be administered. Those first weeks were rough.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t realize what heroes those nurses are as they try to get someone comfortable in a bed, but everything is a challenge. It was a challenge to come home and to leave the safety of the hospital where they can control pain but we did it and she did it,\u2019\u2019 Christine said. <\/span><\/p>\n

A month after the accident, London returned to Cheyenne Mountain High School. A friend carried her books.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI told everybody that I saved a deer \u2013 that was my line,\u2019\u2019 she said, explaining to her classmates how the accident happened.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the 19 months since the accident, London has done a lot of reflection. She has grown into a respectful, smart, kind young woman. She has considered the expertise and dedication that it takes to be a Level I Trauma Center, and the individuals who are good enough to make caring for others their life\u2019s work.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think about why they got up that morning,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cI\u2019ve thought about the fact that, in those occupations, if they don\u2019t show up that day — people die. It\u2019s such a critical job to have. People\u2019s lives are in your hands, and I\u2019ve really taken that to heart. All of the drilling (training) and everything that they do here to make sure that everyone is top level. Until you have experienced it, it doesn\u2019t seem real.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut I wouldn\u2019t be going to college next year if it wasn\u2019t for those people, and I cannot express my gratitude enough.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

She is so grateful for the physicians \u2013 some who have 28 years of education \u2013 who patched her back together, but in her early days at the hospital, the person she remembers the most was a housekeeper.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t remember her name, but she was the sweetest, kindest person ever. She would come in and she would always be singing and she\u2019d be like, \u2018Hi, how are you?\u2019 Every single staff member here is so kind and so amazing but she would come in and take the trash, and she would just brighten my day because of her singing. And I always thought that was kind of special.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the accident, London has trained two dogs for Canine Companions, a nonprofit organization that provides service therapy dogs for people who have disabilities. She forbids her friends from speeding or texting while driving a car. <\/span><\/p>\n

She knows that it is Ok to be late. She knows that life can be taken in a moment and that it is important not to rush each day. <\/span><\/p>\n

London plans to attend the University of Colorado \u2013 Boulder in the fall. She would like to travel, serve the underprivileged and pursue journalism as a career because she believes it will afford her the opportunity to help people. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy core values have changed. \u2026 It goes back to the central theme of take care. So I was taken care of originally by those 911 dispatchers, and those neighbors, the EMTs and then all of the staff at Memorial, the nurses and surgeons and doctors.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I had a lot of self-care that I had to do, a lot of physical therapy and a lot of appointments for a year, but I want to take that same care that I was given and give back.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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