Outside the Montreal General Hospital, Tina Adams's mother struggles to hold back her tears. But back at their Hudson home, her father is eager to speak of every heartwarming triumph.
“I spend the nights with her, whatever she needs I get it for her. My wife is there all day long,” said Evan Adams.
“She's improving every day and just a week ago she started sitting up by herself and she said ‘Dad look, I’m sitting up.’ I'm so proud of her.”
It was a Friday evening in June when 20-year-old Tina Lyon Adams was hit while out running on Cambridge St. in Hudson.
The crash was violent, and she's been in hospital ever since.
Outside their home and those of their neighbours, there’s a clear message to drivers: slow down.
Mark Aiken is one neighbour trying to get speed bumps installed on the street which leads up to the golf course. Many in the area say those coming from and heading to the golf course drive too fast.
“I think that was one of the first reactions by many people was that this could have been any of us. We've always felt that it was dangerous, and unfortunately it took something this bad to motivate people to work together to find a solution,” he said.
Residents fighting for the speed bumps wanted them so badly they were ready to pay for them themselves. A cost of several thousands of dollars, but it would be easy investment, they say, for a safer street.
Their efforts, it seems, have borne fruit: a radar screen will be installed on the street this week, and speed bumps will most likely follow.
Hudson Mayor Ed Prevost says the town will assume the cost of installing the new features on its own
Evan Adams is grateful for the initiative, but his family’s focus has been solely on Tina.
In two weeks she'll be moved to a rehabilitation centre, and eventually back where she belongs.
“We can't wait until she gets home,” he said.
