By NATALIE SACKET
Staff Reporter
This past Christmas beak, Sherril Stone, a Northwestern psychology professor located on the Enid campus was rear-ended by a semi truck. This accident resulted in the totaling of her Jeep and her suffering various severe injuries. Earlier this semester she underwent a grueling surgery in which several of the disks in her neck were fused together. Her service dogs Pistol and Pete also suffered injuries due to the accident. Stone will undergo several more surgeries within the next month.
Stone is unable to work due to the accident, and because she is recovering from a traumatic brain injury, she is currently on strict bed rest. She has been staying with her parents during this time of recuperation. In March her father broke his hip, requiring emergency surgery. Because of this, Stone’s mother has been attempting to care for the pair on her own.
The family is in need of items of food that will be easy to prepare, in order to help relieve some of the responsibilities Stone’s mother is facing.
Donations can be made to Jessica Blanchard at ATS Counseling at 1625 W. Owen K. Garriott in Enid. If necessary, she will be able to arrange for items to be picked up elsewhere.
According to Blanchard, “Dr. Stone wants to thank everyone in advance for their generous donations and concern for her health. She also sends regards to her students.”
The Secular Student Alliance is collecting canned goods and non-perishable food items for Stone as well. Members of the organization will be at the SGA color run this Saturday to gather these goods from participants of the race. They ask that all runners bring one food item to benefit Stone. The organization will also hold a door-to-door food drive in Alva on Saturday, April 18. Further details in regards to this drive will be provided at a later date.
Gabriel Dunbar, vice president of the Secular Student Alliance states that “Dr. Stone is part of our “Northwestern family” and should be given the full participation of our campus to make her recovery time as stress-free as possible.”