was in car accident...arm in cast...kids not in car
typing with left hand :-)
had complete right of way this am and a sedan pulled out across 2 lanes of traffic. the car was RIGHT there...didn't even get a chance to see them approach from gas station lot. I hit brakes, but nothing I could do. both front airbags deployed. my legs slammed into the panel in front of me, airbag cut my face and snapped head back, but thank goodness for it and seatbelt use. fire fighters at first couldn't open my door to get me out.
I knew right away, as soon as I was oriented enough to look at my throbbing arm that my right pinky was fucked. think maybe,just maybe I hit horn and airbag deployed, breaking finger.
MD said casted for six wk minimum. Work says I can't do light duty unless it's work comp and so I can't come back until i'm "100%." I'm the main breadwinner at this point in family. I am so scared right now.
I hurt EVERYWHERE and it's going to be even worse over the next few days.
so, I have a spiral fx (fracture) of my rt. pinky , am casted up to my elbow (nearly) and have to see the ortho surgeon tomorrow for possible closed reduction and pinning or some other type of manipulation due to the complexity of the fx.
I asked if I'd be able to play piano after I was healed and got a "maybe, it depnds." That's very upsetting to me.
I hurtSO bad ALL over, but it could have been so much worse..I could have been killed and thank goodness, the kids weren't in the car! I had just dropped the last one off and was heading home. Thank god they weren't with me, but it was weird, I was so disoriented when it happened, my first thought after realizing I hadn't died (my very, very first thought with impact was "This is it...I just got killed.") was "the kids, th kids, why is no one crying?" and then I realized/remembered they were all safe and sound at achool/preschool.
sorry for the typing, but it's all being done with my non-dominant left hand.
buckle, friends and enemies, buckle up...
so it goes
had complete right of way this am and a sedan pulled out across 2 lanes of traffic. the car was RIGHT there...didn't even get a chance to see them approach from gas station lot. I hit brakes, but nothing I could do. both front airbags deployed. my legs slammed into the panel in front of me, airbag cut my face and snapped head back, but thank goodness for it and seatbelt use. fire fighters at first couldn't open my door to get me out.
I knew right away, as soon as I was oriented enough to look at my throbbing arm that my right pinky was fucked. think maybe,just maybe I hit horn and airbag deployed, breaking finger.
MD said casted for six wk minimum. Work says I can't do light duty unless it's work comp and so I can't come back until i'm "100%." I'm the main breadwinner at this point in family. I am so scared right now.
I hurt EVERYWHERE and it's going to be even worse over the next few days.
so, I have a spiral fx (fracture) of my rt. pinky , am casted up to my elbow (nearly) and have to see the ortho surgeon tomorrow for possible closed reduction and pinning or some other type of manipulation due to the complexity of the fx.
I asked if I'd be able to play piano after I was healed and got a "maybe, it depnds." That's very upsetting to me.
I hurtSO bad ALL over, but it could have been so much worse..I could have been killed and thank goodness, the kids weren't in the car! I had just dropped the last one off and was heading home. Thank god they weren't with me, but it was weird, I was so disoriented when it happened, my first thought after realizing I hadn't died (my very, very first thought with impact was "This is it...I just got killed.") was "the kids, th kids, why is no one crying?" and then I realized/remembered they were all safe and sound at achool/preschool.
sorry for the typing, but it's all being done with my non-dominant left hand.
buckle, friends and enemies, buckle up...
so it goes