Interesting snippet in my life this weekend

[arcessita]

I've been planning about a million little posts, but I never seem to get to them. I have a year wrap-up/resolutions post that I meant to make, oh, on January first, but as you can see, I didn't. I have a long post about intelligent design mapped out, too, but... And I have a number of other posts, too, on things like health insurance, my neat job

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[scifantasy]

they'd instructed somebody (I don't know who) to call for an ambulance

Yo.

What time was it when you got out of there?

[arcessita]

Ah, I thought that might have been you. Thanks!

You were reading as I was editing. The time is now posted.

[scifantasy]

OK, I'm blind. Question withdrawn.

[ragdoll]

Aw, honey! What an ordeal! I'm glad that despite it all (and yeah, ERs are not fun -- I've never been there for myself, just had to take a lot of people there over the years) you're okay and it's just minor injuries. Head injuries do bleed like crazy -- I cut my head open by falling off a couch and hitting my head on the floor (and jabbing my metal barrette into my scalp) when I was 2 and from what I've been told, it looked much much worse than it actually was. (No staples for me, just a butterfly bandage)

Anyway, glad you're okay. *hugs*

[arcessita]

*hugs back*

Thanks. That's some metal barrette! I remember those, although by the time I was in school you could only really get the plastic ones. They were pretty scary--I found one in a drawer while cleaning out my bathroom, and it looked awful. (Of course, the rust probably made it look a lot worse.) You're right about the head injuries--I remember feeling the blood running down my neck and thinking, "Head injuries bleed alot; I'm not dying. Head injuries bleed alot; I'm not dying. It's all okay, I just need to get up."

[ragdoll]

This was 1965 so stupid things like metal barrettes were all we had. I was at my parents friends house (my grandmother had died so my parents were away dealing with the funeral stuff) and their teenage son was babysitting me and I guess I rolled off the couch, hit my head on the floor and jammed the metal end of the barrette into my scalp. Much bleeding ensued.

It looked a lot worse than it was from what I was told. I really don't remember much about it other than getting M&Ms from the EMT guys who picked me up in the ambulance cos I was so good about things. LOL

I'm glad you're okay!!

[tempus_aeterna]

Yeah you did get some blood on my coat, and on your hat. But don't worry about it, it washes out. I washed the hat, but I'm not sure I got everything, though. I'm glad that nothing was *really* wrong. And I'm sorry about making you lay in that uncomfortable postion while we waited for the ambulance, but I wanted to make sure they were there before you got up. Anyway hope you feel better soon.

[arcessita]

I'm sorry! Thank you for washing my hat--I was dreading coming home to find a hat full of dry blood, but it looked just fine. ironroot says he can see some small stains on it, but I think they're light enough that you can't tell. If it starts to bother me I can always see about bleaching it (weakly, I suppose; it is angora).

I understood about waiting for the ambulance; it's a lot better to be safe about it than to take chances.

[sleepsong]

Oh, good grief! I hope you're feeling a wee bit better now! You may want to consider putting some sort of high-friction surfacing on the top of your stairs so it doesn't happen again.

I "lucked out" when I fractured my skull five years ago - I was unconscious long enough and had enough trouble standing when I came to that they brought me to the hospital on an ambulance with sirens blaring. Patients in ambulances with blaring sirens don't have to spend hours in the waiting room. =p

[arcessita]

I do feel better now, although I had a rough day yesterday. I should know better by now than to take Aleve; it never works and I'm stuck not being able to take anything else. I finally decided to go ahead and take the day off work. and I'm glad I did. I got a lot of sleep, and the worst seems to be over. Now I'm just sore and realizing how very lucky I was.

You fractured your skull? Eek. I'm glad they cottoned on to how much help you needed; you could have been in bad shape if they hadn't.

I didn't really mind (much) sitting around in the waiting room; I knew there were people there who needed help more quickly than I did. Still, sometimes you start to wish they'd quit talking about what kind of food to order and print out your damn release papers already.

[terra_lily]

Wow. I'm glad to know it all worked out, but it still sounds really, really terrifying. :(

[arcessita]

I think it was a lot more terrifying for everyone else--at least I knew I was okay. I can't imagine what it was like to watch, not knowing if I'd been badly hurt.