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i'm typing with my one weak hand, so please forgive lack of capitalization.
last thursday i was driving into town to meet my wife for lunch when a truck ran into me (his fault.) they had to cut the car apart to get me out, and i was unconscious for twenty minutes. i woke up as they were putting me into the ambulance. somehow i had the presence of mind to ask the attendants if there was a cop on the scene, told him i was legally carrying, and asked him to remove the handgun from my front pocket.
since i'm late for our lunch date, my wife starts calling my phone. she tries many several times and finally the cop picks up my phone from the car floor and answers it. he tells her what happened, blindly and ignorantly says i'll be okay, and asks her to come to the scene to pick up the gun. he tells her that doing so will save both me and him a lot of trouble in my getting it returned.
the ambulance takes me to the hospital, where i'm immediately loaded onto a helicopter for a life-flight to morgantown, wv.
by air, it took 15 minutes. by car, it took my wife a bit more than an hour. upon her arrival, and after the expected terrified greetings, she leaned down to my ear and whispered, "i found your (victorinox) farmer (with scissors.")
this all happened last thurs. i was released four days later on easter sun.
broken elbow is wired together. the break severed my "funny bone" nerve and is proving quite annoying. in a cast from my left shoulder to end of my thumb. (i'm left handed, btw.) my cheek is broken. they were going to put in a plate, but it all popped back together. i have a huge gash that exposed my head anatomy. it cut into my ear canal. also cut my saliva gland in half. so far, i can hear just fine and am still making spit. i have pressure and headaches. hard to think and articulate but hopefully will improve. so far, left eye brow doesn't work. i get really dizzy easily, and stumble sometimes when i walk. but hope that will get better when the ear canal heals.
throughout it all i've been upbeat and positive, and know this is something i'm just going to have to deal with for a while.
i just need to think of a cooler story for how i got all the scars.
last thursday i was driving into town to meet my wife for lunch when a truck ran into me (his fault.) they had to cut the car apart to get me out, and i was unconscious for twenty minutes. i woke up as they were putting me into the ambulance. somehow i had the presence of mind to ask the attendants if there was a cop on the scene, told him i was legally carrying, and asked him to remove the handgun from my front pocket.
since i'm late for our lunch date, my wife starts calling my phone. she tries many several times and finally the cop picks up my phone from the car floor and answers it. he tells her what happened, blindly and ignorantly says i'll be okay, and asks her to come to the scene to pick up the gun. he tells her that doing so will save both me and him a lot of trouble in my getting it returned.
the ambulance takes me to the hospital, where i'm immediately loaded onto a helicopter for a life-flight to morgantown, wv.
by air, it took 15 minutes. by car, it took my wife a bit more than an hour. upon her arrival, and after the expected terrified greetings, she leaned down to my ear and whispered, "i found your (victorinox) farmer (with scissors.")
this all happened last thurs. i was released four days later on easter sun.
broken elbow is wired together. the break severed my "funny bone" nerve and is proving quite annoying. in a cast from my left shoulder to end of my thumb. (i'm left handed, btw.) my cheek is broken. they were going to put in a plate, but it all popped back together. i have a huge gash that exposed my head anatomy. it cut into my ear canal. also cut my saliva gland in half. so far, i can hear just fine and am still making spit. i have pressure and headaches. hard to think and articulate but hopefully will improve. so far, left eye brow doesn't work. i get really dizzy easily, and stumble sometimes when i walk. but hope that will get better when the ear canal heals.
throughout it all i've been upbeat and positive, and know this is something i'm just going to have to deal with for a while.
i just need to think of a cooler story for how i got all the scars.
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Everything after that was a blur for a few days as I had to have a few surgeries to repair everything. Anyway, what Im getting at, is the human body is a miracle in itself. Its amazing what we can go through and come out of. Thinking back at it I cringe but at the time I remember being completely at peace with whatever was going to happen.
