first off, i apologize for the lack of capital letters on the sentences. read further on and you will know why.
well, good ol me got to ride in an ambulance on wednesday for the first time ever. i was standing in the bed of my truck putting a sticker on my back window and stepped back to see if it was on good and straight. one mistake here...i took one too many steps and flipped over the tailgate and landed on my face and left wrist. i got very dizzy and started moaning and groaning with excruciating pain. once i got my bearings straight, i noticed that my left wrist was deformed and i immediately knew it was broken. i got up and went inside and dialed 911. the ambulance came and gave me morphine right off the bat. they put an iv in me and we were off to the hospital.
i waited an hour until a nurse came to see me. i laid there for a while and they carted me off for x-rays. it hurt like crap when they moved my arm in different positions for the x-ray. i let out a few moans and groans along the way.
the x-ray technician came back and said, i know why your hurting. i ended up breaking the big bone in my wrist in 2 places and i also broke a bone in my hand just above the pinky finger.
i was then told that i will be getting surgery on it because it's broken so bad. the bone broke and shifted to the side and it's also bent backwards slightly. i will be getting screws and a plate installed that will be there from now on. now, i just might be the new lightning magnet out in the field. it's going to be fun going through metal detectors at airports now. thank god i don't travel that much.
right now my left arm is in a hard cast until tomorrow. i just took some pain meds, and now i'm feeling a little better. wish me luck in surgery tomorrow. i was told that i will have to go through extensive physical therapy to get the strength and flexibility back in the wrist.
you know, i have done this a thousand times, but one little screw-up can really wreak havoc on you. kind of like chasing; you may have done it a thousand times, but one mis-calculation can ruin your whole day.
by the way, now the steel plate in my head won't be so lonely now that it has a companion. j/k.
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Holy crap dude! You don't mess around when you fall do you?
I feel for you. I stepped off the porch into a small hole a few years ago and sprained my ankle so bad the doc said it was just as bad as a break. I never thought I was going to get over that.
Hopefully it's not your "self-abuse" hand...things would really be serious then! heh
heck yea, when i fall, i mean business. if i'm going to do it, i might as well go all out. :-)
i guess i will be out of work for 4-6 weeks or so. i guess i don't have to worry about getting off work for the sds party.
yea, bad sprains do hurt as much as breaks do. i will definitely agree with you there.
well, i can't eat or drink anything until i get out of surgery today. i guess i will try to go get some sleep now.
Holy Somersaults, Batman! Glad to hear that you didn't suffer some really serious injury. This is bad enough. Thankfully, you were still conscious to go call 911. I'm kinda pissed at the hospital though for making you wait so long.
If it makes you feel any better, I'll tell you my story sometime of jumping out of a pickup at 30-40mph. There was beer and fireworks involved. ;-)
I'll be hollering at you on the cellphone later to come visit you in the hospital. I can't pass up an opportunity to give you a hard time for falling out of your pickup like that. I mean, what are friends for, right? LOL
yea, feel free to come by. i will be at the panhandle surgical hospital at 7100 sw 9th avenue. i will be there at 10 to do paperwork and the surgery will be at 1pm or so.
i'm looking forward to hearing that story steve.
Damn dude I leave town for a few days and you go off the deep end (literally). Glad it wasnt worse. I hope you will still be able to join us for our litle fishing/camping/photo trip to Alan Henry later towards fall when the colors and temps should be great. I will make sure you have a soft chair for the SDS party.
I will give ya a call and check on ya soon. Need anything dont be afraid to ask us.
thank you jay, i appreciate it. yea, a soft chair would be nice. by the way, when is the sds party?
Jason, you got mail! :-)
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