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i haven't written since the accident. actually i haven't written in forever.
so to put it simply. i wasn't buckled. i got in a car accident. i was the passenger. there was 3 of us. the car hit two parked cars on our way into a front yard, and split a telephone pole straight in half.
i knew the family (well i go to school with their daughters) that owned the property. the father rushed out with blankets once the car was stopped. i was the only one hurt. he was in his snow filled yard in his socks and without a coat. if it wasn't for him keeping me warm and continuing to talk to me - i wouldn't be here. i immediately started to go into shock. i wanted to sleep.
i don't remember much after that. i remember the pain i was in with 5 people trying to pry me out of the car.
i still don't know what the accident looked like. but i know the car was crushed. and we were so lucky that the top half of the telephone pole wasn't on top of the car.
the airbags saved my face. i would have been through the windshield, or worse my face would have been seriously smashed against the dash board. i had no outside damage, except some cuts on my lips and some bruising by my eye.
my mom, david, and heather rotated shifts staying with me overnight in the ICU. my mom slept on the floor one night. then they brought in a big, but uncomfortable recliner. once i got my own room in close observation - i slept alone.
theresa, kayla, josh, my sister, my dad, and heathers whole family all came to visit me also.
i broke 4 ribs, all on one side. i cut my spleen open terribly, and was lucky i didn't die from internal bleeding - because spleens are delicate i guess (thats what they told me), i bruised my heart, i sprained my shoulder, and i pulled 10-15 muscles in my back - spread throughout.
i was in the hospital for 6 days and 5 nights. i was in ICU for 4 of those nights. i lost 10 pounds during my stay mostly because i didn't eat for 4 days - i couldn't keep anything down due to the trauma.
i had 2 IV's (one in each arm), oxygen, lots of drugs.
my fucking medical bill was 31 thousand dollars.
just staying there for 6 days cost 17 thousand dollars.
but i'm fucking lucky, and it seriously changed my life.
it takes atleast a month or two for ribs to heal.
mine are nowhere close.
and now i have the stomach flu.
i just can't stay healthy.
so to put it simply. i wasn't buckled. i got in a car accident. i was the passenger. there was 3 of us. the car hit two parked cars on our way into a front yard, and split a telephone pole straight in half.
i knew the family (well i go to school with their daughters) that owned the property. the father rushed out with blankets once the car was stopped. i was the only one hurt. he was in his snow filled yard in his socks and without a coat. if it wasn't for him keeping me warm and continuing to talk to me - i wouldn't be here. i immediately started to go into shock. i wanted to sleep.
i don't remember much after that. i remember the pain i was in with 5 people trying to pry me out of the car.
i still don't know what the accident looked like. but i know the car was crushed. and we were so lucky that the top half of the telephone pole wasn't on top of the car.
the airbags saved my face. i would have been through the windshield, or worse my face would have been seriously smashed against the dash board. i had no outside damage, except some cuts on my lips and some bruising by my eye.
my mom, david, and heather rotated shifts staying with me overnight in the ICU. my mom slept on the floor one night. then they brought in a big, but uncomfortable recliner. once i got my own room in close observation - i slept alone.
theresa, kayla, josh, my sister, my dad, and heathers whole family all came to visit me also.
i broke 4 ribs, all on one side. i cut my spleen open terribly, and was lucky i didn't die from internal bleeding - because spleens are delicate i guess (thats what they told me), i bruised my heart, i sprained my shoulder, and i pulled 10-15 muscles in my back - spread throughout.
i was in the hospital for 6 days and 5 nights. i was in ICU for 4 of those nights. i lost 10 pounds during my stay mostly because i didn't eat for 4 days - i couldn't keep anything down due to the trauma.
i had 2 IV's (one in each arm), oxygen, lots of drugs.
my fucking medical bill was 31 thousand dollars.
just staying there for 6 days cost 17 thousand dollars.
but i'm fucking lucky, and it seriously changed my life.
it takes atleast a month or two for ribs to heal.
mine are nowhere close.
and now i have the stomach flu.
i just can't stay healthy.
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