Yesterday I took both dogs for a walk. A quarter mile from home, they tripped me up and I did a face plant on the road. I had a leash in each hand, and I could not brace myself. I landed on the right side of my face.
There was blood pouring from my head. Luckily I did not leave my cell phone at home, so I called Youngest and told her to get the neighbors and come and get me. Joe is in Canada fishing, and Oldest is on her way to Florida.
They came and got me, Deb the neighbor is a retired RN, so she cleaned me up and then took me to the ER. After 5 hours in the ER, a few CT scans, and 50 stitches, I was finally sent home.
I look like shit, and my glasses are flat (thank goodness I had an old pair in a drawer), but my face does NOT hurt. Not at all. I have various scrapes and bruises that hurt, and my body aches. But my 3 major lacerations don’t hurt a bit. It’s crazy. If I didn’t ever look in a mirror, I wouldn’t know I was hurt. Okay, my right eye is swollen shut a little….but otherwise…..
As Youngest says, I looked like one of those characters in a horror movie who cover their face with their hand, but the blood is pouring out anyway. Literally, that was me. But I am feeling okay today, just a little tired.
And that was my thursday afternoon. How was yours?
Yowza! Sounds like you had a heck of an afternoon! Glad you’re okay! I hope your weekend is uneventful 🙂
Ouch that sounds awful! My neighbor’s dogs are always nearly tripping me when I take them out for walks, hopefully I can avoid what happened to you because that sounds really scary with all the blood!
Oh my gosh, WP! What an awful experience. You sure sounded “cool headed” throughout the entire ordeal though! FIFTY STITCHES? I mean, FIFTY? That is a lot, a lot!
Very glad to hear that you are not in pain, and hoping that is true now too. Hopefully you are healing beautifully and feeling well.
Now, what are you gonna do about those dogs? How about a coupler?
xx oo
S.