Joining the injured reserve
If I didn't have bad luck I'd have no luck at all.
Was driving my convertible today, enjoying the sunshine, came out from under an overpass, "something" hit the windshield, the top of my head, my face just below my sunglasses. Reached up and touched my face, saw my hand was bloody, pulled over, blood running down my face. It was bleeding fairly heavily so I bunched my jacket against it and went right to the ER. Strangely there was no pain for a while.
Apparently wounds to the face bleed a lot.
The ER stopped the bleeding and cleaned it but I wouldn't let the ER Doctor stitch. He called for a Plastic Surgeon who came in and closed it (internal and external stitches). It runs from just below my sunglasses on my right side to about 1/2" above my right lip. The whole process was remarkably quick - in fact, I was on my laptop while waiting for the Plastic Surgeon to arrive.
They called the Police and the Police came (I didn't call the Police) and found some rocks, about half the size of my fist, in my car. It "appears" that a truck loaded with stone dropped some of the load on the overpass just as I was coming out from under the overpass.
I have a dent on the hood of the car but the windshield did not break. I can't imagine what THAT is going to cost me. Next time I'm buying American.
I have a black eye, it's swollen almost shut and won't stop tearing (although I am told that will stop by tomorrow), all around the area is bruised, and I have some very ugly stitches. He tells me if the scar is bad it can be reduced but I'm not thinking that far ahead.
My husband is out of Town. I am going to be off the Board, feeling sorry for myself for a couple of days, in a fetal position in a dark corner, living on coffee and cheetos. I have some GREAT pain pills!
Chances of finding the truck? Slim to none. Police took a report for an unsecured load but...
There is a lesson to be learned here - I'm just not sure what it is.
Aren't FrChuck and I both on the injured reserve list?
