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Car Crash - Part One
January
31, 2003
Like
a Snoopy novel that begins it was a dark and stormy night ...
At
around 8:00 last night, I was on my home and then out to pick up Ashley at
Cheerleading when from out of nowhere I met Mr. Truck.
Here
I am sitting at a complete stop at a light savoring the sounds on the radio when
... WHAM - "the lights went out in Georgia".
After
a brief interlude, I was pulled out of the car by three local EMTs and given a
ride to the hospital. The ride in the ambulance was OK, not a great ride, but -
hey - it was a ride.
I
was picked at, prodded and photographed for the better part of the evening. I
missed CSI (about the only TV show I watch) and found that it is nearly
impossible to use a bed pan what strapped into a neck brace and cervical spine
brace. Like a good Marine, I persevered.
The
X-rays were inconclusive and the cat scan was negative (no brain) , nothing
broken (but who is kidding who). My right knee (the good one is now wrecked. I
now limp in earnest with both legs.
Ashley's
doing her best Clara Barton, but it will be a few days before my head clears.
I'm at her mercy and I'm looking forward to her cooking me a meal or two. (Dad,
you want mustard on that dog?)
The
Avalon is totaled and Toyota Crumple Zone technology works. I'm alive. If you
want to see a picture of the car, just click in Wile Coyote (either below or on
the home page.)
I
have my cell phone with me, if you're in the neighborhood == drop by and take a
look at my pain med inventory.
In
case you are wondering, the front of the car has a ding or two in it as well.
Black
and Blue from head to toe.
R. A. Christy
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