On the evening of July 27, someone ran a stop sign and T-boned my car (and me). I spent a week in the hospital and now I'm continuing to convalesce at my mother's house. Between the pain medication and the fact that we've only got dial-up internet access here, I expect that entries will be sporadic for a while. Besides, nothing happens when you're confined to bed and wheelchair for a month to six weeks (I'm almost two weeks in. Heal bones! Heal!). The big excitement is—well, there is no big excitement. I read, sleep, wiggle around to keep my muscles from atrophy, read a little more. I ride the wheelchair around in circles: family room to breakfast room to kitchen to living room, then back to family room. I'm lucky to be alive. I'm lucky that my most serious injury is one that should heal up completely. I won't be disabled. I'm really lucky. I'm not dead.
158 words | August 7, 2004 11:40 AM | Miss TraumaI'm glad you're ok. Get well.
Posted by: Mikey at August 7, 2004 12:59 PMOUCH!!!
Glad to hear it's nothing permanent. I checked your blog over the weekend (after I'd gotten my computer back from the shop) and was wondering why you hadn't been updating.
(Your last entry was on the day my iBook went in for repairs. Odd coincidence, that.)
Posted by: Drew at August 8, 2004 06:47 AMGlad to hear that you're on the road to recovery. Its no fun being sub-mobile. I T-boned a car once (except I was on a bicycle), and spent three weeks in the hospital, then another four months limping around on crutches with a broken arm & a broken leg. Hope Dr. Science at least sent a card, but then maybe he's too busy with all that _very important stuff_ that he does.
Here's to a complete recovery.
Posted by: Derek at August 10, 2004 01:37 PM