So, one lunch time (January 31) I was walking back to the office from having sushi and felt like some chocolate milk. On my way through the lobby, I feel, dislocated my left elbow as well as broke my radial head of my elbow. OH MY GOD, the pain was bad. Really bad. Something in me knew right away though that I had at least dislocated my elbow. I remembered that sound from when I dislocated my right elbow when I was a kid. The security guards tried to move me, I told them off. I tried to call Ana, but she wasn't at her desk (or the call didn't go through) so I called my boss Chris. He came downstairs, but of course the first thing out of his mouth is "If you didn't want to go Sea to Sky and work for Tony, you didn't have to go and hurt yourself". Actually, it was good he came down there, he made sure that I was distracted from the pain. I also had someone from the building managers there trying to ask me questions and I kept looking at her like, WTF do you want and why are you asking me stupid questions while I'm sitting here. I think they were scared I would sue them.
Next thing I know the ambulance is there, they're wrapping up my arm to take me to the hospital. I had some laughing gas to inhale when the pain is really bad, that stuff made me want to hurl! Of course it worked, but it made me really want to hurl. When the ambulance attendants had my arm wrapped up they tried to help me up but I got up on my own. . .hey! Bellydancing lessons came in handy for something other than dancing! I balance swords (one or two) and shamadans on my head so I'm used to getting off the floor without pushing myself up with my hands, which is what I did. Ana asked me later if I was using my dance skills to help me out.
Ana came with me to the hosital (I think partly because she wanted to be in the ambulance with the sirens going!). Thank god she was there! I didn't realize half the thiings I needed to ask because of the distraction of the pain. It was hard to concentrate on the questions so she helped me out with that.
I get put into the Fast Track ER. I'm waiting for a bit for the doctor (the ER doctor was great) in a room that looks like a storeroom, and when she comes in to see me, she asks me some questions and then sends me for xrays to make sure my arm is dislocated. After my xrays (oh my god! painfull!) I get put into another room (the typical curtain rooms yhou se on TV etc). They've got me drugged up good, Ana is still there (I've told her a few times that she can go home but she tells me to shut up and stays). The ER doctor finally comes back and tells me that yes I'm dislocated, they are going to do a concious sedation to put it back together. They give me the drugs, Ana is laughing so hard she has to turn her back on me so I can't see her laughing, one of the doctors pointed it out because he thought it was pretty funny was well! I totally remember that I was really out of it!
I eventually came down from the sedation, I get sent for more xrays, guess what, I'm still dislocated. And, it looks like there's a fracture there too. I get sedated again, they do everything again, I get moe xrays to check on it, it works this time. However, now I have to wait for a surgeon to come in and see me, because maybe my fracture is more serious and I might need surgery. WHAT??? OK, so I'm totally freaked out at this point. I think it's about 730pm or so, I've been in the ER for 7 or 8 hours, Ana's starting to get hungry (and still won't go home, but calls up her roommate Cindy to come sit with me while she goes gets some dinner). Cindy sat with me for a bit while Ana went to change and get some food. Then Cindy wouldn't go home!
Finally, the surgeon (who was apparently driving from home) shows up, yah, I've broken my radial head in half, I need surgery but they aren't sure at this point if they can use my bone or if they need to do a complete replacement of the joint. Great. I'm being admitted to the hospital as wel. All of which are firsts for me.
By about 11pm, my friend Lynn comes to the ER because she realized that I really was hurt (she thought I was yanking her chain). Once she gets there I'm finally able to talk Ana and Cindy into going home (for Ana, she's been there as long as me and I've been there since 12:30pm or so). Lynn went to get me tea while the doctor's are putting a cast on me. When she came back she unveiled that she brought me some cheesecake! freak, was funny. She stayed with me right until I was admitted to the hospital and until I fell asleep, which was about 2am.
Wow, what a day. My arm is getting sore (I'm allowed to type with my left hand right now) so I'll continue my story later.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
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