NP: Glenn Scheper's got time to post... little posts

Bekah bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net
Sat Feb 18 20:34:19 CST 2006


Well,  you might have lost some health points but I see you managed 
to keep your sense of humor.

rest and do what the good doc says
Bekah


At 10:37 AM -0800 2/17/06, Glenn Scheper wrote:
>A person nodding off failed to hold his lane, his pickup(?) doing 
>pegged speedo(?) by hill bottom, demolished my trunkspace and raised 
>my 80 surely over 100 MPH about 4 AM Monday on the 14 SB near Sand 
>Canyon(?).
>>
>>I bounced to the right, and bounced to the left, having time for 
>>the passionless insight that I was about to die. That's okay--all 
>>do. I think the air bag deployed at that wall. It demolished half 
>>the engine space, and broke my brake foot, and some ribs on both 
>>sides. I remember no more of the ride, but ended up parked on the 
>>right, and was able to climb out, to lay out but not to get up. Now 
>>I know how a carrom feels.
>>
>>The scary parts were hearing the FD and private ambulance arguing 
>>over using a board or not, and later,
>>seeing, before learning, how huge a bubble is tolerable in the IV. 
>>The hospital is such a discursive space: management taking place in 
>>the open air, in the ears of all. Hey, I am tapping with two 
>>fingers now!
>>
>>It took three tries to start the CAT scan; I quipped they should 
>>have bought the warantee. Comedy lobe works.
>>But the sonograph they used to view my heart was portable with a 
>>delightful GUI--a good toy!
>>
>>Last night the orthopedic surgeon fixed my foot with "allogenic" 
>>filler, which I happen to recognize means
>>the bones of dead people, and they say I have a tiny pneumothorax 
>>(pulling away) on one lung, and small
>>contusion (bruise) on the other lung, but in two days I am already 
>>pulling myself around with the bedrails.
>>
>>I asked the nurse the "weightless" question, "When do you think I 
>>can return to work?
>>No answer. I asked "One month...Less...More?" She said I'd need to 
>>go to therapy first.
>>
>>But I had prophetic insights that clearly foreshadow this work, so 
>>I am assured and I am joyful!
>>




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