Soo I got my car new shoes for Xmas, and they arrived by UPS today. I got two on very easily but the third wheel turned out to be a bit dramatic… you see something caused the jack to slip from the car and my hand was under the tyre when that happened.
* stares at hand *
LUCKILY my fraternity brother, neighbor and frequent target of abuse Jimmy was just hanging out with me when it happened. We both kinda stared at my finger, under the tire, for a few moments before we realized what happened. Then the pain kicked in.. its not comfortable having a car on a finger. After shouting at him to get his roommates cars jack and call 911 I managed to get my jack out from under the car and get the other one under the car and the car off my finger.
It was black from the brake dust and asphalt, and flat from the car. No kidding - perfectly flat. About after about 2 minutes a fire truck full of very attractive firepersons and paramedics showed up to take pulse, etc. I dunno why i told him to call 911 - it just seemed to be the appropriate thing to do when a car is on your finger. Anyway, they did the pulse thing and the blood pressure thing and offered to call a bambalance but Jimmy was able to take me to the ER so i saved myself that bill.
I wrapped my finger in frozen peas (organic, naturally) and headed off to the ER. Little bit of this, little bit of that and a few X-rays later the Dr. comes out and says “I can’t believe it, but the X-rays don’t show any fractures!” YAY lucky day for me!
So I have a date with the ASU health clinic sometime next week for a follow up - but so far so good. I may have a torn ligament or something perhaps but no broken bones.
Welcome to 2008!
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January 6th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
When my neighbor got a vasectomy, I gave him a bag frozen organic peas as well. His wife made them for dinner a few nights later. So, moral of the story is, don’t get rid of those peas, cause they’re still good. Mmmmm, good eats. Have fun with the vicodin. xoxo