Rovcketman357
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This is the story of my friend MR. S. in his words:
On the pleasant afternoon of April 2, I was out doing spring cleanup chores. I had a load of lilac trimmings loaded, and it was the last project of the day, put away the tractor and it would be Miller Time!
My farmer has mushroom soil delivered for the corn fields and spread over the cold months of the year. The mushroom workers are ethnic characters who dispose of their empty soda, beer, chocolate milk, water containers into the mess and it gets distributed throughout the fields and does not deteriorate, therefore, unless Mr. S. cleans it up, it does not get cleaned up! So I was traveling parallel along the ridge line behind the barn, when I spotted one of the culprits. I jumped off the 8N and it was still just barely drifting along, no sweat, I have done this a thousand times, only this time, the front wheels decided to turn downhill to the right and the 8N became a runaway!
Quickly assessing the situation, it was headed for the large double rear barn doors or my Ford Explorer which was parked just to the left side. I decided if I could grab the steering wheel and make it jack knife it would save a lot of grief. Poor move, Michael !!! A new truck would have been cheaper !!!
Amazing how much momentum the tractor gained in those 8- 10 feet and it proceeded to knock me over and race downhill, crashing into the rear of the adjoining building where old construction equipment is stacked.
I was in a world of hurt, but here's the kicker. For an instant I flicked my eyes and it was the blackest black you can imagine and I knew that was the wrong path! Open my eyes and prevent myself from falling into shock and suck it in, it saved me. Never close the Eyes !!!
My neighbor, Bruce, came out of his garage about now, and did not have his glasses on, but wondered why I was sitting in the middle of the cornfield? He called to me, and this eventually led to an ambulance ride to the Reading Hospital Emergency where a quick assessment showed it was worse than imagined, frankly, they said I might not make it.
********! Those folks did not know did not know who they were dealing with!
I don't mean to sound cavalier, and somethings are beyond your control. I was and continue to suffer, but no white flags here!
It has been a series of 100 % pain, soiling myself front and rear, catheters, IV's, hundreds of skin pricks and injections, puffing up from swelling and gaining 14 pounds, screaming at nurses and lying on my back like I was staked out, which basically I was!
Here is the grand total:
10 broken ribs on the left side, 2 of which are offset and probably will never mend together again
2 broken ribs on the right
Cracked collar bone
1 cracked vertebra
Cracked tailbone
Punctured lung
Perforated spleen and subsequent internal bleeding
Next will be follow up appointments, visiting nurses, more pain medicine and continuing sleepless nights, a long road to continue
And so Patient #11, after a 11 day stay, has returned home Saturday afternoon and can finally accept visitors if they are passing by............
On the pleasant afternoon of April 2, I was out doing spring cleanup chores. I had a load of lilac trimmings loaded, and it was the last project of the day, put away the tractor and it would be Miller Time!
My farmer has mushroom soil delivered for the corn fields and spread over the cold months of the year. The mushroom workers are ethnic characters who dispose of their empty soda, beer, chocolate milk, water containers into the mess and it gets distributed throughout the fields and does not deteriorate, therefore, unless Mr. S. cleans it up, it does not get cleaned up! So I was traveling parallel along the ridge line behind the barn, when I spotted one of the culprits. I jumped off the 8N and it was still just barely drifting along, no sweat, I have done this a thousand times, only this time, the front wheels decided to turn downhill to the right and the 8N became a runaway!
Quickly assessing the situation, it was headed for the large double rear barn doors or my Ford Explorer which was parked just to the left side. I decided if I could grab the steering wheel and make it jack knife it would save a lot of grief. Poor move, Michael !!! A new truck would have been cheaper !!!
Amazing how much momentum the tractor gained in those 8- 10 feet and it proceeded to knock me over and race downhill, crashing into the rear of the adjoining building where old construction equipment is stacked.
I was in a world of hurt, but here's the kicker. For an instant I flicked my eyes and it was the blackest black you can imagine and I knew that was the wrong path! Open my eyes and prevent myself from falling into shock and suck it in, it saved me. Never close the Eyes !!!
My neighbor, Bruce, came out of his garage about now, and did not have his glasses on, but wondered why I was sitting in the middle of the cornfield? He called to me, and this eventually led to an ambulance ride to the Reading Hospital Emergency where a quick assessment showed it was worse than imagined, frankly, they said I might not make it.
********! Those folks did not know did not know who they were dealing with!
I don't mean to sound cavalier, and somethings are beyond your control. I was and continue to suffer, but no white flags here!
It has been a series of 100 % pain, soiling myself front and rear, catheters, IV's, hundreds of skin pricks and injections, puffing up from swelling and gaining 14 pounds, screaming at nurses and lying on my back like I was staked out, which basically I was!
Here is the grand total:
10 broken ribs on the left side, 2 of which are offset and probably will never mend together again
2 broken ribs on the right
Cracked collar bone
1 cracked vertebra
Cracked tailbone
Punctured lung
Perforated spleen and subsequent internal bleeding
Next will be follow up appointments, visiting nurses, more pain medicine and continuing sleepless nights, a long road to continue
And so Patient #11, after a 11 day stay, has returned home Saturday afternoon and can finally accept visitors if they are passing by............
