i'm the coffee maker in the office because i know how it's done, and so today after lunch, i made the afternoon pot, grabbed a cup and headed to the transcription desk in order to keep my promise to mr. trangaris - all the psych clinic notes next week.
WELL...the boss came in and we were having a nice little conversation when i choked on the coffee. the last thing i remember was holding up my palm to let her know i was gonna cough, and i did...and that's the last thing i remembered for a while...i thought i was dreaming..i kept hearing roberta and carol call my name, and i opened my eyes and i was on the floor and couldn't see out of my right eye and i reached up and it was full of blood.
i remember asking...what happened? and saying..i need help...and boy, did help come. when i could think and see again, dr. elsaid, jackie the r.n., the director of nursing, a whole bunch of custody staff..i don't even remember who all was there, but all these people were LOOKING at me, and jackie was cleaning my face, and they told me ems was on the way.
i had fainted, gashed my head on the corner of the desk and hit it pretty hard on the stone floor.
i'm ok - except my blouse and bra are soaked with blood and ruined, this headache is gonna be whopping when the swelling goes down, i'm gonna have a nasty purple bruise over my right eye and...i broke a nail. shoot, shoot, shoot.
oh, and the ct scan showed a subcutaneous foreign body. that explains a lot.
you know what...they took care of me, those people i work with did. i don't remember getting on the stretcher, but i do remember the assistant superintendent winking at me when they wheeled me out.
i'm afraid mr. trangaris won't get his clinic notes on time...
now tell me i don't make one killer cup of coffee ;-)
7 comments:
OMG!! That's terrible!! Are you sure you're okay?!! And what in the hell is a subcutaneous foreign body?! Sounds like time for you to do some research!
I hope you got some good pain meds, definitely sound like you'll have a terrible headache coming soon!
I can't believe you are joking around (That's my kind of friend :-)
Keep us posted!! Martha
Oh you poor thing! Drinking coffee should not be injurious to your health! Dam that evil brew!!! All kidding aside, hope that you feel better...getting dizzy cause the kids gone just doesnt work anyway...I know I've been there....SAndi
OMG (((*Spice*))) how terribly frightening that must have been.
Never heard of a subcutaneous foreign body. Talk about bad days, I'd rate this one high on the list. So glad you're basically alright despite the trauma, and that attitude... bless you.
Be well my friend, that's an order!*
Tina
Well yes I would say you do make a killer cup of coffee butttt. Bet everyone will be looking up subcutaneous foreign body. Hope you head doesn't hurt too much. paula
Well that was an interesting lesson. The things you learn in j-land. Feel good soon. Paula
Glad that hit on the head wasn't any worse than that.
Lori
Glad that hit on the head wasn't any worse than that.
Lori
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