the accident
i can't type very well right now because i am missing the action of my right middle and ring fingers, and am hopped up (perhaps that should be hopped down?) on pain killers.
i did the stupidest thing ever and put my fingers in a robo coupe (food processor) while it was on. luckily, while i have no common sense i have both quick reaction time and an immense pain tolerance. so, while everyone around me seemed to panic or not know exactly what to do, i found myself going into shock and called a friend who is an emt. he told me to lie down and call an ambulance, apply pressure, keep my hand elevated and my legs up. i did this, the ambulance came, they patched me up and gave me oxygen, then said it would be fine (and cheaper) for me to go to the emergency room in a housemate's car.
jake called mars for me, and he eventually showed up at the hospital and took excellent care of me. as i was leaving, 4.5 hrs later, a nurse said i was lucky to have him. i sure am, but i'm also lucky to live in my co-op, where there were people to take care of me.
thanks to xylar, livi and dominic, jake and xiang wei, frida and all the other people who took care of me, or helped out in my time of need.
i'm still in shock, not so much physically but mentally. how could i be so stupid? i won't be playing clarinet for a while and it's going to take a lot longer to write papers, take tests, take notes...everything. i value my hands so much! i have to see this as a wake up call and hopefully be a lot more careful in the future.
finally, i went into tang to get antibiotics (the dr forgot to prescribe me some last night, even though he said he would) and take care of insurance issues. to my chagrin, they informed me that by NOT taking the ambulance i somehow forfeited insurance coverage. what the fuck!? medicine is so FUCKED in this country because of goddamn capitalism.
whatever. it will be sorted out. if anything, i'll get my parents' help. not that that is much easier because they will both want me to somehow find time to call their own insurance companies (east coast = 3 hrs ahead!) and see if they will cover me, and if not i have to somehow get my parents to agree how much each will pay...i am SO NOT looking forward to that headache...
sigh. i wish i were back in new zealand where there is national health coverage. or that californians weren't so stupid to shoot down that prop when it was on the ballot several years past. oh well...time to meet with my advisor and then go home and get some rest.
i did the stupidest thing ever and put my fingers in a robo coupe (food processor) while it was on. luckily, while i have no common sense i have both quick reaction time and an immense pain tolerance. so, while everyone around me seemed to panic or not know exactly what to do, i found myself going into shock and called a friend who is an emt. he told me to lie down and call an ambulance, apply pressure, keep my hand elevated and my legs up. i did this, the ambulance came, they patched me up and gave me oxygen, then said it would be fine (and cheaper) for me to go to the emergency room in a housemate's car.
jake called mars for me, and he eventually showed up at the hospital and took excellent care of me. as i was leaving, 4.5 hrs later, a nurse said i was lucky to have him. i sure am, but i'm also lucky to live in my co-op, where there were people to take care of me.
thanks to xylar, livi and dominic, jake and xiang wei, frida and all the other people who took care of me, or helped out in my time of need.
i'm still in shock, not so much physically but mentally. how could i be so stupid? i won't be playing clarinet for a while and it's going to take a lot longer to write papers, take tests, take notes...everything. i value my hands so much! i have to see this as a wake up call and hopefully be a lot more careful in the future.
finally, i went into tang to get antibiotics (the dr forgot to prescribe me some last night, even though he said he would) and take care of insurance issues. to my chagrin, they informed me that by NOT taking the ambulance i somehow forfeited insurance coverage. what the fuck!? medicine is so FUCKED in this country because of goddamn capitalism.
whatever. it will be sorted out. if anything, i'll get my parents' help. not that that is much easier because they will both want me to somehow find time to call their own insurance companies (east coast = 3 hrs ahead!) and see if they will cover me, and if not i have to somehow get my parents to agree how much each will pay...i am SO NOT looking forward to that headache...
sigh. i wish i were back in new zealand where there is national health coverage. or that californians weren't so stupid to shoot down that prop when it was on the ballot several years past. oh well...time to meet with my advisor and then go home and get some rest.