tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769028919762785741.post7041579375508896920..comments2023-12-27T22:45:30.343-05:00Comments on Healing through Writing: My first ambulance rideKathryn Crafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08371458857187160425noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769028919762785741.post-6637751565207899152011-10-10T09:08:42.631-04:002011-10-10T09:08:42.631-04:00Lynette: Thanks for stopping by again! My hope is ...Lynette: Thanks for stopping by again! My hope is that if I can get those vivid details out of my head and onto the page, where I can manipulate them, I'll be able to stop them from ambushing me later on.Kathryn Crafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371458857187160425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769028919762785741.post-29807475384943898482011-10-09T09:22:47.675-04:002011-10-09T09:22:47.675-04:00How brave of you to relive all this by writing it....How brave of you to relive all this by writing it. Wonderful story, told with humor and vivid description. (I was lying out there, shivering in the rain with you!)Lynette Bentonhttp://lynettebentonwriting.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769028919762785741.post-77914016725525483892011-09-25T10:57:15.148-04:002011-09-25T10:57:15.148-04:00Judy and Marie: Talk about an illustration of the ...Judy and Marie: Talk about an illustration of the fact that it's all relative. Judy read this and saw that I kept my sense of humor; Marie, who revealed a history of hospitalizations, can't imagine my level of stress. I guess you're both right, though. Knowing that I would soon get help relieved the fear and allowed the storyteller in me to peek through; there was much joking and ribbing on the way to the hospital. But my vitals, especially through high blood pressure, told a different story about my well-being.Kathryn Crafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371458857187160425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769028919762785741.post-81570636814059672352011-09-25T10:01:13.640-04:002011-09-25T10:01:13.640-04:00Oh my goodness. I love your posts, but this one wa...Oh my goodness. I love your posts, but this one was a true eye opener. Due to a chronic illness, I wind up in the hosptial at least once or twice a year, and lucky for me, our big teaching hospitals are only 15 minutes away. I can't imagine your level of stress, as you rode to the hospital.Marie Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07275544861810872122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769028919762785741.post-85062318786376788452011-09-24T21:36:48.308-04:002011-09-24T21:36:48.308-04:00So sorry about your fall, Kathryn. Wishing you a s...So sorry about your fall, Kathryn. Wishing you a speedy recovery!<br /><br />I love your response when asked about your pain level! It's all relative, isn't it? And I'm impressed that you kept your sense of humor.<br /><br />JudyJ. Thomas Rosshttp://www.jthomasross.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769028919762785741.post-79093024305603169992011-09-24T18:37:22.610-04:002011-09-24T18:37:22.610-04:00Billie: Luckily I was not deemed worthy of, ahem, ...Billie: Luckily I was not deemed worthy of, ahem, your "special treatment." But I'm all for ambulances having more comfortable shocks!Kathryn Crafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371458857187160425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769028919762785741.post-10499977110588784642011-09-24T13:48:46.306-04:002011-09-24T13:48:46.306-04:00I was barefoot at the time if mine...but I was wea...I was barefoot at the time if mine...but I was wearing a favorite Liz Clairborne top, good support bra and new yoga pants...all promptly cut off at the ER. And then, my favorite, which I wish I forgot...the rectal exam! <br />I do remember asking what that had to with a broken ankle. <br />Apparently it's how they check for internal bleeding...or so the guy said.<br />After that, it was lights out.<br /><br />Oh, and you think they'd design an ambulance that didn't bounce like a yellow school bus going over potholes.<br />Imagine trying to start an IV like that. Yikes!billie bakhshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00144693938968734648noreply@blogger.com