Yesterday didn’t go as planned. The day was great; I got to spend the entire day with my family and then skype with my uncle who had a stroke last weekend. He’s rocking a Santa Claus beard, and for having a stroke, he pretty much looks like a super hero.And he's taking it in stride.
Aside from lack of muscle control on the left side of his body and a bit of slurred speech, you might not notice anything wrong with him at all.
However, on our way home from my aunt’s house last night we took a different route than normal, just enjoying the time we were spending together.
We came to an intersection with an SUV in front of us, and no one right behind us. As we sat at the intersection, a little girl was with her mom and brother. I noticed the girl seemed to be off in her own world and commented on it, right as she darted out into the lane. The car in front of us had to snap on its breaks to keep from hitting her. We followed suit, no problems. Until less than five seconds later, a van crashed into us from behind.
Immediately I had a panic attack; I was shaking uncontrollably, tears in my eyes and hyperventilating. I called my aunt since we were still in her city, she called 911 since my reception was terrible. And then to keep from puking in the car, I go out and sat on the sidewalk. My mom got out of the car just as the van that hit us tried speeding off.
Long story short, the guy who hit us was 15 with a learner’s permit… and at the time he hit us, he was looking at a map to find his way to basketball practice. There was no damage done to the cars, and my brother got off without a single pain.
My mother is sore, swollen, and miserable.
I’m bruised across my ribs and stomach, my ankles are swollen, everything is sore and hard to move, and I’m suffering from nausea and stomach pain. I also really messed up my left hand. Typing this is basically torture; even texting on my phone hurts beyond measure.
I’ve been in bed all day, drinking tea and taking pain meds/muscle relaxers. I finally ate about an hour ago.. and then promptly got sick. But like I said, I’m keeping myself hydrated. If I’m not feeling any better tomorrow, I am going to go to Emergency and get checked out. Hopefully it doesn’t come to that, but my toes are starting to tingle and go numb, and my mom thinks I may have some form of nerve damage from the accident.
I'm not mad or angry or bitter... I feel sorry for the kid, and I'm just glad nothing terrible happened. I keep asking myself what would have happened if he had been the car stopped in front of us. Would he have been reading his map, not paying attention as the little girl ran ahead of her mother? It could have been much worse for everyone involved... and even though I'm sure his parents are angry (as they should be), he's truly lucky that he just hit us and no damage was done to either car.
But yeah, I need to end this.
Hope you all have a great weekend!
