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so, i have nothing else to do. i'm going to post about my accident with my left hand. fun.

here's the update for you.. i was riding my bike coming to an intersection about a block away from hillsboro village. as i approached the stop sign, a car(1) coming in my direction failed to stop at his stop sign and breezed right through it. unfortunately the cross street did not have a stop sign. as the car(1) came into the intersection, a car(2) coming down the cross street plowed into the back side of the other car(1) causing it to slide directly into me. i got to see pictures of where i hit and i made a pretty huge dent and broke out the rear side window.

the next thing i remember is laying face down on the ground and lifting my head to look at what just hit me. quickly realizing i was hurt much more than my initial thought. i was ready to stand up until all of the pain hit me. so i just looked at the car wide-eyed, looked down, then spit blood and teeth as though i had forgotten how to spit.

thankfully there were two doctors walking home from vanderbilt on the same block.
next was dozens of jumbled faces asking me question after question. the feeling was surreal. everything happened so slowly yet so quickly.

i was whisked away in an ambulance to the emergency room and spent most of my night there getting stitches and x-rays.

injuries:
stitches in my chin, arm, hand, and leg. (i am told they were pretty disgusting and opened up wide, even the stitchin' an thought so.)
fractured right wrist
torn ligaments and chipped bone on my right elbow (the doc said it was from almost dislocating my elbow)
and three chipped front teeth

i've gotten some of my stitches out and will get the rest out next week.
i have a half cast on for my wrist and will keep it on for several weeks.
i believe i will have some physical therapy for my elbow to get it back to normal. right now i can't bend it but a few inches each way. it's pretty much stuck at ninety degrees.
i am due for a root canal on one of my front teeth next week. this is because it was slightly pushed back, damaging the nerve. then i will have crowns put on two of them and have the third molded.

thats about it.

the past week has been hell working with lawyers, getting doctor appointments, dealing with insurance companies, filling out forms, and having people poke and prod at me everyday.

thankfully my best friend miss carrie denton has taken care of me and driven me around to everywhere. i especially wouldn't have made it the first few days without her, because i could barely move.

so as soon as i can get these pictures off this camera, i will post them. and you can see my new smile.

ps
not looking for sympathy here. everyone just seems to want to know the specifics. and i'm bored out of my mind.


edit:

one picture..