More funky pumpkins.So, this weekend started out great. The guy came by after work and we went to Pagliai's for pizza. Afterward, we decided to just go home and chill out at my place and drink beer. It was wonderful. The guy decided to go home a little earlier than normal, because he had a lot to do on Saturday.
Our plan was for him to get some stuff done on Saturday during the day, go on one of his crazy 3 hour long bike rides, while I went running, went to the memorial and then to my friend's football watching/birthday party. He sent me a sweet email in the morning and then I went running.
When I got home, I got a call from a number I didn't recognize. I answered it and it was the guy. I asked him how things were going and he said, "not too good." He went on to tell me that he was in the emergency room. He was riding his bike on a county road and was hit by a pick-up truck. The driver must not have seen him, because he didn't break. He slammed into him going 55 mph. Luckily, he didn't have anything terribly major. He does have a broken L2 in his spine and will need surgery either Monday or Tuesday to fuse some of his vertebrae together and he his pretty banged up.
I've spent the last two days in the hospital with him, since he can't move much and he is in a lot of pain. I'm taking Monday off to stay with him as well and we'll hope they can get him into surgery then. The doctors seem to think the surgery will help him with all the pain he's having and I hope that's the case.
I hope you all had a pain free weekend.
10 comments:
Oh lord. I'm so glad he's alive and even sort of ok. Glad you can take care of him too. Stupid drivers.
Oh no. I hope he has a speedy recovery!
so sorry that happened. A week ago a friend of mine in TX had a bike accident and crushed her elbow. I hate bike accidents!!
good luck with the recovery, if I were in pain and on heavy narcotics I would want you there to buffer the real world for me!
good luck,
A
holy shit! how terrifying. i hope he's feeling better and i'm thinking of you guys. lots of love.
Oh my goodness...how scary. I'm so sorry The Guy is hurt, Churlita. It is good that you can be there for him. I hope he recovers fully and quickly.
Yikes, I'm so sorry that happened! Hoping for a smooth recovery for him!
Oh man, that is terrible! I wish him a speedy recovery.
Oh no. I'm with NoRegrets - very very glad he's alive. I can't even stand that drivers apparently can't see or slow down for animals. When there's no evidence the truck slowed down for your guy that's just fucked.
So, add my thoughts to the big pile of healing and pain relief ones. I suppose this is pretty stressful for you, too, so maybe you could let us know if you need something?
Oh man, that sucks! Hope that he has a super quick and pain free recovery. Kudos to you for being by his side!
Oh my god-- I've been away from blogging for nearly a week and just learned of this. So glad the the spinal column damage is reparable. That could have been awful. Hope his recovery is speedy.
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