Friday afternoon was my LOML's office party for employees only. There were about 200 that attended, and it was catered outside like a picnic...hot dogs and hamburgers.
Friday night just after midnight, I hear her yelling from the bathroom. I couldn't open the door, because she was on the floor blocking the door. As I pushed it open, moving her back, there was a large pool of blood under her head.
She was moaning that she couldn't move or had any feeling from the neck down. So, I had her tell what happened and she said she woke up nauseous, went to the bathroom, and sat on the toilet for a moment. Took a dose of Emetrol, to settle her stomach. After that she doesn't remember anything. She passed out, fell over sideways, hit the cabinet and hit the floor face first.
Major damage was a torn upper lip (on the inside), and she has pain in both shoulders, and her skin down her arms is very sensitive, and both thumbs are sore. I sat her up, and within 10 minutes, she threw up. It took about an hour to have her feel well enough to go back to bed.
We don't think about finding our loved ones totally incapacitated like that. This happened to her about 9 years ago, but she didn't have any injury when she passed out in the bathroom then.
Today, she is feeling much better. She can't chew food, and her shoulders and arms are still sore. She called some of the other employees that had the same food, and they are fine. We had the same thing for dinner Friday night except for some salsa she ate that was within its date.
Needless to say we didn't have a very good night. It's one of those things in life that just happens, that we can't predict. But still, very scary finding a loved one like that.
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Friday night just after midnight, I hear her yelling from the bathroom. I couldn't open the door, because she was on the floor blocking the door. As I pushed it open, moving her back, there was a large pool of blood under her head.
She was moaning that she couldn't move or had any feeling from the neck down. So, I had her tell what happened and she said she woke up nauseous, went to the bathroom, and sat on the toilet for a moment. Took a dose of Emetrol, to settle her stomach. After that she doesn't remember anything. She passed out, fell over sideways, hit the cabinet and hit the floor face first.
Major damage was a torn upper lip (on the inside), and she has pain in both shoulders, and her skin down her arms is very sensitive, and both thumbs are sore. I sat her up, and within 10 minutes, she threw up. It took about an hour to have her feel well enough to go back to bed.
We don't think about finding our loved ones totally incapacitated like that. This happened to her about 9 years ago, but she didn't have any injury when she passed out in the bathroom then.
Today, she is feeling much better. She can't chew food, and her shoulders and arms are still sore. She called some of the other employees that had the same food, and they are fine. We had the same thing for dinner Friday night except for some salsa she ate that was within its date.
Needless to say we didn't have a very good night. It's one of those things in life that just happens, that we can't predict. But still, very scary finding a loved one like that.
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