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What Happened on April 23rd?

On April 23, I was minding my own business, scooting to work. A woman runs a stop sign. I hit her dead-on, 35 mph, less than half a car length to react. I was 2 miles from work.  

I flew 20 feet from my poor, now-totaled scooter. My shoes were about a foot from it. My helmet landed 10 feet from it. The engine was still running. Clumps of red hair littered the street.

I don’t remember being in the air. Just hitting the car, then hitting the ground. I was on all fours and couldn’t feel anything. All I saw was blood dripping down my scalp, down my face, down my arms onto the concrete. 

A man called 911. Another good samaritan helped me sit up. After I sat up, I saw my foot.
It looked as if I’d been run over by a lawn mower. Google “degloving” and you’ll get an idea of what happened. I saw tendons and bones and the inside of my foot. That’s when the pain hit me and I really started freaking out. 

The driver of the car jumped out and hugged me, “Please stop bleeding!!”

The man who called 911 also called my mom. He asked if I wanted to speak to her. I couldn’t do anything but scream. I was loaded up into the ambulance and taken to the ER.

The ride there was interesting. I had the paramedic help me call Nick, my boyfriend. He was doing inventory that day. I remember it was a really strange, monotonous phone call. “Hey Nick, I was just in a really bad accident. Um… I’ll see you later?” I also called work from the ambulance. My mom already had. 

I get to the ER and they take the bandage off my foot. It’s still bleeding profusely. They cut off all my clothing and start with the x-rays. I swear to god, slowest x-ray techs EVER. Someone puts four staples in my scalp and I’m sent off to surgery, my first of five over the course of the next two weeks.

2 Responses to “What Happened on April 23rd?”

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   David Cintron
   June 6, 2009 at 1:11 am »

   I guess you’ll be missing the next TX  Store opening? I’d seen your Twitter updates and had generally gathered you’d been in some kind of accident, but reading the details makes it a little more real. Scooters are scary (rather car drivers + two wheeled vehicles). Hope your recovery is as quick as it can be. Best wishes.

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   Katie
   June 7, 2009 at 4:36 pm »

   I loved that scooter and plan on getting another one. When’s the next Texas Apple opening? I’ll be there if it’s local to me.