At th ER

[xela]

It's almost certainly unnecessary, but I'm at the Mt Auburn ER, waiting to be evaluated.

I was about to go to bed & had just taken off my glasses when I realized I'd been reading with no difficulty for a couple hours, so the side-effects of the surgery were definitely over. No sign of any ghosting in the fairly dim light in my room. So I decided to go to the window to see if I could spot a star --- and look at it without any ghosting!

In the dimness I tripped over something. I had enough control in the fall to duck my head when it seemed that my freshly repaired eye was on a collision course with the chromed steel frame of my Healthrider (a piece of exercise equipment I keep in my room). So instead of my eye, my forehead bashed into it.

I didn't lose consciousness, see stars, or exhibit any other symptom of concussion --- and believe me, I was checking first thing, before I even reached to touch my forehead or started to notice what else hurt.

When my hand got to my forehead, it came away wet with blood. No surprise there: even the mildest cut on the forehead bleeds a lot --- and I am on blood thinners. So I grabbed the nearest clean white cloth (one of my Egyptian cotton bath towels --- sigh), wrapped it around my head, and started trying to do some self-triage while waiting for my head to stop bleeding. Checked my self-assessment with zephyr, and called my insurance co's nurse advice line. Which told me to go to the ER just to be sure. So here I am.

More later.

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Comments

[motodraconis.livejournal.com]

Gah! What a nightmare, you're head is probably ok but best to be sure, and to tcheck your eyes are not bumped in any way.
Waiting around in ER is pretty tiresome though, hope they sort you out soon!

[yakshaver.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I wasn't up to replying to comments at the time, but I want you to know I did read it, and truly did appreciate it.

[bluedaisy.livejournal.com]

Yuck! Glad you're getting care---head wounds are tough.

[yakshaver.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I wasn't up to replying to comments at the time, but I want you to know I did read it, and truly did appreciate it.

[cfox.livejournal.com]

You can usually get blood out of white cotton, if you handle it gently. Use a cool laundry cycle, and each time it comes out of the laundry, leave it damp and put the "Shout" stain remover that comes in the bottle with a brush on the lid (or similar) on the stain, and leave it to sit damp until the next laundry load.

[yakshaver.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I wasn't up to replying to comments at the time, but I want you to know I did read it, and truly did appreciate it.

Also, I did take your advice when I finally got around to doing laundry, and it worked brilliantly. Thanks!

[cfox.livejournal.com]

It occurred to me in hindsight that maybe you wanted sympathy more than laundry advice...

The Shout product actually just seems to have mechanical advantage (the little brush) over ordinary washing up liquid, for blood stains; almost any pre-treatment regimen will keep the stain from setting until you get it in the wash, and will work well (on iron-based stains) as such. Your odds get worse if it dries fully, especially over heat. Shout seems to work better than other things I've tried on grass and berry stains, though.