Ninja Days

MVA - The Parents

Today I sat in my GPs waiting room, thumbing through Vogue Living for the third time, when my phone went off, just as it was my turn to see the doc. It was one of those 'I can't believe this is happening' moments. I heard myself muttering"Sorry, but I can't make my appointment, these are my films, looks like it's all good (nudge, nudge...) you might want to have a look at them, but I have to go now. My parents have been in a car accident and I have to go to the hospital right now." He looked at me in disbelief, expressed his empathy and I was out of there in a flash.

My parents were parked in the corridor in a designated area floor marked in red tape. The father sat in a wheelchair and the mother lay flat on her back, her neck in a plastic brace. The accident had happened at 2:30 and by the time I got there it was 5:30. By 7:30 there was a glimmer of hope: a doctor ordered x rays.

I called the man to order pizza. By 7:45 that same doctor lay also flat on his back in Emergency. Another doctor took over. The police arrived to take some particulars, telling the father that he was at fault, explaining that this particular road was quite difficult to negotiate, as parked cars made sight lines cluttered.

Of cause THAT did not help the mother one little bit, who had been photographed whilst in distress, had to be removed through the window out of their T-boned car, which had been pushed against a tree as well and no air bag had inflated! I remember the father buying this 'pink panzer' of a car BECAUSE it had SEVERAL airbags...

By the time we were done and got out of the hospital the time was way past 10pm. The last hour was the hardest. The mother was in much pain, as the panadeine forte won't last forever, the internal bruising had intensified and we all hungered for pizza despite the hospital's kind food parcel.

P I Z Z A!!!!!! P I Z Z A!!!!!! P I Z Z A!!!!!!

Finally home, pizza has never tasted THAT good before!

P.s.: Three days later her GP finds out that the mother not only has a broken collarbone, but also a broken rib! Wollongong hospital totally missed it! UNBELIEVABLE!

posted by The '95 Ninja ZX6R @ 9.3.07