Il y a une expression en Anglais -- "to be snakebitten" -- qui veut dire mot à mot "être mordu par un serpent," mais veut dire figurativement "avoir de malchance." Moi, je suis "snakebitten" cette semaine. Ca commence par mon accident à velo. Puis hier soir, notre chienne Elsie, la plus mignon chienne du monde (regardez), a été mordue par un serpent à sonnette, qui est très dangereux à cause de son venim, qui peut tuer des animaux et des hommes. Elsie a été mordue à sa bouche, qui a commencé à saigner. J'ai dû la emmener à la clinique vétérinaire à vingt-deux heures; nous avons eu peur qu'elle puisse mourir. Elle est restée à la clinique vétérinaire jusqu'à ce soir. Sa bouche est très enflée, mais la vétérinaire m'a dit qu'elle serait meilleure après deux ou trois jours. Mais le traitement a couté plus de mille dollars, parce que le "anti-venim" est très cher.
Je ne voudrais pas penser à ce que peut être se passera demain!
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Sunday, July 05, 2009
The Short Version
Friday was a beautiful day for a ride. I rode into Santa Rosa, stopped downtown for a soda, then started home. I was riding up Old Redwood Highway, wanting to get to my son's Geometry class (the last of his difficult summer school session) before it ended, so I could surprise him. I started to make a right-hand turn onto Angela Drive, but realized at the last second that I was going too fast. I tried to brake and turn to avoid a decorative rock pillar on the left side of the road, but was unable to, and crashed directly into it, leading with my left forearm: a hard, sickening crash that threw me onto the pavement and left me stunned. A very kind couple took me to Kaiser. These pictures are not for the squeemish; I was probably going 25 mph and stopped all of my momentum with my forearm:
I needed surgery immediately, and ended up with a steel plate and 9 screws in my arm. Yesterday all the pain medicine made me sick; today all the other non-arm bruised and battered parts of my body are aching.
The staff at Kaiser were fantastic, and some very funny things happened during the experience, which I will post later, but all in all it was not at all fun.
I needed surgery immediately, and ended up with a steel plate and 9 screws in my arm. Yesterday all the pain medicine made me sick; today all the other non-arm bruised and battered parts of my body are aching.
The staff at Kaiser were fantastic, and some very funny things happened during the experience, which I will post later, but all in all it was not at all fun.
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