While everyone else was celebrating the arrival of Spring
last week, I went straight to Fall...
I can’t really explain how this happened because, well, I’m
not really sure. Here’s what I know: On Tuesday morning, I let one of my dogs
out but apparently, I was supposed to stay inside. At least I SHOULD have
stayed inside. Hindsight never really helped prevent anything though.
I took two steps (I think) out the door and the next thing I
knew, I was hitting the deck—literally. I barely had time to be aware of the
sudden jolt of landing (on my back) when my head slammed back onto the deck and
everything went black.
I’m not sure how long I was out. Not long I don’t think, but
then, it’s kind of hard to tell. When I came to, everything was a little hazy,
I wasn’t even aware of the rain until later realizing I was soaked. I do
remember reaching up to see if the back of my head was still intact. It was!
But then, I tried to get up and that didn’t really work. I
called to my wife through the still open door. She came and helped me to my
feet and after a bit of effort got me back inside the house.
Once I was able to stand on my own, my wife and I went
through a series of tests to see if I was physically well and of a sound mind.
(I know, that last part is questionable even under the best of conditions). Among
the tests of mobility, balance, ability to focus, and talk, was a memory test—long
term and short term. During the memory tests, I rattled off various strings of
numbers such as: my driver’s license number, social security number, bank
account number, etc. This turned out to be a useless endeavor though, since my
wife had no idea if the numbers were right. So, I recited HER social security
number to which she replied, “I think that’s it.”
“Really?” I said. “Whose memory are we testing here?”
We finally decided I was fine—sort of. My memory was okay
and after regaining my wits after waking up from the fall, there seemed to
be nothing amiss. Thankfully, there were no broken bones—as far as I could
tell. But I did seem to have a lot of pain, which only worsened when I moved.
For the next several days, the pain continued—every bone and muscle in my body
was sore. Everything except my head. Strangely, that didn’t hurt at all. But
then, everyone already knew I was hard headed! ~
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