So with my friends mocking me for my broken arm/wrist. It got me thinking about all the various injuries I've gotten over the years. I mean, I was a tomboy who spent every day outside with the boys. At about 3 feet tall and 40 pounds for most of it. When I turned 10, my mother told me she was surprised I was still alive.
So I thought I'd recount all the various injuries and hospital visits I've had.
-Run over when I was 6. Glasses broke and went into my forehead. Stitches and concussion.
-Sprained right wrist.
-Sprained left wrist.
-Got jumped. Dent in skull, concussion, bruised ribs.
-Went off a snowboard ramp in my sled. Bruised ribs.
-Water slide accident. Concussion.
-Sliding to 3rd base in kickball, sliced elbow open to the bone. Stitches.
-Slipped on a playground. Sliced right shin open to the bone. Stitches.
-Dropped 25 feet out of a tree, dislocated right shoulder.
-Drowned. Heart stopped, CPR administered.
-Clipped by a car, sprained ankle.
-Fist fight, broke both middle fingers.
-Allergic to sunlight, spent 7 hours on an island. Had to go the ER for burn cream, sun poisoning and tachycardia.
-107 degree fever. ER trip.
-Tackled by a football player, bruised thigh bone.
-Broken toes.
-Shoved into a couch frame at a party, concussion.
-Messing around in my friend's car, sprained right shoulder, bruised ribs.
-Car accident. Broken right shoulder, bruised back, concussion.
-Spine surgery x3.
-Epstein Barr Mono.
-Withdrawal from pain meds, pulmonary distress and tachycardia. ER trip.
-Drunkenly fell in a parking lot. Knocked myself unconscious, concussion, ER trip.
-Fell down the stairs, bruised 3 ribs and cracked one.
-AND...fell on the stairs and broke my arm.
Sadly, I'm probably forgetting a concussion or two. When I say it's a miracle I made it to 23, I'm not kidding. And I'm always astounded when people tell me they've never had stitches or been to the ER. Then again, I'm a daredevil and a klutz. It's no surprise my list is so long.
So what about you Xanga? What's your medical history? What battle scars do you have?
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