Five Weeks In
It has now been five weeks since my car accident and everything seems to be progressing reasonably well. Next Friday I should get the cast off my left wrist and begin having a hand that I can use relatively normal again. So that will be an enormous help. Guess that means that everything is getting better!
The right shoulder is still a major problem but is getting better slowly. However it still appears that the shoulder is a good 4 weeks away from having the cast off it. At least further surgery on it appears less likely now.
My right knee injury was aggravated during the past week and it has become clear that I have ligament damage from the car accident in the right knee area. It will slowly heal and if not right in 3 months some surgery may be required.
Still, things are improving and I’m quite happy about that 
Rainy Day - Boring
When there is little you can do, you would think that it wouldn’t be too bad if it was a rainy day. Can’t do anything anyway, so what’s it matter? However, because I can still use both legs, these rainy days can be very frustrating and boring.
Why? Well, the daily long walk is something I look forward to at the moment and when it rains I can’t go. Getting wet doesn’t bother me, but it does bother the casts and that is the problem with walking in the rain at the moment. If I didn’t have the casts it would be fine, there wouldn’t be a problem. But with the rain I’m confined pretty much to barracks.
So I don’t have a lot of choices at this stage, though certainly I could be doing a lot more reading. Reading however is not something I am inclined to do at the moment. Not sure why, but just finding it difficult to knuckle down to any serious reading – maybe because of the brain injury, who knows. I am going to try reading again today however.
The other choices are limited to activities around music and television (or similar activities), which I can only take in small doses. Most of my time is currently being spent on the computer doing various things like email, etc.
It has now been 4 weeks since the accident.
Progress Report
It has now been a month since my car accident and time for a progress report – in short all appears to be going well. All the open wounds have healed well, though I do have scars – one above the right eye and a couple on my right hands. There also appears to be some nerve damage in my right hand, as there are some areas that remain quite numb and without feeling at this stage.
According to the hospital specialists the broken bones are healing well, though there is a slim possibility that my right humerus could ‘fall apart’ and surgery to install a plate and rods may yet be necessary. Hopefully that won’t be required.
The right elbow is still heavily bruised and swollen, and is still giving me a degree of pain. My right knee (bruised and swollen) and chest (partially collapsed lung and contusions) are also giving me a degree of pain, but are improving nonetheless.
The last couple of days I have finally been able to bag my own arms in order to have a shower, as well as taking off my shirt and getting it on – so I’m almost fully independent again! So, I’m getting there.
Almost Killed in Car Accident
On February 22nd I had a single vehicle accident. My car slid on a gravel road and struck a tree before going over the side of a mountain. The car was destroyed and I was trapped inside. After some time I was found by a truck driver, feared dead/dying. Eventually I was cut out of the car and flown by helicopter to the hospital. I have no memory of events prior to the accident, of the accident and very little of the week following.
Almost 2.5 weeks later I was released from hospital and now I am beginning to recover. Among the injuries I suffered in the accident included (but not limited to) a broken right shoulder, broken left wrist, lacerations with stitches to the right hand and fingers, laceration along with severe swelling and brain injury above the right eye, bruising and swelling to chest, back, right side and thigh, bruising and swelling to right knee, partially collapsed lung and poorly inflated lungs, twisted pelvis, etc.
I am healing reasonably quickly and I am no longer taking pain killing medication, etc. There is obviously still some pain, but it is not by any means overwhelming.
By the grace of God I have been spared as I probably should be dead humanly speaking. Yet I am still alive and there is obviously a purpose for it. It has stopped me and made me think about things. The consequences of this process are yet to be carried through and fully realised, but it will be one of those life changing events.
