| johnco |
11-06-2011 10:49 AM |
it was a riding mower, my sister and friend driving while another friend and I wrestled. he flipped me over in front of the mower and they drove it over me. my jeans tangled up the blade and killed the motor. I got up, held my wrist up so my arm wouldn't fall off and walked across the yard over to the kitchen door and told my mother I was cut.. then everyone flipped out but me. I was quickly bleeding out and probably in shock and more worried about my mother's white dress getting ruined from all the blood. at the local hospital they were prepping me for amputation, I remember looking at the saw, mama refused to let them cut it off, they wrapped my arm and leg in wax paper and sent me off to Ochsner in New Orleans. 2.5 hours away. I made it over half way there and last thing I remember was going over railroad tracks in Raceland. yep... kept the arm and leg and added major scars to my collection. that was maybe 1960-61..the hospital bill was $25,000 and the doctor didn't charge us. guess I was test subject for new surgical techniques. the guy I saw leaving the operating room as they wheeled me had just had his arm removed.. looked sort of like a bone in ham to me as I went under. quite an experence for a 5yr old. just another day in my life
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