Oh dear! Knocked down by a car in Chapel Allerton, Leeds just 6 weeks before my birthday and a week after my eye operation at Optical Express! Many of my friends were a little uncomplimentary about eye surgery improving my eyesight when, despite looking carefully, I did not see the light blue Nissan that knocked me over. Cheeky devils! My eyesight actually was considerably improved!Luckily, I can remember little about the impact and even less of the undignified 30 meter airborn travel during which my pelvis was struck by the front bumper and upper front of my head caved in the windscreen of the car on the drivers side. All I could remember was being more than half way across the road after checking all was clear and then thankfully, no more.
My poor husband Henry Root, received a call from the ambulance driver telling him that his wife had been involved in an accident, "but she is still conscious."
Words he was to remember much later when trying to rationialise the incident and consider that she could easily have been killed. I wonder what the words would have been if the outcome had been more serious. I guess that ambulance drivers are quite used to this. He was not.
My first setback in hospital was to accept that I would be unable to attend the christening of my twin grandchildren, Jessica and Mollie, where I was due to be Godmother. Communication difficulties in the LGI lead me to hope they might release me and later I optimistically believed that the christening could be cancelled, but no. This was not to be and even seeing the video and photo's in hospital was of little consolation to me.
Nine days later after an operation on my fractured and dislocated thumb I left hospital on a wheelchair, banned from flying for 3 months due to my fractured pelvis, with a pot on my left hand and unable to weight-bear on my right leg. I felt pretty miserable but relieved that the fracture to my cheek was healing and being a naturally optimistic person, I never accepted that the accident would adversely affect my two planned 60th birthday celebrations. Unfortunately, we had to cancel our planned two week holiday in Goa with John and Kay, Henry's brother and sister in law which we were both looking forward to.
My first setback in hospital was to accept that I would be unable to attend the christening of my twin grandchildren, Jessica and Mollie, where I was due to be Godmother. Communication difficulties in the LGI lead me to hope they might release me and later I optimistically believed that the christening could be cancelled, but no. This was not to be and even seeing the video and photo's in hospital was of little consolation to me.
Nine days later after an operation on my fractured and dislocated thumb I left hospital on a wheelchair, banned from flying for 3 months due to my fractured pelvis, with a pot on my left hand and unable to weight-bear on my right leg. I felt pretty miserable but relieved that the fracture to my cheek was healing and being a naturally optimistic person, I never accepted that the accident would adversely affect my two planned 60th birthday celebrations. Unfortunately, we had to cancel our planned two week holiday in Goa with John and Kay, Henry's brother and sister in law which we were both looking forward to.
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Thank God for friends, both personal and many Hash House Harriers. I will miss our weekly running events with YH3 although many members have been to see me. See the link on the right for daily news items from HHH worldwide!
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