Caller ID: Unknown Number
No message left.
We roll over and go back to sleep.
one hour later
Caller ID: Unknown Number
Message: This is Children's Hospital in Columbus Ohio....Angela dives
for the phone as Em, our 16-year old plays the 8-man position on her
high-school rugby team and is playing some games in Columbus.
It's the registration desk wanting some insurance information and a
permission... Ang wants to know what happened. The registration desk
can't say but they want some information...Ang (now getting a bit more
assertive) "What happened to my daughter!!?"
Now, on speaker phone, I hear babbling about insurance and other stuff
while Ang is trying to deal with what this is all about. Finally, the
registration clerk says that it says something about 'Head-Neck' injury.
To put things in perspective, Ang spent 10 years working in rehab, we
also shipped my sister off to the US a few years ago with 'Head-Neck'
injuries. She remains paralyzed. A local high-school kid recently became
a quadriplegic during a football practice.
Needless to say, a wave of panic rolls in as we just can't get any
information, the registration desk keeps harping on about information
(which they actually had there if they would only have flipped over a
sheet we sent along with our daughter.)
Finally we get a doctor who tells us that there are no serious injuries,
just the odd chance of a light concussion and she's fine to travel home
on the 8 hour bus-ride.
I guess that's one way t start a Sunday..
Which left us wondering WTF is a registration clerk doing calling
anybody with potentially very serious news? Was the money that much more
important?
You do know that Shakespeare was right, don't you?
Henry VI, part 2.
Life would be so much simpler if we just followed that
simple dictum. ;-)
Seriously, really feel for you and the family. This
had to give a new definition to stress.
Glad she is okay.
Deb
Robatoy wrote:
> Caller ID: Unknown Number
> No message left.
> We roll over and go back to sleep.
>
> one hour later
>
> Caller ID: Unknown Number
> Message: This is Children's Hospital in Columbus
Ohio....Angela dives
> for the phone as Em, our 16-year old plays the 8-man
position on her
> high-school rugby team and is playing some games in
Columbus.
> It's the registration desk wanting some insurance
information and a
> permission... Ang wants to know what happened. The
registration desk
> can't say but they want some information...Ang (now
getting a bit more
> assertive) "What happened to my daughter!!?"
> Now, on speaker phone, I hear babbling about
insurance and other stuff
> while Ang is trying to deal with what this is all
about. Finally, the
> registration clerk says that it says something about
'Head-Neck' injury.
>
> To put things in perspective, Ang spent 10 years
working in rehab, we
> also shipped my sister off to the US a few years ago
with 'Head-Neck'
> injuries. She remains paralyzed. A local high-school
kid recently became
> a quadriplegic during a football practice.
>
> Needless to say, a wave of panic rolls in as we just
can't get any
> information, the registration desk keeps harping on
about information
> (which they actually had there if they would only
have flipped over a
> sheet we sent along with our daughter.)
> Finally we get a doctor who tells us that there are
no serious injuries,
> just the odd chance of a light concussion and she's
fine to travel home
> on the 8 hour bus-ride.
>
> I guess that's one way t start a Sunday..
>
> Which left us wondering WTF is a registration clerk
doing calling
> anybody with potentially very serious news? Was the
money that much more
> important?
On Apr 26, 7:26=A0am, Michael Kenefick <[email protected]> wrote:
> I do not know if they were Canadian, but I saw Rugby girls with red
> shirts. =A0Fort Rapids is in Columbus. =A0It is an indoor water park. =A0=
My
> daughters girls scout troop were there for the day.
>
> Mike in Ohio
>
>
>
>
>
> Robatoy wrote:
> > On Apr 25, 5:55 pm, Michael Kenefick <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Was she the girl at Fort Rapids with the ice bag on her head?
>
> <snip>
>
> > I shall ask her...was it a Canadian team playing? Is that close to
> > Columbus?
There were 66 teams. They played at the university.
For the most part, it is her pride that got hurt, that and the
prospect that she won't be playing for a while. She's just not the
type you sideline. That girl loves her rugby.
On Apr 26, 10:48=A0am, "R. F. Duffer" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
> > Caller ID: Unknown Number
> > No message left.
> > We roll over and go back to sleep.
>
> > one hour later
>
> > Caller ID: Unknown Number
> > Message: This is Children's Hospital in Columbus Ohio....Angela dives
> > for the phone as Em, our 16-year old plays the 8-man position on her
> > high-school rugby team and is playing some games in Columbus.
> > It's the registration desk wanting some insurance information and a
> > permission... Ang wants to know what happened. The registration desk
> > can't say but they want some information...Ang (now getting a bit more
> > assertive) "What happened to my daughter!!?"
> > Now, on speaker phone, I hear babbling about insurance and other stuff
> > while Ang is trying to deal with what this is all about. Finally, the
> > registration clerk says that it says something about 'Head-Neck' injury=
.
>
> > To put things in perspective, Ang spent 10 years working in rehab, we
> > also shipped my sister off to the US a few years ago with 'Head-Neck'
> > injuries. She remains paralyzed. A local high-school kid recently becam=
e
> > a quadriplegic during a football practice.
>
> > Needless to say, a wave of panic rolls in as we just can't get any
> > information, the registration desk keeps harping on about information
> > (which they actually had there if they would only have flipped over a
> > sheet we sent along with our daughter.)
> > Finally we get a doctor who tells us that there are no serious injuries=
,
> > just the odd chance of a light concussion and she's fine to travel home
> > on the 8 =A0hour bus-ride.
>
> > I guess that's one way t start a Sunday..
>
> > Which left us wondering WTF is a registration clerk doing calling
> > anybody with potentially very serious news? Was the money that much mor=
e
> > important?
>
> Good thing daughter is okay. =A0Bad thing is the hospital's way of doing
> things. =A0Sunday morning - they probably have the least senior people
> working. =A0Bad thing is that this is a popular way of phishing for info.
> =A0 I think I would have asked for a location, name, and phone number
> first, then called the hospital (only after verifying the phone number
> was legitimate).
Angela did the verification thing by asking a lot of questions right
off the bat about what they did have for info.
But you absolutely right, one can't be too careful.
I do not know if they were Canadian, but I saw Rugby girls with red
shirts. Fort Rapids is in Columbus. It is an indoor water park. My
daughters girls scout troop were there for the day.
Mike in Ohio
Robatoy wrote:
> On Apr 25, 5:55 pm, Michael Kenefick <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Was she the girl at Fort Rapids with the ice bag on her head?
>>
<snip>
>
> I shall ask her...was it a Canadian team playing? Is that close to
> Columbus?
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Caller ID: Unknown Number
> No message left.
> We roll over and go back to sleep.
>
> one hour later
>
> Caller ID: Unknown Number
> Message: This is Children's Hospital in Columbus Ohio....Angela dives
> for the phone as Em, our 16-year old plays the 8-man position on her
> high-school rugby team and is playing some games in Columbus.
> It's the registration desk wanting some insurance information and a
> permission... Ang wants to know what happened. The registration desk
> can't say but they want some information...Ang (now getting a bit more
> assertive) "What happened to my daughter!!?"
> Now, on speaker phone, I hear babbling about insurance and other stuff
> while Ang is trying to deal with what this is all about. Finally, the
> registration clerk says that it says something about 'Head-Neck' injury.
>
> To put things in perspective, Ang spent 10 years working in rehab, we
> also shipped my sister off to the US a few years ago with 'Head-Neck'
> injuries. She remains paralyzed. A local high-school kid recently became
> a quadriplegic during a football practice.
>
> Needless to say, a wave of panic rolls in as we just can't get any
> information, the registration desk keeps harping on about information
> (which they actually had there if they would only have flipped over a
> sheet we sent along with our daughter.)
> Finally we get a doctor who tells us that there are no serious injuries,
> just the odd chance of a light concussion and she's fine to travel home
> on the 8 hour bus-ride.
>
> I guess that's one way t start a Sunday..
>
> Which left us wondering WTF is a registration clerk doing calling
> anybody with potentially very serious news? Was the money that much more
> important?
I was going to suggest that you send that kind of information along with the
child when attending events like this. Then I reread this and saw that you
did do this. Which means that the folks on this end were totally
incompetent or can't read.
I would certainly express my displeasure. It is obvious that you are most
concerned about the safety and wellbeing of your child. They should realize
this. Not handled well at all.
You are going to be anxiously awaiting your daughter's arrival. Give her
some extra love and attention for scaring the hell out of you! ;)
And give her a big GET WELL SOON from the gang at the wreck.
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Caller ID: Unknown Number
> No message left.
> We roll over and go back to sleep.
>
> one hour later
>
> Caller ID: Unknown Number
> Message: This is Children's Hospital in Columbus Ohio....Angela dives
> for the phone as Em, our 16-year old plays the 8-man position on her
> high-school rugby team and is playing some games in Columbus.
> It's the registration desk wanting some insurance information and a
> permission... Ang wants to know what happened. The registration desk
> can't say but they want some information...Ang (now getting a bit more
> assertive) "What happened to my daughter!!?"
> Now, on speaker phone, I hear babbling about insurance and other stuff
> while Ang is trying to deal with what this is all about. Finally, the
> registration clerk says that it says something about 'Head-Neck' injury.
>
> To put things in perspective, Ang spent 10 years working in rehab, we
> also shipped my sister off to the US a few years ago with 'Head-Neck'
> injuries. She remains paralyzed. A local high-school kid recently became
> a quadriplegic during a football practice.
>
> Needless to say, a wave of panic rolls in as we just can't get any
> information, the registration desk keeps harping on about information
> (which they actually had there if they would only have flipped over a
> sheet we sent along with our daughter.)
> Finally we get a doctor who tells us that there are no serious injuries,
> just the odd chance of a light concussion and she's fine to travel home
> on the 8 hour bus-ride.
>
> I guess that's one way t start a Sunday..
>
> Which left us wondering WTF is a registration clerk doing calling
> anybody with potentially very serious news? Was the money that much more
> important?
Welcome to the medical care system in the USA.
Sorry to hear about your daughter's injury and I hope for complete recovery.
Max
In article <[email protected]>,
Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Which left us wondering WTF is a registration clerk doing calling
> anybody with potentially very serious news? Was the money that much more
> important?
Fortunatly not a problem you get when you have health care provided by the
state, as in the UK.
However, I do understand your feelings. I very well recall the phone call
at work a few years ago saying one of my daughters had been hit by a car
on her way to school. Fortunatly she was OK, some bruising and skin
scrapes, and more worried about damage to her new calculator which
some-how she fell on. The car driver, a fellow pupil, was mortified and in
shock poor lad. For me, the half hour drive to the hospital was hell.
In article <[email protected]>,
Larry Blanchard <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:34:25 -0400, Robatoy wrote:
> > Finally we get a doctor who tells
> > us that there are no serious injuries, just the odd chance of a light
> > concussion and she's fine to travel home on the 8 hour bus-ride.
> Glad to hear it wasn't more serious. I'd be tempted to give a few
> people in that hospital a concussion, starting with the registration
> clerk.
Thinking about it, when my daughter was injured (a similar age to your
daughter at the time), it was close to the school gates and word spread
like wildfire. Apart from a guy who rushed out from his house to assist,
who then accompanied her in the ambulance. (I suspect it was they who
called for the ambulance), the deputy-head followed the ambulance to the
hospital in his car. It was he, or the school (I'm not sure because my
wife was contacted first) who contacted us not the hospital. He stayed
there with her till my wife arrived.
Shouldn't the coach or some other team official have contacted you before
your daughter even reached the hospital?
Shouldn't they have been there "holding her hand"?
On 2010-04-25, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> just the odd chance of a light concussion and she's fine to travel home
> on the 8 hour bus-ride.
Bummer. Glad everything turned out for the better.
nb
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Snip
>
> I guess that's one way t start a Sunday..
>
> Which left us wondering WTF is a registration clerk doing calling
> anybody with potentially very serious news? Was the money that much more
> important?
I guess those people and insurance people become jaded. Glad to hear it was
nothing serious.
Was she the girl at Fort Rapids with the ice bag on her head?
Robatoy wrote:
> Caller ID: Unknown Number
> No message left.
> We roll over and go back to sleep.
>
> one hour later
>
> Caller ID: Unknown Number
> Message: This is Children's Hospital in Columbus Ohio....Angela dives
> for the phone as Em, our 16-year old plays the 8-man position on her
> high-school rugby team and is playing some games in Columbus.
> It's the registration desk wanting some insurance information and a
> permission... Ang wants to know what happened. The registration desk
> can't say but they want some information...Ang (now getting a bit more
> assertive) "What happened to my daughter!!?"
> Now, on speaker phone, I hear babbling about insurance and other stuff
> while Ang is trying to deal with what this is all about. Finally, the
> registration clerk says that it says something about 'Head-Neck' injury.
>
> To put things in perspective, Ang spent 10 years working in rehab, we
> also shipped my sister off to the US a few years ago with 'Head-Neck'
> injuries. She remains paralyzed. A local high-school kid recently became
> a quadriplegic during a football practice.
>
> Needless to say, a wave of panic rolls in as we just can't get any
> information, the registration desk keeps harping on about information
> (which they actually had there if they would only have flipped over a
> sheet we sent along with our daughter.)
> Finally we get a doctor who tells us that there are no serious injuries,
> just the odd chance of a light concussion and she's fine to travel home
> on the 8 hour bus-ride.
>
> I guess that's one way t start a Sunday..
>
> Which left us wondering WTF is a registration clerk doing calling
> anybody with potentially very serious news? Was the money that much more
> important?
Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Caller ID: Unknown Number
> No message left.
> We roll over and go back to sleep.
>
> one hour later
>
> Caller ID: Unknown Number
> Message: This is Children's Hospital in Columbus Ohio....Angela dives
> for the phone as Em, our 16-year old plays the 8-man position on her
> high-school rugby team and is playing some games in Columbus.
> It's the registration desk wanting some insurance information and a
> permission... Ang wants to know what happened. The registration desk
> can't say but they want some information...Ang (now getting a bit more
> assertive) "What happened to my daughter!!?"
> Now, on speaker phone, I hear babbling about insurance and other stuff
> while Ang is trying to deal with what this is all about. Finally, the
> registration clerk says that it says something about 'Head-Neck'
> injury.
>
> To put things in perspective, Ang spent 10 years working in rehab, we
> also shipped my sister off to the US a few years ago with 'Head-Neck'
> injuries. She remains paralyzed. A local high-school kid recently
> became a quadriplegic during a football practice.
>
> Needless to say, a wave of panic rolls in as we just can't get any
> information, the registration desk keeps harping on about information
> (which they actually had there if they would only have flipped over a
> sheet we sent along with our daughter.)
> Finally we get a doctor who tells us that there are no serious
> injuries, just the odd chance of a light concussion and she's fine to
> travel home on the 8 hour bus-ride.
>
> I guess that's one way t start a Sunday..
>
> Which left us wondering WTF is a registration clerk doing calling
> anybody with potentially very serious news? Was the money that much
> more important?
Sorry to hear that. Hope Em is going to be alright.
Suggest writing a letter to the hospital director and the insurance
company (your PM?).
--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid
Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote in news:b73d00a7-a66d-40ef-b6e4-
[email protected]:
> On Apr 25, 5:14 pm, "Dr. Deb" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Seriously, really feel for you and the family. This
>> had to give a new definition to stress.
>>
>> Glad she is okay.
>>
>> Deb
>>
>
> 'Okay' is a relative term in this situation. We got her home and she's
> wobbly and confused. Remembers nothing of the morning prior to impact
> but remembers everything from yesterday and beyond. We'll get her
> checked out more throughly.
That seems like the right thing to do. Brain injuries are nothing to
sneeze at. Ik zal voor jullie duimen!
--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid
On 2010-04-25, Dr. Deb <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> You do know that Shakespeare was right, don't you?
>
> Henry VI, part 2.
>
> Life would be so much simpler if we just followed that
> simple dictum. ;-)
You gonna share Shakey's dictum or just be a dick?
nb
On Apr 25, 5:14=A0pm, "Dr. Deb" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Seriously, really feel for you and the family. =A0This
> had to give a new definition to stress.
>
> Glad she is okay.
>
> Deb
>
'Okay' is a relative term in this situation. We got her home and she's
wobbly and confused. Remembers nothing of the morning prior to impact
but remembers everything from yesterday and beyond. We'll get her
checked out more throughly.
On Apr 25, 5:55=A0pm, Michael Kenefick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Was she the girl at Fort Rapids with the ice bag on her head?
>
>
>
> Robatoy wrote:
> > Caller ID: Unknown Number
> > No message left.
> > We roll over and go back to sleep.
>
> > one hour later
>
> > Caller ID: Unknown Number
> > Message: This is Children's Hospital in Columbus Ohio....Angela dives
> > for the phone as Em, our 16-year old plays the 8-man position on her
> > high-school rugby team and is playing some games in Columbus.
> > It's the registration desk wanting some insurance information and a
> > permission... Ang wants to know what happened. The registration desk
> > can't say but they want some information...Ang (now getting a bit more
> > assertive) "What happened to my daughter!!?"
> > Now, on speaker phone, I hear babbling about insurance and other stuff
> > while Ang is trying to deal with what this is all about. Finally, the
> > registration clerk says that it says something about 'Head-Neck' injury=
.
>
> > To put things in perspective, Ang spent 10 years working in rehab, we
> > also shipped my sister off to the US a few years ago with 'Head-Neck'
> > injuries. She remains paralyzed. A local high-school kid recently becam=
e
> > a quadriplegic during a football practice.
>
> > Needless to say, a wave of panic rolls in as we just can't get any
> > information, the registration desk keeps harping on about information
> > (which they actually had there if they would only have flipped over a
> > sheet we sent along with our daughter.)
> > Finally we get a doctor who tells us that there are no serious injuries=
,
> > just the odd chance of a light concussion and she's fine to travel home
> > on the 8 =A0hour bus-ride.
>
> > I guess that's one way t start a Sunday..
>
> > Which left us wondering WTF is a registration clerk doing calling
> > anybody with potentially very serious news? Was the money that much mor=
e
> > important?
I shall ask her...was it a Canadian team playing? Is that close to
Columbus?
On Apr 26, 11:51=A0am, Larry Blanchard <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:34:25 -0400, Robatoy wrote:
> > =A0Finally we get a doctor who tells
> > us that there are no serious injuries, just the odd chance of a light
> > concussion and she's fine to travel home on the 8 =A0hour bus-ride.
>
> Glad to hear it wasn't more serious. =A0I'd be tempted to give a few peop=
le
> in that hospital a concussion, starting with the registration clerk.
>
They had no way of knowing that Angela had worked a rehab floor for 10
years as an RN. Many young kids on that floor who had diving
accidents, The Human Pyramid stupidities and other wasted lives due to
sports and careless injuries. To her 'Head & Neck Injuries' means
something totally different than to most of us. She was a frickin'
mess till the kid got home and that is saying something as she is one
tough customer.
But still there has to be some directive of how you say what you say
in that job.
I do, however, still feel like smacking a few heads together.
On Apr 25, 2:47=A0pm, Zz Yzx <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:34:25 -0400, Robatoy <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >) "What happened to my daughter!!?"
>
> Yikes. =A0I hope her recovery is swift.
>
> I share your angst. =A01-1/2 yrs ago, I got a cell phone call from my
> then-18 yr old, hysterical daughter.
>
> "Daddy, I've rolled the Honda, it's totalled, and Nellie is bleeding
> really bad!"
>
> Nit calls you wanna' get.
>
> -Zz
When my shop was still 25 km out of town, I received a call from the
hospital that my oldest daughter (15 at the time) had been hit by a
car while on her bike. "They couldn't tell me anything more."
They did say she was in emerg..
that drive to the hospital was the longest of my life.....
She turned out bruised and a bump on her head... that was all.
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:34:25 -0400, Robatoy <[email protected]>
wrote:
>) "What happened to my daughter!!?"
Yikes. I hope her recovery is swift.
I share your angst. 1-1/2 yrs ago, I got a cell phone call from my
then-18 yr old, hysterical daughter.
"Daddy, I've rolled the Honda, it's totalled, and Nellie is bleeding
really bad!"
Nit calls you wanna' get.
-Zz
On 4/25/2010 1:34 PM, Robatoy wrote:
> Finally we get a doctor who tells us that there are no serious injuries,
> just the odd chance of a light concussion and she's fine to travel home
> on the 8 hour bus-ride.
I'm glad she's ok. By this time next week you and Angela should be ok too...
> Which left us wondering WTF is a registration clerk doing calling
> anybody with potentially very serious news? Was the money that much more
> important?
Of course not - they had to pay extra to suppress the Caller ID y'know. :-/
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
Robatoy wrote:
> Caller ID: Unknown Number
> No message left.
> We roll over and go back to sleep.
>
> one hour later
>
> Caller ID: Unknown Number
> Message: This is Children's Hospital in Columbus Ohio....Angela dives
> for the phone as Em, our 16-year old plays the 8-man position on her
> high-school rugby team and is playing some games in Columbus.
> It's the registration desk wanting some insurance information and a
> permission... Ang wants to know what happened. The registration desk
> can't say but they want some information...Ang (now getting a bit more
> assertive) "What happened to my daughter!!?"
> Now, on speaker phone, I hear babbling about insurance and other stuff
> while Ang is trying to deal with what this is all about. Finally, the
> registration clerk says that it says something about 'Head-Neck' injury.
>
> To put things in perspective, Ang spent 10 years working in rehab, we
> also shipped my sister off to the US a few years ago with 'Head-Neck'
> injuries. She remains paralyzed. A local high-school kid recently became
> a quadriplegic during a football practice.
>
> Needless to say, a wave of panic rolls in as we just can't get any
> information, the registration desk keeps harping on about information
> (which they actually had there if they would only have flipped over a
> sheet we sent along with our daughter.)
> Finally we get a doctor who tells us that there are no serious injuries,
> just the odd chance of a light concussion and she's fine to travel home
> on the 8 hour bus-ride.
>
> I guess that's one way t start a Sunday..
>
> Which left us wondering WTF is a registration clerk doing calling
> anybody with potentially very serious news? Was the money that much more
> important?
Good thing daughter is okay. Bad thing is the hospital's way of doing
things. Sunday morning - they probably have the least senior people
working. Bad thing is that this is a popular way of phishing for info.
I think I would have asked for a location, name, and phone number
first, then called the hospital (only after verifying the phone number
was legitimate).
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:34:25 -0400, Robatoy wrote:
> Finally we get a doctor who tells
> us that there are no serious injuries, just the odd chance of a light
> concussion and she's fine to travel home on the 8 hour bus-ride.
Glad to hear it wasn't more serious. I'd be tempted to give a few people
in that hospital a concussion, starting with the registration clerk.
--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw
In article <[email protected]>,
notbob <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 2010-04-25, Dr. Deb <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> You do know that Shakespeare was right, don't you?
>>
>> Henry VI, part 2.
>>
>> Life would be so much simpler if we just followed that
>> simple dictum. ;-)
>
>You gonna share Shakey's dictum or just be a dick?
Isn't that where: "First, lets kill all the lawyers."
comes from?
On 4/25/2010 1:34 PM, Robatoy wrote:
> Which left us wondering WTF is a registration clerk doing calling
> anybody with potentially very serious news? Was the money that much more
> important?
Parent's worst night mare ... sorry you had to go through it, and
praying that everything is fine.
--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 4/15/2010
KarlC@ (the obvious)
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Caller ID: Unknown Number
> No message left.
> We roll over and go back to sleep.
>
> one hour later
>
> Caller ID: Unknown Number
> Message: This is Children's Hospital in Columbus Ohio....Angela dives
> for the phone as Em, our 16-year old plays the 8-man position on her
> high-school rugby team and is playing some games in Columbus.
> It's the registration desk wanting some insurance information and a
> permission... Ang wants to know what happened. The registration desk
> can't say but they want some information...Ang (now getting a bit more
> assertive) "What happened to my daughter!!?"
> Now, on speaker phone, I hear babbling about insurance and other stuff
> while Ang is trying to deal with what this is all about. Finally, the
> registration clerk says that it says something about 'Head-Neck' injury.
>
> To put things in perspective, Ang spent 10 years working in rehab, we
> also shipped my sister off to the US a few years ago with 'Head-Neck'
> injuries. She remains paralyzed. A local high-school kid recently became
> a quadriplegic during a football practice.
>
> Needless to say, a wave of panic rolls in as we just can't get any
> information, the registration desk keeps harping on about information
> (which they actually had there if they would only have flipped over a
> sheet we sent along with our daughter.)
> Finally we get a doctor who tells us that there are no serious injuries,
> just the odd chance of a light concussion and she's fine to travel home
> on the 8 hour bus-ride.
>
> I guess that's one way t start a Sunday..
>
> Which left us wondering WTF is a registration clerk doing calling
> anybody with potentially very serious news? Was the money that much more
> important?
That's scary. Glad it turned out good. Dollar more inportent to them. Years
ago at a care center a fellow walked in with a blood soaked towell on his
arm. Said I need help quick. Cut my arm with a chain saw. Desk clerk (aka a
jerk) said he must fill out paper work first. WW
On 4/25/2010 9:32 PM, Robatoy wrote:
> 'Okay' is a relative term in this situation. We got her home and she's
> wobbly and confused. Remembers nothing of the morning prior to impact
> but remembers everything from yesterday and beyond. We'll get her
> checked out more throughly.
Experienced that twice, once getting thrown off a horse, and the other
time playing football. Both concussions, and to this day I remember
nothing for most of the day prior the incidents, and just fuzzy
recollections for a few hours afterward. Both times I have vague
recollections of anger, immediately after, at not being able to remember.
Dad always said if I ever fell on my feet I'd probably kill myself.
You're right about a thorough checkup, In one of the incidents above,
and who knows which, I actually fractured a vertebrae in my neck,
something which wasn't known until an xray some twenty five years later.
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