My dollars worth
Max, Sam and myself went to the dog park today (along with the dogs). It's a concert today so they leave out these bogus signs about the one parking lot being closed, when it really closes at 2:00 pm and they start towing at 3:00 pm. Since I won't be that long I just park there anyways. This time it seemed they had turned the machine off so I couldn't pay. Tricky bastards. So I was getting set to go out when this old man got out of a park staff truck and then I was expecting the whole "don't park here" but instead he was cool and turned the machine on. I paid my buck and off we went.
It only takes a second. We were at the first water stop and we heard some yelling (not unusual at the dog park) then someone was calling for a cell phone because of a broken ankle. The kids and I went up and there was a lady laying down with people around her. I had my gps on (people mock the gps, but hey I knew exactly where we were.) I offered the coordinates to the guy on the phone with 911. I don't think they needed it because he had a new phone and they have gps's now that 911 can query. Whatever.
Woman's ankle well... it was gross, but not bleeding and we tried to calm her. Cell phone guy went to the parking lot to get the aid car. I gave him my card and Max and Sam rounded up our dogs and took them far enough away they weren't a problem. That turned out to be a huge help because I was one more adult that wasn't dealing with a dog and mostly I kept the dogs off of Jody. Jody was the lady with injury. Again I won't go into details but she was in a lot of pain. So we kept the dogs away (people are so fucking stupid. A couple of people actually kept playing fetch with there dogs until I told them to clear out. OK I might have yelled at them, but jesus h christ people this woman is in pain and you're fetching with your god damn dog? Also the dogs kept coming up to her and we kept pushing them away. Jody's own dog was not very happy about this.) She had one hand behind her head so I thought it would be good to have a pillow. So I yelled to the a fairly big crowd for a sweat shirt and a woman immediately gave me her fleece and her purse to make a pillow out of. Her husband then joined me with the dog pushing and we tried to make shade for her as well. Cell phone guy called me and reminded me to watch for shock and keep talking to her. After I hung up with him we kept telling her it looked ok (a lie to be sure) and that help was on the way. She started to shiver. So we elevated her good leg and then I was scared. I started looking for something that would make a blanket. Right then the aid car arrived. She must have calmed down because she stopped shivering. Not once did this lady who was in her 40's ever say anything more than darn. The paramedics were great they had to immobilize it and that really sucked for Jody. Lots of screaming and holding our hands (me and pillow lady's husband might have lost a finger.) Then there was a call for a cell phone so we could call 911 again. Some lady had seen the ankle in the crowd and had fained. She was sitting up and the guys working on Jody didn't move tey could see faining lady was up and talking so they just kept working on her. They finally got the vacuum splint on then the other guy and the two paramedics just lifted her on the stretcher. She was much calmer now that the ice had set in. Her friend took her dogs and was going to meet her at the hospital. It's kind of sad that her ankle was busted and they were getting set to haul her away and she kept telling us how to get to her insurance card. We told her that she could work that out later and right now just let the medics take care of her.
The kids did great keeping to the dogs and standing where I could see them. I didn't have to worry about then I could just help.
Fainting lady got a whole god damn fire truck. I had to clear some of the medic's stuff out of the way so the truck could get around the first unit. Apparently that isn't uncommon. They deal with fainters in the crowd a lot. Right as the fire truck came in I saw the old guy who had turned the machine on for me and I said to him, "Well I got my dollars worth."
The kids and I took the dogs and fetched a bit. The aid cars were gone by the time we took off for home. I was a bit shook up. Likely the 2nd grossest thing I've ever seen in my life and I hope nothing ever tops it.
[Update: Well a. I didn't remember her name right,but I'll leave her real name out anyways. I guess you can substitute "not Jody" above if you like. b. I'd like to say everything is going to be fine, but apparently according to the voice mail they just left me at work she really broke her ankle (in 3 places) and it will never be 100% again. In 10 days she'll have surgery to repair it, but the pain will never completly subside. Sad.]
It only takes a second. We were at the first water stop and we heard some yelling (not unusual at the dog park) then someone was calling for a cell phone because of a broken ankle. The kids and I went up and there was a lady laying down with people around her. I had my gps on (people mock the gps, but hey I knew exactly where we were.) I offered the coordinates to the guy on the phone with 911. I don't think they needed it because he had a new phone and they have gps's now that 911 can query. Whatever.
Woman's ankle well... it was gross, but not bleeding and we tried to calm her. Cell phone guy went to the parking lot to get the aid car. I gave him my card and Max and Sam rounded up our dogs and took them far enough away they weren't a problem. That turned out to be a huge help because I was one more adult that wasn't dealing with a dog and mostly I kept the dogs off of Jody. Jody was the lady with injury. Again I won't go into details but she was in a lot of pain. So we kept the dogs away (people are so fucking stupid. A couple of people actually kept playing fetch with there dogs until I told them to clear out. OK I might have yelled at them, but jesus h christ people this woman is in pain and you're fetching with your god damn dog? Also the dogs kept coming up to her and we kept pushing them away. Jody's own dog was not very happy about this.) She had one hand behind her head so I thought it would be good to have a pillow. So I yelled to the a fairly big crowd for a sweat shirt and a woman immediately gave me her fleece and her purse to make a pillow out of. Her husband then joined me with the dog pushing and we tried to make shade for her as well. Cell phone guy called me and reminded me to watch for shock and keep talking to her. After I hung up with him we kept telling her it looked ok (a lie to be sure) and that help was on the way. She started to shiver. So we elevated her good leg and then I was scared. I started looking for something that would make a blanket. Right then the aid car arrived. She must have calmed down because she stopped shivering. Not once did this lady who was in her 40's ever say anything more than darn. The paramedics were great they had to immobilize it and that really sucked for Jody. Lots of screaming and holding our hands (me and pillow lady's husband might have lost a finger.) Then there was a call for a cell phone so we could call 911 again. Some lady had seen the ankle in the crowd and had fained. She was sitting up and the guys working on Jody didn't move tey could see faining lady was up and talking so they just kept working on her. They finally got the vacuum splint on then the other guy and the two paramedics just lifted her on the stretcher. She was much calmer now that the ice had set in. Her friend took her dogs and was going to meet her at the hospital. It's kind of sad that her ankle was busted and they were getting set to haul her away and she kept telling us how to get to her insurance card. We told her that she could work that out later and right now just let the medics take care of her.
The kids did great keeping to the dogs and standing where I could see them. I didn't have to worry about then I could just help.
Fainting lady got a whole god damn fire truck. I had to clear some of the medic's stuff out of the way so the truck could get around the first unit. Apparently that isn't uncommon. They deal with fainters in the crowd a lot. Right as the fire truck came in I saw the old guy who had turned the machine on for me and I said to him, "Well I got my dollars worth."
The kids and I took the dogs and fetched a bit. The aid cars were gone by the time we took off for home. I was a bit shook up. Likely the 2nd grossest thing I've ever seen in my life and I hope nothing ever tops it.
[Update: Well a. I didn't remember her name right,but I'll leave her real name out anyways. I guess you can substitute "not Jody" above if you like. b. I'd like to say everything is going to be fine, but apparently according to the voice mail they just left me at work she really broke her ankle (in 3 places) and it will never be 100% again. In 10 days she'll have surgery to repair it, but the pain will never completly subside. Sad.]
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