Broken
"It's official. It's broken. My finger is broken!"
She'd spent two hours in 'minor injuries' last Friday. A nasty fall at lunchtime, a half hour drive with mum to hospital... and then the long wait.
"You'll need an X-ray to check if it's broken."
"Well it hurts like it's broken!"
"But the X-ray department's closed now until Monday!"
Fucking brilliant!
Monday. My turn to take her to hospital. Back to the start. Another two hour wait to be referred for X-ray... a long walk away for someone disabled.
She deserved that left-handed lunch I bought her.
- Category: True Stories Told As Fiction
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Steve McBrevity over 6 years ago
I'm really sorry to hear about Jane's plight. Just worked out its real! Give her our love.
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Neville Hunt over 6 years ago
Thanks Steve, will do. She's handling it (or not handling it with her right hand!) very well. She feels vindicated that she was right and those who said it was just soft tissue damage were wrong! She's wearing her diagnosis like a badge! But needs help with the little lad.
