11-22-2006, 03:46 PM
The ball was on its way up, not down when it hit her. Mom and I were in one cart, my stepdad and their friend/neighbor Shirley in another. Mom and I thought they had already hit and were in front of us on the cart path behind the green, but in fact they hadn't finished their second shot and were in a gully behind us. The friend/neighbor was using a 7-iron to get 130 yards to the green; unfortunately, Mom's left temple (just slightly above the temple) got in between the ball and the green. The smacking sound was so loud, I thought it hit the roof of the cart, and didn't realize it was her head until the blood started dripping all over her jacket.
Ambulance response time was about 10 minutes - they were a whole 'nother nightmare. I got to the hospital before they did. They showed up in an ambulance with a busted heater and the interior of the ambulance was over 90 degrees. Mom was wearing layers to play golf because it was only 50 degrees and windy outside, so by the time they finally got to the hospital, her t-shirt was literally soaked in sweat. She says it wasn't the head injury that made her pass out and then start puking, it was the ambulance ride. (When we were getting her dressed to take her home later, I could have wrung out the T-shirt -- it was that wet.)
Mom said her favorite part was when the E.R. doctor was trying to explain what a concussion was and was using Troy Aikman as an example (and actually, I think with the story he was telling, he probably really meant Steve Young, but whatever...), and then he started to explain who Troy Aikman was and what a quarterback was, and I pretty much bit his head off, saying my mom knew who Troy Aikman was and more about football than most people and would he please get to the point.
Anyway, Mom was totally normal all day yesterday and today, I took her in for a follow-up visit with her regular doctor today and she seems totally fine. Thank G-d we apparently have very hard, sturdy skulls.
Ambulance response time was about 10 minutes - they were a whole 'nother nightmare. I got to the hospital before they did. They showed up in an ambulance with a busted heater and the interior of the ambulance was over 90 degrees. Mom was wearing layers to play golf because it was only 50 degrees and windy outside, so by the time they finally got to the hospital, her t-shirt was literally soaked in sweat. She says it wasn't the head injury that made her pass out and then start puking, it was the ambulance ride. (When we were getting her dressed to take her home later, I could have wrung out the T-shirt -- it was that wet.)
Mom said her favorite part was when the E.R. doctor was trying to explain what a concussion was and was using Troy Aikman as an example (and actually, I think with the story he was telling, he probably really meant Steve Young, but whatever...), and then he started to explain who Troy Aikman was and what a quarterback was, and I pretty much bit his head off, saying my mom knew who Troy Aikman was and more about football than most people and would he please get to the point.
Anyway, Mom was totally normal all day yesterday and today, I took her in for a follow-up visit with her regular doctor today and she seems totally fine. Thank G-d we apparently have very hard, sturdy skulls.
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.