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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2004Please purr for my aching head
This afternoon a bathtub dropped on my head. I was stunned but not knocked out and have had ice on it since but I don't feel quite right. I'm not up to driving anywhere and of course it's Friday night so the doc is closed anyhow. Would appreciate purrs that there won't be any serious consequences later on. Many thanks. > This afternoon a bathtub dropped on my head. I was stunned but not knocked > out and have had ice on it since but I don't feel quite right. I'm not up to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Many thanks. Ouch! I won't ask HOW this happened, but offer purrs your head feels better soon and that you don't have a concussion or anything. > Ouch! I won't ask HOW this happened, but offer purrs your head feels better > soon and that you don't have a concussion or anything. I'm sure I do have a concussion. I called my doc soon after it happened because my vision was real blurry. He said I should be under observation for the next 48 hours because a "berry aneurysm" can develop -- but there's nobody to "observe" me. Gloria's gone on a kayaking trip and I don't know anyone else close enough to do me any good. > > Ouch! I won't ask HOW this happened, but offer purrs your head feels > better [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > nobody to "observe" me. Gloria's gone on a kayaking trip and I don't know > anyone else close enough to do me any good. Could you call 911 (U.S.) and go to the hospital via ambulance? or even a taxi? Did your doctor say anything more? If you believe you have a concussion.. that is nothing to try to take care of yourself. You really need a doctor to look over you. Purrs coming your way.... > Could you call 911 (U.S.) and go to the hospital via ambulance? or even a > taxi? Did your doctor say anything more? He's 4 hours away. I usually don't go to a doctor if I can help it and haven't bothered with finding a new one since I moved up here in 1999. And I don't think and ambulance could find my house. I figure as long as I am able to think and walk, I am not in dire straights. > If you believe you have a concussion.. that is nothing to try to take care > of yourself. You really need a doctor to look over you. I don't think there's anything that can be done for a concussion, really, except rest. Which I am doing. > Purrs coming your way.... Many thanks! Whoa, whoah. Wrong. A concussion is serious. Call 911 and get to a hospital IMMEDIATELY. You could be dead by morning. I don't mean to scare you, but this is NOT funny stuff and you should be taken care of and in observation right now. Go go go. -Z >>Could you call 911 (U.S.) and go to the hospital via ambulance? or even a >>taxi? Did your doctor say anything more? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Many thanks!  SignatureNed Flat: "Why are you acting like this??" Yakko: "We're not acting. We really are like this." Wakko: "Aren't we lucky?" ====================================================== -- Friends don't let friends run Windows. -- I have to agree here. If you're having blurry vision, you need to see a doctor. Look in the yellow pages for an urgent care center and see if one is open. If so, have a taxi take you there. Otherwise, call and have an ambulance take you to the emergency room of your nearest hospital. You need to be there and okay for Gloria to come back to. Joy > Whoa, whoah. > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > > > Many thanks! > I have to agree here. If you're having blurry vision, you need to see a > doctor. Look in the yellow pages for an urgent care center and see if one [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Joy The problem is she lives way in the country. I don't know if driving with blurry vision is any better. I really wish Gloria was around. Are there any other neighbors you could call on Pat? I think you need a doctor, too, Pat. Being hit over the head with a bathtub is bigtime stuff. I realize you're in an isolated place, but call 911 anyway, and give the ambulance drivers the clearest directions you possibly can. I hope you will be okay, and feel better soon, but you need help now. And DO NOT try to drive yourself to the hospital. Melissa > Whoa, whoah. > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > ====================================================== > -- Friends don't let friends run Windows. -- Please try to get the nearest doctor, even if you don't know him/her yet! Purrs and best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > He's 4 hours away. I usually don't go to a doctor if I can help it and > haven't bothered with finding a new one since I moved up here in 1999. And I [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Many thanks! oh dear, purrs and prayers you feel better soon. A whole bathtub? ouch Jazz & his mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > This afternoon a bathtub dropped on my head. I was stunned but not knocked > out and have had ice on it since but I don't feel quite right. I'm not up [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Many thanks. >This afternoon a bathtub dropped on my head. YIKES! I was stunned but not knocked >out and have had ice on it since but I don't feel quite right. I'm not up to >driving anywhere and of course it's Friday night so the doc is closed >anyhow. Would appreciate purrs that there won't be any serious consequences >later on. > >Many thanks. It *is* important to get to a doctor after a blow on the head like that. Warm, soothing purrs on the way. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > This afternoon a bathtub dropped on my head. I was stunned but not knocked > out and have had ice on it since but I don't feel quite right. I'm not up to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Many thanks. Oh dear!! Purrs that it is not serious. Please keep posting so we know you are OK. I agree. Go to 911 right away. Does anyone know where Pat lives, so they can call her? Signature"Argh, the laws of science be a harsh mistress." - Pirate Bender "If you want to say something relevant to this particular discussion, or something vaguely logical, you might try to come up with it now." -- Kettir, to me > I agree. Go to 911 right away. > > Does anyone know where Pat lives, so they can call her? Sherry might know her number I think. I'll put out a big ping and hope she is online. > This afternoon a bathtub dropped on my head. I was stunned but not > knocked out and have had ice on it since but I don't feel quite [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Many thanks. CALL 911; they will find you. DO NOT go to sleep! Jill > CALL 911; they will find you. DO NOT go to sleep! It's been 6 hours now and I haven't had any other bad symptoms, just a little blurred sight in the right eye, which is improving hourly. Nevertheless I did see a doctor! I was amazed to learn from a neighbor that there is a country clinic less than a mile from my house, believe it or not! I called there and the doc answered and told me to come right on over. He examined me and said I should be OK, to go home, take a hot bath (which I did, at Gloria's) have some hot soup and GO TO SLEEP. Which I will do, shortly. Now... QUIT WORRYING but keep purring. I have someone calling me at 5:30 a.m. to make sure I am OK, and if Sherry or some other night owl wants to call at 3:00 AM that's fine too! Thanks! > > CALL 911; they will find you. DO NOT go to sleep! > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Thanks! purrs and I'm glad you saw a doctor! Good-night! Take it easy. >> CALL 911; they will find you. DO NOT go to sleep! > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Thanks! Oh I'm so glad you found a doctor!! And it's good for you to know that there is a doctor handy. Get some sleep. Purrs >Now... QUIT WORRYING but keep purring. I have someone calling me at 5:30 >a.m. to make sure I am OK, and if Sherry or some other night owl wants to >call at 3:00 AM that's fine too! > >Thanks! Oh PAT. I am so glad to read this. Purring here for you to be back to normal in the a.m.!! Sherry > Now... QUIT WORRYING but keep purring. I have someone calling me at 5:30 > a.m. to make sure I am OK, and if Sherry or some other night owl wants to > call at 3:00 AM that's fine too! Glad to hear you saw a doctor. We'll keep on purring, and I'm afraid we'll keep on worrying, too. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > > CALL 911; they will find you. DO NOT go to sleep! > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Thanks! I'm so glad you went to the doctor, and glad he said you're okay. Thanks for letting us know. The purrs will continue. Joy >Now... QUIT WORRYING but keep purring. I have someone calling me at 5:30 >a.m. to make sure I am OK, and if Sherry or some other night owl wants to >call at 3:00 AM that's fine too! I can't believe what happened to you! I was worried like everyone else, because a friend's grandfather died last month after he hit his head. That was on a Wednesday. He spent the next few days doing his usual things around the house, but on the following Monday, his wife wasn't able to wake him up. > a friend's grandfather died last month after he hit his > head. That was on a Wednesday. He spent the next few days doing his > usual things around the house, but on the following Monday, his wife > wasn't able to wake him up. This is so reassuring :) >> a friend's grandfather died last month after he hit his >> head. That was on a Wednesday. He spent the next few days doing his >> usual things around the house, but on the following Monday, his wife >> wasn't able to wake him up. > > This is so reassuring :) Just keep posting. And posting. And posting. ;) >>> a friend's grandfather died last month after he hit his >>> head. That was on a Wednesday. He spent the next few days doing his [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> > Just keep posting. And posting. And posting. ;) Yeah. Post at least twice a day for the next fortnight. It isn't necessary to find an interesting thing to say. Just say "still alive" or "I'm still OK" or something. I will not say anything to you about not going to hospital You should have, and I should have. We both know this. Purrs you'll feel better soon. Tweed >>>> a friend's grandfather died last month after he hit his >>>> head. That was on a Wednesday. He spent the next few days [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >should have, and I should have. We both know this. >Purrs you'll feel better soon. Yes, please do post at least daily so that we can see that you are doing OK, and if you notice any new symptoms that could be related to the injury, at least call your doctor to get his or her advice. If you have any brain swelling from the concussion, or any sort of blood clot, it could heal without complications, or it could rapidly get worse. If you have any neighbors that might be willing to drive you to the hospital, it would be a good idea to talk to them about the idea in advance, just in case. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >It's been 6 hours now and I haven't had any other bad symptoms, just a >little blurred sight in the right eye, which is improving hourly. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Thanks! Thanks for the update. As us becoming usual for me, I didn't see the thread early on, so paged down when I saw it and found this update. Hope to see a new update in the morning saying all is well. Good to hear that there is a doctor close by that you didn't know about. Purrs on the way SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >> CALL 911; they will find you. DO NOT go to sleep! > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Thanks! Aaargh. All this happened when I was asleep! Many purrs for you to recover quickly and completely. Tweed > This afternoon a bathtub dropped on my head. I was stunned but not knocked > out and have had ice on it since but I don't feel quite right. I'm not up to > driving anywhere and of course it's Friday night so the doc is closed > anyhow. Would appreciate purrs that there won't be any serious consequences > later on. Oh my! Many purrs coming over. I agree with others here that you should see a doctor. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >This afternoon a bathtub dropped on my head. I was stunned but not knocked >out and have had ice on it since but I don't feel quite right. I'm not up to >driving anywhere and of course it's Friday night so the doc is closed >anyhow. Would appreciate purrs that there won't be any serious consequences >later on. I can't tell you what to do, but I know that observation by a trained medical professional is a standard precaution for a head trauma of this type. Look in the mirror. If your pupils are different sizes, get to an ER. Purrs that you're OK, O J >This afternoon a bathtub dropped on my head. .jpgs! The warped sense of humour demands .jpgs! On a more serious note - I hope it isn't hurting too much. Did you lose conciousness even for a second? Is your vision affected? Speech? Feeling dizzy? Vision affected? If any of these - go see a doc *now*. cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > >This afternoon a bathtub dropped on my head. > > .jpgs! The warped sense of humour demands .jpgs! Now, that is TRULY warped!! > On a more serious note - I hope it isn't hurting too much. It's not too bad now but when it happened there was such pain that I thought it must have fractured my skull. Did you lose > conciousness even for a second? Don't think so. > Is your vision affected? For a few hours, one eye was a little less focused than usual. > Speech? Feeling dizzy? No problems there. > Vision affected? You already asked that. My memory is working, too - better than yours ;) >You already asked that. My memory is working, too - better than yours ;) Just checking you are fully aware ;-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > >You already asked that. My memory is working, too - better than yours ;) > > Just checking you are fully aware ;-) Ooooooh, you sneaky woman! LOL >Ooooooh, you sneaky woman! LOL Why thank you ma'am, I do try ;-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- >This afternoon a bathtub dropped on my head. I was stunned but not knocked >out and have had ice on it since but I don't feel quite right. I'm not up to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Many thanks. Ack! Purrs that you will be okay. I'm glad you were able to see a doctor, but I would still get a Catscan done or something to be sure. I was in a car wreck over 10 years ago, and cracked my head on the windshield of my car. Well, my head didn't crack -- the windshield did! I was knocked out for a minute or two. My vision (normally very, very bad) got much clearer for several days, and then reverted to normal (I'm guessing there was some slight swelling?). I did go to the ER and had a Catscan, and they found nothing.. Eventually, I was back to normal. Wishing the same for you. Ginger-lyn > I was in a car wreck over 10 years ago, and cracked my head on the > windshield of my car. Well, my head didn't crack -- the windshield > did! I was knocked out for a minute or two. My vision (normally > very, very bad) got much clearer for several days, and then reverted > to normal (I'm guessing there was some slight swelling?). >>>>>I did go to the ER and had a Catscan, and they found nothing.<<<<<< I will not do it, I will not do it, I will not do it!!! LOL I can't help myself, well, they found nothing in your head did they??! That explains some of your posts! *SORRY* I just *had* to. You know I love you Ginger-lyn, but don't *ever* leave me an opening like that again, it's just too irresistable to pass up! ;> Hugs, CatNipped > . Eventually, I was > back to normal. Wishing the same for you. > > Ginger-lyn >>>>>>I did go to the ER and had a Catscan, and they found nothing.<<<<<< > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >CatNipped ROFLMAO! Well, at least I didn't say they did a Catscan and found nothing but cats in my head ;-) Ginger-lyn >This afternoon a bathtub dropped on my head. I was stunned but not knocked >out and have had ice on it since but I don't feel quite right. I'm not up to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Many thanks. Oh, my! Bath-tubs are very heavy..unless they are the modern variety of built-in thing that is made of plastic. But even that is heavy enough to do damage. Purrs for it to get better asap. If it doesn't get better by Monday, please see a doctor. Purrs, -- CATherine |
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