earthharvester said:
Yep. Hold the leg together with one hand. Drag it out of the woods to the nearest neighbor's house. Husband can't drive because he just took a pill (please!). His wife observes the speed limits and stop signs religously all the way to the emergency room.
First thing my wife knows about it is when the neighbor calls her after she gets back home. "Hi, I took BB to the emergency room. He cut himself".
The desk nurse came in while they were sewing me up and said she knew nothing would seem funny but that it was funny when I came into the reception area holding the leg together with one hand and holding out the insurance card in front of me with the other. I had heard too many stories about people crapping out in the ER while they figured out who was going to pay.
Ten stitches inside and twenty six outside. Most irritating thing was the two docs talking about new cars while they sewed it up.
I had cut three cords so far that year. Wood was selling for $100 a cord then. The emergency room bill was $300.25.
!! I took my daughter to the ER a few months ago because she couldn't stop tossing her cookies. An IV and a shot to settle her stomach was over a grand. And that didn't include the seperate bill we got from the ER doctor.
