![]() ![]() After half an hour or so, I asked where this car was, and this made everyone think I was being overdramatic. I asked them to tie me a sling with my scarf, but no one knew how. They told me ambulances did not come this far out of the city, and they were arranging for someone to pick me up in their car. It hurt to breathe, and I hoped that didn’t mean I had a collapsed lung or broken rib or hemothorax.īlood replaced the clear fluid coming out of my ear, but since my mental status and cognitive faculties remained intact, I moved onto other matters. I hated that the crying was making everyone think I was being panicky and irrational, but the tears were a reflex to the unexpected injury. Involuntary tears were streaming as I demanded an ambulance from the teachers after 15 minutes of everyone crowding around me. The most troubling pain originated from my left shoulder. I assessed my body from head to toe and found that I could walk fine. Remembering each component of the Glasgow Coma Scale was beyond me at that time, but I wouldn’t have remembered it even if I didn’t have cerebrospinal fluid leaking out of my ear, as I suspected I did in that moment. ![]() I remembered what had happened, and assessed myself. Immediately after the fall, I opened my eyes and saw one of the meditation volunteers. ![]()
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