Oh Grand Jeep Cherokee, you may have won the battle, but the war is far from over.
Normally, the clavicle actually meets up evenly with the rest of your shoulder. This is called an AC separation:
Rib’s aren’t supposed to zig-zag. However, my ribs proved stronger than its side view mirror – the mirror was torn off in the impact, while I still have my ribs inside me.
And, this one’s a little harder to see. That black line between my lung and my chest wall – that’s air. Air’s supposed to be inside your lung, not next to it. That’s called a pneumothorax, and it’s caused by one of my broken ribs poking a small hole in my left lung.
Any guesses for the number of zeros in the ER bill? I got treated right there at Stanford.
the ambulance ride along will approach 5 zeros. I’d guess you’ll make out with less than 15k total in billed charges though….make that 20.
man oh man oh man oh man!
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and… the special number is…. $33,268.85. heh, good thing Stanford’s health insurance kicked in a whole 16 days before the accident!
and… apparently the average death rate for vehicle-pedestrian accidents involving 31-35mph collisions is between 12.5% and 45% (!!!), depending on who you ask. (http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/research/pub/HS809012.html)
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Well I have the same thing. Mine was considered a Grad 5 AC Seperation and guess how many zero’s I had at the end. 3 Surgeries, 2 months in hospital from last surgery in ICU due to complications, a Private Room and a hell of a lot of Moriphine, Demoral, T3’s, Oxycotin, Oxycodon, and some other wicked drugs I can’t even remember. So any guesses? btw I live in Canada. So the correct answer would be……….final bill= $0.00 God I love my country. I AM CANADIAN!
Wow! A buddy of mine just got in a pretty bad accident in his friends Jeep Cherokee. His body was bruised everywhere but luckily enough, that was it.