Brian’s Day Took a Shocking Turn — What Happened Next Will Surprise You!
Brian:
The ambulance ride was about 30 minutes total, because there are no hospitals in out town. They had to drive down our mountain, on mountain roads and switchbacks, and on to Chattanooga.
Anyway, the rest of it is kind of a long, drawn-out blur. I refused Fentanyl in the ambulance, so the next few hours were full of searing pain and discomfort. It wasn’t so much a tough-guy thing. I literally wanted to know what was hurting, because new pain was showing up every half-hour and I wanted to understand what was hurt. They kept asking me HOW I landed, and I really couldn’t remember right then. I kept adjusting my answer because of where things were hurting. I didn’t understand right then that when you fall 9 feet and hit concrete, it’s not just the impact points that get hurt. Neck muscles get whipped around. Joints get hyper-extended. Soft tissue gets stretched and torn. Your bones and internal organs come to a sudden stop after picking up speed and smack against your rib cage. The impact runs a shock wave through your whole body. It’s like getting hit by a truck.
