Black Eyed – Pirate Todd

DANGER – SOME TOUGH PICTURES BELOW

It was Railroad Fest – the county fair type event for Appomattox. Many at our church had worked hard to put together a float top emphasize next Summer’s kids’ event – MISSION POSSIBLE. The float got second place (Way to go! – but I think we were robbed)

I really wanted to help and walk passing out info and candy – I mean everybody came for the candy.

But … I am stupid.

I was stepping off the large truck pulling our float on a platform trailer. And I stepped off wrong. Not sure how, Not sure what. Nobody to blame but me. The word resounds – stupid.

When it was over, I was picking myself up, looking at a broken pair of my favorite shades – Ray Ban’s, and seeing the blood dripping down off my face. This picture was the prettiest I looked all day – from here it goes to blue, purple, swollen, yuckie.

I quickly got out of the parade path (was just turning to go down the first main road) and headed across the street to have a fireman/friend lookout me. But it wasn’t him that actually handled it – it was the sport’s mom with gauze and everything, THANKS CLAUDIA!

Long story short, I debated on the next step and since one cut seemed a bit deep (right below the eye) I called my wife and told her we had to go to the hospital. She asked who was in, and I said, “Me!”

Now around here, you have to make appointments to the first care spots, and it was Saturday, so no primary care office opened. So off to the ER, which also around here, means all day long.

I walked into Farmville Sentra, and 3 hours later I headed to Lynchburg. All in all, about 10 hours from start to finish.

Oh, there was humor (Like the nurse asking if took alcohol, and I asked if she was taking orders … or like later they asked the question if I ever had feelings of hurting people. I said no; but after 8 hours of waiting, I said that answer is changing.)

Short story … CT scan, no bones broke, cleansed at least three time, glued the cuts (and that glue got hot – real hot), and eventually went home. Maybe some shards of the Ray Bans left in me, but they said it could do more damage to try to get them out. I spent the drive listening to Black Eyed Peas

I pondered – black eye coming, swelling is a reality, facial trauma is coming, I had to preach in the morning. This would not look pretty. My solution – pirate patch. Nothing was going to keep from the baptism!

This lesson – pick one …
– Look before you leap
– I know a great way to lose your dignity quickly
– Have a good texting plan (my phone dinged all day long)
– If you’re going to the hospital, take a book
– Ecclesiastes 4:10 (look it up!!!!)