Working at an Animal Hospital has its ups and downs (pun intended). On this day it was very busy and as I was servicing a patient I had to go into another exam room to retrieve some information. In this exam room was Eli an 111 lb Black Lab, not easy to miss right? As I walked past him, he decided to move and I tripped and fell FACE FIRST into the counter top! (OUCHEY OUCH!) Ambulance was called, there was blood, lots of blood, but I kept talking and yelling to call 911 (didn't want to lose consciousness). I knew something was broken/fractured, I heard it upon impact. When the EMT arrived they were nice and tried to make light of the situation, which I appreciated. Once the Paramedics arrived they stood me up, walked me out to the ambulance and had me sit up for the ride to the hospital. I thought it odd, so I asked " can I lay down" she said "No we don't want you to swallow blood and our stomachs cannot digest blood which would make you start vomiting and we don't want that since you're already in extreme pain". Oh, learn something new everyday. Once at the hospital, they registered me in and left, I started crying........because I was scared. Scared of not know just how bad it was. My husband arrived about 5 minutes after the Paramedics left, then I really started crying! Well, after a quick exam (the Dr barely touched my nose) and X-Rays my worse fears were confirmed; I had broken my nose but they WOULD NOT be doing anything but a suture of the laceration today, my nose had too much swelling. The Dr came in with the Novacane and sure enough gave me 1 stitch, lol. Afterward the nurse asked when was your last Tentanus shot? Ummm, hummm, 2004 or 5? Wrong answer! Had to take that darn shot and my husband, who had just came back in from stepping out for the stitch, stepped out again! The nerve! After that traumatic scene, I was discharged and told to see my PCP and ENT in the next 4/5 days.
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