Holiday Headaches

[Chuck Nessa]

On the Saturday after Thanksgiving we rode downtown (Chicago) to deliver a computer monitor to Carla's workplace and had an auto accident.

Some Bozo blew a stoplight and hit the rear wheel of our car. He split the scene.

$3000 damage to the suspension system. Only 3100 miles on the car - we got it in April.

Because of supply problems, we might not get the car back until 2023.

[Larry Kart]

Damn!

[Dan Gould]

Wow, that sucks. 

I have my own. Kicked by one of our horses last week. Non-displaced fracture of right forearm.

Due to crappy HMO god knows when I will see orthopedist for casting. OTOH a few inches to left and would have been ribs and/or spine. The latter might have f-ed up the rest of my days, so there's that!

[Rooster_Ties]

Ouch! (Dan) — and, indeed Chuck, that car accident really does suck, especially to such a new car. Is your insurance paying for a rental, even though it’s gonna take extra long to get parts? (Sure hope so.)

[JSngry]

Did this hit and run occur in an area where there might be surveillance video available? 

[Chuck Nessa]

29 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Did this hit and run occur in an area where there might be surveillance video available? 

Intersection of Wells & Van Buren - the cop said no camera.

[Teasing the Korean]

Wow, this sucks for everyone.  Either your transportation gets destroyed, or your transportation fractures your arm.  

Positive vibes to both of you!

 

[JSngry]

28 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Intersection of Wells & Van Buren - the cop said no camera.

Not even private... That seriously sucks. 

[Dan Gould]

Update, for those curious:

Primary care doc (whose specialty is non-surgical orthopedics, among other things) felt that it does not need a cast and will heal in about six weeks.

This was verified this morning with new imaging of forearm, wrist and elbow - only forearm was damaged by Penny's half-hearted kick.  Fortunately.

Improvement is such that I am once again typing with two hands so ... very thankful it wasn't way worse as it would have been if she hit my torso, and no cast is a great relief too.

[JSngry]

Are you going to sue the owner?

[HutchFan]

In reference to the post by @Dan Gould: 

Glad to hear that your injury isn't too terribly bad.  Good that Penny's kick was less than full-strength.  

 

Edited December 6, 2022 by HutchFan

[Chuck Nessa]

Great news Dan.

[Dan Gould]

3 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Are you going to sue the owner?

I'd consider it but I know the dumbass owners don't even have animal liability coverage so what's the point? They ain't got a dime between them.

[GA Russell]

Chuck and Dan, I'm sorry to hear of your problems.  Glad to hear that apparently in both cases there were no very serious injuries.

Doesn't it seem like December is usually when these things happen, just when you don't need any extra aggravation or expenses?

[Dan Gould]

Thanks, Hutch, Chuck and GA.

Now I plan to milk the injury as long as I can, to avoid offloading any hay bales until well into 2023.  😁