Farm Accident
ER Physician to Mom "CT scan shows nothing going on in your head, your family may already know."
Most mornings on the drive to work, I phone my parents and talk for a few minutes. This morning Dad answered "We had an accident and are at the emergency room, mom was kicked in the head by a cow." One of the last things you need at age 87 is to be kicked in the head by a cow. I kept driving past work to the ER in Granbury.
Mom and Dad had been up early, corralling a few cows for market. A bull calf kicked a steel gate which swung into Mom, striking her in the forehead and shin. With the laceration on her forehead bleeding pretty profusely, a quick stop by the house was made for a towel to slow the bleeding. They then made a high speed drive to the hospital.
About 35 stitches to close the gash on her forehead, but just a bruises otherwise. A couple of hours later, she was on her way home. However, probably won't finish penning the cows until tomorrow.
Most mornings on the drive to work, I phone my parents and talk for a few minutes. This morning Dad answered "We had an accident and are at the emergency room, mom was kicked in the head by a cow." One of the last things you need at age 87 is to be kicked in the head by a cow. I kept driving past work to the ER in Granbury.
Mom and Dad had been up early, corralling a few cows for market. A bull calf kicked a steel gate which swung into Mom, striking her in the forehead and shin. With the laceration on her forehead bleeding pretty profusely, a quick stop by the house was made for a towel to slow the bleeding. They then made a high speed drive to the hospital.
About 35 stitches to close the gash on her forehead, but just a bruises otherwise. A couple of hours later, she was on her way home. However, probably won't finish penning the cows until tomorrow.
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