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[maradydd]

A 3'x4' whiteboard fell on my neck about half an hour ago.

I have ice on it, I can walk without running into things, and my vision isn't blurry, but man, have I got a headache. Neck not so happy either. I am not taking the bus home tonight.

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[roadknight.livejournal.com]

owie!
That sucks!...maybe you should get yourself looked at anyway?
That's a pretty big piece of office equipment to get clobbered by...

[maradydd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, after noticing that I was having unusually blurry peripheral vision and making more typos than usual, I went to the ER, where they noticed that I was also having double vision in the lower half of my vision, so they ordered a CT scan and that came up fine. I'm home now, with orders to come back if there is any further neurological weirdness, and a lot of muscle relaxants for the inevitable neck stiffness.

[enochsmiles.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what I said when I woke up after two hours of sleep [grr, inconsiderate roommates], and heard about this. "Don't take any pain meds, and if your head is hurting in an hour or two, go to the hospital." "Um, I already took two advil." "Okay, then go to the hospital." "I donwanna!" "Grr. Well, have someone watch you to make sure you're okay." "Can I sleep?" "You really shouldn't." "I don't want to go to the hospital. I'm fine." "Honey, you keep mentioning how out of it you are."

I then passed out, hoping she was in good hands, which it appears she was. (Thanks, ephermata and foxgrrl.)

I'm glad it turned out to be nothing, and in the end the CT scan was probably worse for her health than the whiteboard, but better safe than sorry, as the cliche goes.