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Anyhow, the bleeding on the brain stopped, and his road rash isn't as bad as they thought. He's able to sit up and eat a little. The big problem is his shoulders. He broke both shoulder blades. Also, he tore the ball of the right shoulder that goes into the socket, and broke his right arm, as well. This is especially bad, since his right shoulder is all screwed up from a previous motorcycle accident. He' s scheduled for surgery on Tuesday, and he'll have to be in the hospital for 2-3 weeks.
How the accident happened is still hazy. My sister saw a piece of a police report. He was apparently riding on a Queens highway Thursday night, around 6:30. He might have been clipped by a car, a witness saw a car speeding away. Still, no one is definitely sure what happened, and nobody has any idea where his bike is, either.
So, it's going to be a long recovery for him, and I don't know what this will do to their finances. He can go on sick leave, or get disability, perhaps. I know his boss went to see him today. I hope something can be worked out, because if it can't, it will end up with my sister crying to my father for money, which is the last thing we need. Besides, she makes over 80 grand a year- how can she not live on that?
On a me note, I had an eye exam yesterday. My doctor is very nice and funny, but also a big fat liar. He put the dilating drops in at 12:30, and told me it would take 3 to 4 hours for my eyes to go back to normal. It didn't take 3 to 4 hours, it took more like 13 hours. I looked like a bug eyed alien. On the other hand, there is absolutely no noticeable difference in my eyesight, thank God. (Eyes are a big worry for long term diabetics). I actually did better reading the chart this time than I did last time (3 and a half years ago. I kind of waited a little too long between exams. I wouldn't have gone in this week if I hadn't snapped my glasses in half while I was cleaning them!) I picked out some new frames, my glasses should be ready in a week. Since my eyesight is pretty much the same, the prescription shouldn't really change, either. That's a relief, because the last time I got new glasses, it took me a long time to adjust. Everything was very tilted for a long while.
I've read and seen and heard all over the news about drunk drivers, but I don't think you realize just how serious it is until it happens to you. My sister's hand is still splinted and wrapped in gauze, thank God it's her left hand and she's a righty!
I'm now obsessed with Luke and Noah, so it will be absolutely great to talk about them with someone, though I must admit that on Thursdays and Fridays I tend to be more Smallville and Supernatural oriented. I'm making time for Nuke though!
As much as I love the guys, my favorite TV guy is Tom Welling, and probably always will be. So I do tend to talk about him a lot. A whole lot, to give you fair warning. I really like the Supernatural guys, too. And David Boreanaz and Matthew Fox and on and on. But Van and Jake are on my list now, too.
Being home isn't my first choice, but that's the way it is right now. Once we move and get resettled I'd like to get a new job. The one good thing about my last job was how close it was to home.
Cooking dinner together is actually pretty nice. We had to start last summer when my mother got sick. She had usually done all of the cooking, at least dinnerwise. My father's forte was always breakfast, he was a cook in the army and that was his main meal. At first we had some serious trouble trying to make a decent meal, but we seem to have found a good rhythm. Tonight's lemon pepper chicken, baked potato and broccoli turned out rather well.