My bruised butt

Who'd've thought that I'd be posting about my tush? i mean, its common knowledge that its a nice rear-end and all, so naturally there should be little else to say about it....

well...not anymore....here's the story (direct from a letter I wrote to Meg, who is in Israel):

I was up early to help a bunk set up for t’fillot. Because we had a late night the night before, we were letting everyone sleep in until breakfast and then davening k’tzad after breakfast. So I was walking from the beit am aleph to my Moadon to pick up the counselors talitot and t’fillin (actually, just as this was happening, I think I was questioning a counselor of mine about the plural of t’fillin – is it just t’fillin?). Anyway, my shoes must have been wet and your favorite klutz slid right down the steps, hitting my butt about 3 or 4 times before landing on the gravel.

I sort of knew that the pain and dizziness was coming, but I stayed “with it” long enough to tell the camper that saw me fall that I was fine and that she should go back inside. And then apparently, I passed out. Shira, the counselor who was with me, is trained as an EMT (she worked for Magen David Adom last year while on Nativ) ran to get someone to call the marp. I think I came to on my own, because when I woke up, I realized that Shira wasn’t where she was a minute ago and my boss was radioing the marp.

It was the most bizarre feeling because when I came to, I was sort of surprised to find myself at the bottom of the steps, as if I had thought it was a dream – only to wake up and realize that no, it was real. Anyway, apparently I passed out again in the car, and actually started to have a bit of a fit (and hit the nurse!). She told me afterwards that I kept saying “I can’t see anything” and leaned forward almost into the windshield and that I hit her. I don’t have any recollection of this – I only remember saying “I can’t see anything” after she told me to calm down. It was really quite scary – everything was black.

And now, because its all over, I can tell you the very worst part…..

MY BUTT HAS A BIG BUMP ON IT! ITS BLACK AND BLUE AND PURPLE AND RED AND IT HURTS TO SIT DOWN!

(if it weren't on my tush, I'd totally be walking around showing everyone this bruise - cause it is by far, the largest, ugliest thing i have ever seen. But i'd probably be fired to showing people, so I settled for showing my mom on my day off. sorry you don't get a picture.) ;)

Comments

[Debbie]

is there anything better than sitting on a hot water bottle all day? I NEED CURES! Please add some on your site because this is my second time bruising it and ill probably bruise it again. :(

[When I saw your blog content, I have some reflections. But the time is short. So I only leave some words in your blog and still thank you for sharing.]

Thanks for adding the new information, as well as your analysis. This is why your blog is one of the few I read that I also ever bother to comment on. I don't do it to hear myself talk - I do it because I know you actually listen.