I Almost Died Yesterday

Imagine being in a tree... losing your grip... and falling... backwards. Good thing I knew there was a giant limb there so I didn't die. Bad thing that there was another giant limb by my leg that tried to amputate me and leave me legless from the knee down!

For those of you who don't have the time or desire (or are just too lazy) to read all the details of how I almost died... click here. For those of you that do, I've included my full account of the event below. :)

Let me start from the beginning:

Yesterday Lacy, Ashley and I were in our backyard talking about all the great things we were going to do with the yard to make it the coolest summer BBQ hang out place every! Right before we headed inside Ashley spied with her little eye Millie's toy rope up in the tree... high up in the tree! This is one of Millie's favorite toys ever so naturally I had to go get it! You have to understand that by no means did I think I would be risking my life in doing so. It's such a knotty tree (oh you naughty tree... no, not like that) that it's quite easy to climb. So I thought, "Piece of Cake!"

I know it doesn't look that high cause you can't see the ground but I'm higher than the fence and only half way up to where i was going!

Oh, why was the rope up in the tree in the first place? Well that's because Miss Millie climbs trees. Yep, that's what i said. If she can and there's a reason like birds, cats, or toys up there she'll climb right on up there and hang out. Have I told you about how she chews gum and licks the air? No? Well that's another story entirely. Back to me.

As I'm climbing up this tree Millie is either worried about me being up there, or wondering why I'm up where she should be. Either way she's curious enough that she feels the need to come up there with me!
See that jagged fence by the tree? Well images of Millie falling on the fence start running through my head so naturally I must make room for her to safely climb up and climb back down. As I'm adjusting myself up there my one foot that all my weight is on slips, I loose all balance and fall backward!

Well from the view of my two roomies that are down safely on the ground, Lacy who is taking pictures of this event and Ashley who is waiting for me to fall at any moment, they can't see that giant limb to the left so they think I am falling backward to my death! (read caption below pic) Or at least to the breaking of bones and possible paralysis!

See the space where there's blue sky to the left of me. That's where I was standing when I slipped so you can see how it would look like I was falling to my death!

And for me I knew that giant branch was there so instead of making my situation worse by frantically trying to grab for any branch I can find I figure my butt is pretty cushioned so I'll just take the bruise and fall back to a sitting position. To me it felt silly and like it probably looked dumb me just falling back to sit on my bumb *plunk* without using my hands so I start laughing and look at L and A.

The looks on their face is sheer terror with Lacy's eye bug eye popped out and Ashleys hands out as though she thinks she might be able to catch me, here eyes buggy too, and her mouth wide open. This all happens in a matter of 5 seconds or so. They both ask if I'm ok and I realize my leg is stinging, look down, and see a 6 inch cut. Looks like just a scrape. "I'm fine, but my butt is going to have a huge bruise and look, I got cut!" Ashley goes white. Ok ash, I'll put my pants down so you can't see the little cut.

I successfully get the rope down and Millie is happy as can be! Lets look at that cut and get a picture:

It's hard to see how much it's started bleeding with all those shadows

Oh I guess it's a little deeper than I though... it's bleeding. Ash, stop looking at it, you're going to pass out!

We got our laughter/terror out, took all our pictures, I put my pant leg down again so Ash would stop looking at it, Lacy went inside as I climbed down the tree. Ashley was still a little freaked out and convinced that I was going to die climbing out of the tree too so she stayed to watch. Again the tree had tons of knots and that fence is so close it was really easy climbing down just like climbing up.... but of course before I was about to make my final leap to the ground, with my one hand on the fence for balance, my foot slipped again and I fell out of the tree! With my hand being on the fence though I just skidded in the mud as I did a full 180, but stayed on my feet for the dismount. :) Yeah, I even put my arms up like in gymnastics after they dismount. Ashley's gasp must have been so loud because Lacy came running out of the house probably expecting to find my dead corps on the ground!

After all the excitement we went inside to clean up the wound. I pull my pant leg up once again to reveal the full extent of my wounds:

There is something wrong with Ash because she knows this stuff doesn't sit well with her yet she's so curious that she has to look! And you can litterally watch the blood drain from her face and her whole body goes white. Then after a few seconds of looking away you can see the color slowly return to her face. Crazy Ash

Lacy was kind enough to pour alcohol or peroxide on my wound to kill anything that might cause infection and get me everything needed to dress my wound:

My Nurses Station

I'm no pro, but I think I did a pretty good bandaging job! Kendall keeps laughing at it though. :T

Next time I climb a tree I'll make sure I'm not wearing slippers. Oh I didn't mention I was wearing slippers... uh yeah....