I guess I did it for a laugh!!!

debz January 17, 2012
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So today, as usual in my world, chaos seems to find me…….but that’s ok…..nothing unusual!!!

I am loading the special needs adults on my bus, 9 in total….I have made sure all are strapped in, and all clients are safe……
………..yess we have a new cd to sing along to!!!……it’s also my job to make sure everyone has a safe journey home….I have to be ever vigilant and watch for epileptic fits, and many other illnesses……….

……I explain we just have to get Mark loaded and I need to help the driver with his wheelchair at the back of the bus….

I get off, I push the step to the bus in, and I close the sliding door…………..you have to pull it pretty hard to get it shut…..zooooom SLAM and shut….

I stand there for a few seconds, my finger ~ it feels like sponge, and I realise I have just slammed my finger in the door……..arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 🙁

I know I have to open the door and I’m not sure what I’m going to see………………I have gone a whiter shade of pale, my language has turned a whiter shade of blue…….

I prise open the door I glance down and see my finger!!!! ……..I’m holding my wrist in agony, and it’s throbbing, I’m jumping up and down like a rap dancer, the clients on the bus think as usual oh debz is ‘messing around’…….and they are howling with laughter!!!

I call to the driver and explain ~ not in the Queens English that I have just jammed my finger in the door!!!…..now other drivers and escorts are gathering around…….to a stranger it looks as if I’m bowing to them……..Look debz is pretending to be a monkey says one of the clients………that’s another game we play……guess the animal..

What have you done yelled my driver ~ I answwer, I have just slammed my finger in the ******* door and it hurts!!!!!!! …

Why did you do that said another driver????

~ ohh I don’t know Andy I guess I did it for a laugh!!!!!

I am taken to first aid, and have to abandon my job as I’m in so much pain!!!!……. I’m taken to A and E…

I was seen by the triage Nurse had X-Rays and was told I have broken my finger…….

I have to say within 1 hour I had xRays, was seen and discharged from A & E……….

So I’m going to say well done, thank you and thank goodness for the NHS!!!!!!!!…….I cannot fault their spediness and politeness ……..we all have a moan about the NHS, but I cannot fault them this afternoon….

So tonight fnger raised in the air!!!!!!

debz
xxx
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  1. Unknown Member January 17, 2012

    Debz…. I am curious what is your profession? You work with special needs? My son has CP. 14 yrs old and has epilipsy. When I read how you broke your finger, I can just see the clients laughing and thinking it was a game. I hope you understand that they mean no disrespect. They are a little slow at catching on to what happened. My son has many times laughed at me, when I have hurt and he doesn’t realize it. Sooo sorry about you finger..though.. that must of been painful.
    I’ll give you a tender “ahhhhh”…. take care friend.

    1. debz January 18, 2012

      I escort special needs to a day centre………..because Im always messing about they laugh at me all the time……nooo I understand them, I have no problem with them laughing….
      I wore a long pink wig the other day …. they started to laugh and I asked what was wrong…..they all pointed to my hair I told them I’d just come back from the hairdressers!!!….I love them all!!!
      xx

  2. Unknown Member January 17, 2012

    Oh Debz, poor little finger, ouch, ((((((debz)))))) Hope today it is not giving you too much grief love.

    I agree, our hospital system is in chaos however, can’t fault the nurses and docs for their care of Gordie, such professional, caring, polite people.

    Take care mate, you can give the finger to anyone you want to today!

    Love you, Skip xxxx

    1. debz January 18, 2012

      lol skip…………does that mean only today??………or can I keep it for a later time lol!!…..
      back atcha…….loving the photo btw!!!!!!…nice to see you!!!!
      debz
      xxx

  3. waylander January 17, 2012

    Last time i had anything to do with the NHS i raised 2 fingers in a reversed Churchillian salute. They were bastards to me and mine, but you have to call it as you see it and if you got good service, then I’m happy for you

    1. debz January 18, 2012

      When I went yesterday they had my old address of ten years ago….and phone number and listed me as living with my xpartner!!

      I am very fortunate I dont have to visit the NHS that often, but I’ve heard of some real horror stories, I just wanted to commend them for the service I receieved……I couldn’t fault it…..

  4. foreveryoung2 January 18, 2012

    Ohhhh Debz…….so sorry mate – I jammed my thumb in a car door a couple of years ago – didn’t break it but got a dark blue nail that eventually fell off. I know your pain and empathize with you. You do such a wonderful job with your “special people”. We have all had experiences with NHS and glad you had a good one. Take care ((((((Debz))))) – a huge hug for you xoxoxox 🙂

    1. debz January 18, 2012

      Thanks fy2, the nurse said and I see all ur other fingers are bruised to…I was like oh yess they are…….ops then I was blushing …….she was talking about the deep purple nail varnish I had on!!!!…………
      I told her it was attempt at being trendy!!!

      xxx

  5. macathy January 18, 2012

    Oh Debz ((((((((((( HUGS))))))))) to you for your finger ,such a little thing but pain is still as intense,sorry.Then good girl for giving praise where it is needed ,hospitals don’t often get the praise ,but usually the bad mouthing is quick.Can see you now doing such a good job with your clients ,they would surly love you being in there life, to make it brighter.xxxxxxxxxxxxx .

    1. debz January 18, 2012

      hi mac tbh I felt like a fraud and thought I was making a big dreal, but it was others who said I should go…I was just going to carry on working!!!..Ialways think there are others in a lot worse state!

      Then when they said id broken it I was expecting them to put plaster on it!!! haha and I thought Id get people to sign it….doooooh I have 2 splints either side!!!!

      debz
      xxx

  6. krazykatlady January 18, 2012

    i’m so sorry your not just bruised your finger but broke it..you were in agony all right..buuuuuuuuttt..i have to admit,tho that i had a good laugh at your narritive..lol..i could see it all happening in my mind..lol..several years ago i shur all 4 fingers on my right hand in my mom’s car door..i remember looking at the door and wondering “why can’t i move that arm”..lol..then it hit me what was wrong..my mom screamed..you shut the door on your hand!!..really?..i hadn’t noticed..now i’m trying to use that hand to open the door but of course it’s stuck in the door..lol..well finally my hubby understood my mom’s frantic screaming enough to open my door..i didn’t feel a thing until he did that..now i’m frantically screaming!!..there’s actually a dent in my fingers..well everything moved..my mom made sure of that..very painfully..then i got the bag of frozen peas to put on it..i was very lucky her car was pretty new and had lots of good rubber around the door..i think i would have fainted if i had done the damage you did to yours..so i salute you in keeping a sense of humour thru it all and may you have a speedy recovery..xxxxxxx

    1. debz January 18, 2012

      ha ha kat….it has been raining today so I guess unbeknown to me I was doing a rain dance!!!!

      Ok anyone in Oz who is having a heatwave ~ go slam your finger in the door ~ do the dance and hey presto ~ rain!!!!!

      debz
      xx

  7. shadow January 18, 2012

    Dispite your pain you still kept your sense of humour Debz, a very hard thing to do under the circumstances, i take my hat off to you, i never wear one but i think you get the picture!. I too have great respect for the NHS, they do a great job under all the difficulties they are going through right now. I have had a few bad experiences such as being forgotten once and was left all night in the a/m erea..but on the whole they really do a good job. I hope your finger got all its feeling back and no lasting damage was done. Dispite your bad incident, you still made me laugh, you always manage to do that to me…thank you Debz. :). x

  8. debz January 18, 2012

    Thanks all!!!!……I guess fingers do get in the way sometimes lol!!!

    Today I have been the butt of many jokes ~ well you see my finger on the left hand the one next to the thumb is protruding straight out……..in fact it sticks out so far I have to yell out ‘watch out debz is about’….radar alert I’m coning round the corner!!!
    Now that’s ok but its also got a cover on it, the only cover they had was an ‘extra large leather white one’……
    ~ and yes it resmbles a filled contraception on my hand…….I will let you imagine the comments I’ve had….
    Of course knowing the type of person I am…..and being a single gal……..I have been asked so many times ~ and you call that extra large, wow you need to live….LOL…soooo I have come to this conclusion …….I have no doubt within my working day with my ‘crunched up finger’ this will put no single man off is he feels the need for a datei and he sees what I know to be is an etxra large extention
    ha ha……
    debz
    🙂 ohh I love it!!!!!!!!
    xxx

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