My Horse Riding accident and A&E visit...

Hiya! 

So, this is gonna be a different post but I wanted to do more posts on what I do this year. And yes, I will be starting off with this slightly down post. But this is my blog and I'm gonna post what I like and I have no intention of it being a sob story nor am I expecting any sympathy. This is a more difficult thing to talk about though so please no hate or negative comments! 

So, on Sundays I usually go horse riding, and last Sunday was no different. However, as I was coming into canter at the corner the horse suddenly stopped and bucked. I flew off and landed flat but slightly on my left hand side. It was quite heavy and I had hurt my left hip and wrist. I got up though and people checked me out. At the time I wasn't too bad at the time, I was just in pain with a bit of dizziness. But oh how we all spoke too soon...

Later, when I was home after I had a bath I was still dizzy but my vision was also blurred. Not long after I had got out of the bath I threw up. This was the point my parents got a bit worried and took me to A&E (the ER if you live in America. I'm not sure what you call it elsewhere, sorry!) thinking that I might have a concussion. Just as we got to A&E I threw up again. Luckily I had a bucket just in case I did do just that.

At A&E I got seen by the first doctor fairly quickly. I got checked to see if I needed a CT scan. Then  me and my parents were waiting around for a couple of hours. In that time I threw up a few more times. It got to the point where I was just throwing up the water and squash I had just drunk. I felt like I should have just poured half of the cup in the bucket in the first place!

Finally I got to see the doctor. He did a few tests on me, did a scan, and got an x-ray. The results of the x-ray told us that there was nothing seriously wrong with me, just bad bruising! The doctor also told us I had no concussion! Thank God!

We then all drove home relieved that there was nothing seriously wrong with me and I just needed painkillers! For dinner, we had chips and beans, yum!

Abbey Marie
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