Field trip!

In one of the first posts I ever BLOGGED, I mentioned taking field trips.

Well, yesterday I got to go on my own version of a field trip.

It wasn't planned at all. It seems that somewhere during the night before, my feeding tube came out. I didn't even know it was possible. My nurse Amanda tried to put it back in, but it had apparently been out too long, and required a trip to the hospital.

Thus, an ambulance was summoned. Within minutes of the arrival of the ambulance, I was strapped to a gurney and shoved into the back of the ambulance. Unlike my last trip where I didn't recall, because I was unconscious. 

This journey would occur while I was completely aware. I don't like riding in an ambulance, I suppose nobody does. I certainly understand why they strap you to that gurney. Were it not for that, I surely would have found myself on the floor of that van, especially on these back gravel roads.

There were times when I could have sworn that the driver was aiming to hit every pothole. And those gurneys certainly were not built with comfort in mind. 

My time at the hospital brought back painful memories. I was sure they were going to find some reason to keep me there. But all my worrying was for naught. They ended up performing a 5-minute procedure, and I was good as new. 

Well, except for that whole quadriplegic mute thing. No, they haven't found a fix for that yet. Once again I was strapped to a gurney, and placed into the ambulance, for what essentially amounts to a one-hour roller coaster ride home. 

I always am amazed, when that top-heavy box, doesn't tip over when going around a curve. And of course, I got to finish my trip off, with five miles of extreme bone-rattling agony. I could tell by the look on the paramedic's face, that he had never been down our road before, and that he was relieved when it finally came to an end. One thing I was sure thankful for, catheters!

 We all have things that occur in our lives, over which we have no control. They just happen. A car breaks down, a tree limb falls on your house, and your feeding tube comes out in the middle of the night. None happen with a warning, all require immediate action. You can't predict life's mishaps, but you can make preparations for when they do happen.

Your life will be less stressful.

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