Off to the Emergency room we go!

Thursday morning was perfect outside for a bike ride. I needed to take a shorter route since I had to leave for work in an hour. Steve and I did our usual bike route and that's when the accident happened. 

We were a little over a mile from home and then his bike tire hit my back tire. There was a car coming on the dirt road. I was trying to tell him something and he was looking back at the car. I wasn't going as fast and he was going faster. I feel like it was part my fault for picking a bad time to try and tell him a story. I was going to tell him that I noticed my heart rate increased to 65 after having two drinks. It's normally 45 at rest. So that caused our collision. He almost caused me to fall. I recovered, but I looked behind me after I stopped to see Steve fall off his bike and roll. We quickly got to the side of the road with our bikes and then he laid down in the grass on the side of the dirt road. Not able to get up. His full weight came down on his shoulder. He wasn't very scraped up. Just a bruise /rough spot on top of his shoulder and a little road rash on his upper arm. 

 A few cars drove by us. I was thinking he just needed time to rest from the shock of falling. Not sure how hurt he was. He attempted to sit up and that's when he felt like he'd pass out. A guy driving by stopped and asked if everything was okay. At this point, I knew he needed help. He would not be able to bike home like I had hoped. 

I don't know what we would have done if this guy had not stopped to help. He lived right around the corner. Went home, got his truck and picked up Steve's bike, took Steve in his truck to our house. They met me at home. Once home, Steve kept passing out in his truck. He offered to drive him to the emergency room. I followed in my car and then we wheeled him in. 

An x-ray and cat scan showed no broken bones but lots of bruised shoulder and ribs. He also jammed his right two fingers. It could have been a lot worse! Thankfully, he is recovering but it will take some time. The bad part is that he has a big construction job that he needs to finish. He will need help lifting all the materials. We will wait till Monday to see how he is recovering. Last night he took one more super pain pill to sleep. Today, he is moving around a lot better even though the doctor said today he would be more sore then yesterday. 

Monday, he has an appointment at the new Viking medial building to get his shoulder looked at and maybe some exercises? They wanted to have it checked out by a specialist. This way we will know how long he needs to not lift anything with that arm/shoulder. Mostly his ribs are sore from the fall and top of the shoulder to the neck. Fingers crossed he is a quick healer and can be back to working normally ASAP! 

How things can change quickly with an accident. We know this from when he had the eye injury two years ago. I'm just lucky that I didn't get in the bike accident with him. We both could have been taken out on our bikes. Being self employed, its more important then ever to stay healthy and accident free. Looks like I'll be doing a little construction helping along with the kids this next week and maybe more?