Thankful

So I will try to recount my eventful Sunday nite at blue mountain. I was there for nite skiing with Cliff, Len, Chris, Dan, and a few others. During the 5th or 6th run, I was falling and my ski pole got caught in the snow, and the handle went right into my eye, or you could say I fell right onto the handle. Even telling this, it sounds pretty dumb, but everything happened in a flash, and I had no control at all. Anyway, the right lens on my glasses shattered into several pieces and came out of the frame, and is what probably gave me the cuts around my eye. But the nurses say the glasses may have taken the brunt of the force and saved my eyeball from damage.

After the hit, I sat down with my hand over my eye, not knowing how bad it was. It was when I removed my hand and saw it was full of blood, and blood was dripping from my face, I thought "what'd I do to myself?!" I was prepared for the worst, but I remembered the first thing I did was praise the Lord, ackowledging that all I have is from Him. Cliff's friend Len who was skiing behind me quickly stopped and made sure ski patrol was notified, and also made sure the other skiiers wouldn't run into us.

Ski patrol had a little mix-up, but they eventually arrived and put me on that little toboggan to get me to the bottom of the hill, where an ambulance was waiting. This was my first ever ambulance ride... always wondered as a kid what it was like :) They took very good care of me at Collingwood hospital, except for doing my x-rays where there was another mix-up and we had to wait an extra hour or two. Otherwise, I was impressed with the friendly service. Well the good news is that my eye is ok. I got 12-15 stitches and will end up with scars, but I'm really counting my blessings.

So I'll be home this week just to get a little more rest in. Can't go to work because I can't look at a computer screen for long periods of time, as the swelling puts pressure on my eye. Don't think I can drive yet either. Thanks to everyone for your get well wishes and prayers. Even my work sent me a goodies basket, which I thought was really nice. Special mention goes to Cliff and his friend Len, who stayed with me during the whole thing and didn't once show their impatience. Don't know if I could've done the same.