TheBanyanTree: Childhood Accidents

[Pam North]

I'm starting to feel like I've missed out on something!!!  I have never
passed out, never even fainted!!!

Of course, as the genteel southern woman I am, I am *sure* that I've had the
vapors once or twice, but I have no proof.  And no fun story.  Sorry!  :)


On 1/17/06, Sharon Mack <SMACK at berkshirecc.edu> wrote:
>
> I was knocked out when I was about seven and I climbed a tree with a
> friend.  A large branch fell and hit my hand...not my head...the branch
> was very heavy and had come from high up in the tree.  The pain was
> excrutiating.  I climbed down out of the tree because I was feeling
> nauseaus, went to get on my bike to go home and passed out...the bike
> fell on top of me.  Weird, huh?
>
> My mother wanted to know what my friend had done to me.  She was sure
> he had hit me and I was afraid to tell.
>
> The second time I passed out was when my girlfriend and I pierced each
> other's ears, numbing them with ice cubes and using sewing needles
> dipped in alcohol.  At the very first crunch I was down...but I'm here
> to say, we finished the job after I came to and I have those holes in my
> ears to this day.  I was 16, I am now 58.  I never got any other
> piercings.
>
> Sharon
>
>
>
> >>> Maria Gibson <mgibson7 at nc.rr.com> 1/17/2006 8:46:58 AM >>>
>
> Hey, I was knocked out as a child!  I was riding a bike against a group
>
> of boys at about age sevenish.  I was winning when I ran a stop sign
> and
> was hit by a car.  I woke up in the hospital and, yes, my mom was
> hysterical.  This is a very short story because I remember so little of
>
> it.  Then again, maybe the real story is, I didn't die.
>
> The End
>
> Maria
>
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